in these last days spoke to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds,

For to which of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, to-day have I begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me a Son?

but of the Son, Thy throne, God, is forever and ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of rectitude.

But one somewhere testified, saying, What is man that thou art mindful of him, or a son of man that thou visitest him?

but Christ as a son over his house, whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and rejoicing of the hope.

but exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day, that no one of you may be hardened by the deception of sin;

HAVING therefore a great chief priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast the profession.

For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise with our infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, without sin.

So also Christ did not put on himself the honor of being made a chief priest, but he that said to him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee;

Who in the days of his flesh having offered both prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, with loud cries and tears, [and being heard and delivered] from fear,??8 although he was a Son, learned obedience from what he suffered,

and having fallen away, it is impossible again to renew to a change of mind, they having crucified again and exposed to shame the Son of God.

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither a beginning of days nor end of life, but being made like the Son of God, continues a priest forever.

For the law constitutes men chief priests having infirmity, but the word of the oath which is after the law the Son made perfect forever.

so also Christ having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time without sin, to those who look for him for salvation.

Whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou wast not pleased with;

Saying before, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou didst not desire and wast not pleased with, which are offered according to the law,

But where there is a forgiveness of these, an offering for sin is no longer required.

For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins,

of how much greater punishment do you suppose he will be thought worthy, who has trodden down the Son of God, and accounted defiled the blood of the covenant with which he was purified, and treated injuriously the Spirit of grace.

But faith is a confidence in respect to things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

We know by faith that the worlds were made by the word of God, that the seen was not made from the apparent.

By faith Noah having been divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen, fearing built the ark for the salvation of his house, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness by faith.

All these died in faith not having received the promises, but having seen and saluted them from a distance, and having professed that they were foreigners and strangers on the earth.

By faith Abraham when tried offered Isaac, and he that received the promises offered his only son,

By faith Moses when he became a man refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter,

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have an enjoyment of sin for a time,

Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us,

You have not yet resisted to blood contending against sin.

And you have forgotten the exhortation which says to you as to sons, My son, despise not the correction of the Lord and faint not when rebuked by him,

for the Lord corrects those whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.

If you endure correction, God deals with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not correct?

and so fearful was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and tremble,??22 but you have come to Zion, the mountain and city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels in general assembly,

Know that brother Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes soon, I will see you.