but in these latter days he has spoken to us in a Son, whom he had destined to possess everything, and through whom he had made the world.

He is the reflection of God's glory, and the representation of his being, and bears up the universe by his mighty word. He has effected man's purification from sin, and has taken his seat on high at the right hand of God's Majesty,

For to what angel did God ever say, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father"? Or again, "I will become his Father, and he shall become my Son"?

But of the time when he is to bring his firstborn Son back to the world he says, "And let all God's angels bow before him."

But of the Son he says, "God is your throne forever and ever! And a righteous scepter is the scepter of his kingdom!

but Christ's faithfulness was that of a son set over the house of God. And we are that house, if we keep up our courage and our triumphant hope to the very end.

but encourage one another every day, as long as we can still speak of Today, so that no one of you may have his heart hardened by the pleasantness of sin.

Since then we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great high priest who has gone up into heaven, let us keep firm hold of our religion.

For our high priest is not one who is incapable of sympathy with our weaknesses, but he has been tempted in every way just as we have, without committing any sin.

For every high priest who is chosen from among men is appointed to represent his fellow-men in their relations with God, and to offer gifts and sin-offerings.

and on this account he is obliged to offer sacrifices for sin, not only for the people but for himself as well.

So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!"

And although he was a son, he learned to obey, through what he suffered,

and yet have fallen back, for they crucify the Son of God on their own account, and hold him up to contempt.

to whom Abraham apportioned one tenth of all the spoil, who is first, as his name shows, king of righteousness and then king of Salem, which means king of peace??3 with no father or mother or ancestry, and with no beginning to his days nor end to his life, but like no one but the Son of God, continues as priest forever.

For the Law appoints to the high priesthood men full of imperfection; but this utterance about the making of the oath, which came long after the Law, appoints a son, fully qualified to be high priest forever.

for then he would have had to suffer death over and over, ever since the creation of the world. But, as it is, once for all at the close of the age he has appeared, to put an end to sin by his sacrifice.

so the Christ too, after being offered in sacrifice once for all to carry away the sins of many, will appear again but without any burden of sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him to come and save them.

Otherwise, would they not have ceased to offer these sacrifices, because those who offered them, having once been purified, would have had no further consciousness of sin?

for bulls' and goats' blood is powerless to remove sin.

You never cared for burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin!

At first he says, "You never wished or cared for sacrifices or offerings, or burnt-offerings or sacrifices for sin"??ll of which the Law prescribes??9 and then he adds, "See, I have come to do your will!" He is taking away the old to put the new in its place.

And it is through his doing of God's will that we have been once for all purified from sin through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ in sacrifice.

But Christ has offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, and has taken his seat at God's right hand,

For by that one sacrifice he has forever qualified those who are purified from sin to approach God.

But when these are forgiven, there is no more need of offerings for sin.

let us draw near to God in sincerity of heart and with perfect faith, with our hearts cleansed from the sense of sin, and our bodies washed with clean water.

How much worse a punishment do you think will anyone deserve who tramples the Son of God underfoot, and treats as worthless the blood of the agreement by which he has been purified, and outrages God's spirit of mercy?

Faith enabled Abraham, when he was put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had accepted God's promises was ready to sacrifice his only son,

Faith made Moses, when he was grown up, refuse to be known as a son of Pharaoh's daughter,

for he preferred sharing the hardships of God's people to a short-lived enjoyment of sin,

Therefore, let us too, with such a crowd of witnesses about us, throw off every impediment and the entanglement of sin, and run with determination the race for which we are entered,

You have not yet resisted unto death in your struggle with sin,

and you have forgotten the challenge addressed to you as God's sons, "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, Or give up when he corrects you.

For it is those whom the Lord loves that he disciplines, And he chastises every son that he acknowledges."

You must submit to it as discipline. God is dealing with you as his sons. For where is there a son whom his father does not discipline?

But you have come up to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless angels,

You must know that our brother Timothy has been released from prison. If he comes here soon, we will see you together.