Since then the children mentioned share our mortal nature, He too took on Himself a full share of the same, in order that He by His death might put a stop to the power of him who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

Since then it still remains that some are being admitted to it and that those who first had the good news told to them were not admitted because of disobedience,

Since then we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has gone right up to heaven itself, let us continue to keep a firm hold on our profession of faith in Him.

Such a one is capable of dealing tenderly with the ignorant and erring ones, since he himself is subject to weakness,

since He had received from God the title of a High Priest with the rank of Melchizedek.

I have much to say to you about Him, but it is difficult to make it clear to you, since you have become so dull in your spiritual senses.

and then have fallen by the wayside -- it is impossible, I say, to keep on restoring them to their first repentance, since they continue to crucify the Son of God to their detriment and hold Him up to contempt.

For when God made His promise to Abraham, He took an oath by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom He could take it,

And it is still more overwhelmingly clear, since a different priest in the likeness of Melchizedek is appointed,

since they deal only with food and drink and various washings, that is, with mere material regulations which are in force only until the time of setting things straight.

For a will is valid only after a man is dead, since it has no force whatever while the one who made it is alive.

for, if that had been the case, He would have had to suffer over and over again, ever since the creation of the world. But, as it is, once at the close of the ages He has appeared, to put away sin by His sacrifice.

For since the law cast only a shadow of the blessings to come and did not possess the reality itself of those blessings, the priests with the same sacrifices that are perpetually offered year after year cannot make perfect those who come to worship.

Since then, my brothers, we have free access to the real sanctuary through the blood of Jesus,

and since in Him we have a Great Priest over the house of God,

By faith Abel offered a sacrifice more acceptable to God than Cain did, for by it he was approved as an upright man, since God approved him for the offering he made; and by it he still continues to speak, though dead.

keeping our eyes on Jesus, the perfect leader and example of faith, who, instead of the joy which lay before Him, endured the cross with no regard for its shame, and since has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Continue to remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them, and those who are being ill-treated, since you, too, are liable to similar physical punishment.