For it is not to angels that he subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

But there is a place where someone has testified, "What is man that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him?

and put everything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. As it is, we do not yet see everything subject to him.

But we see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

For both he who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same nature, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned, but with the descendants of Abraham.

Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later,

Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, 'They always go astray in their hearts; and they have not known my ways.'

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?

So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall never enter my rest,'" although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience.

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

For land which drinks the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.

Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are confident of better things in your case, things that accompany salvation.

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

And to him Abraham gave a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take a tenth from the people, that is, from their brethren, though these also are descended from Abraham.

In this case tithes are received by mortal men, but in that case by one of whom it is witnessed that he lives on.

One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,

For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary; for when Moses was about to erect the tabernacle, he was instructed by God, saying, "See that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain."

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no place sought for a second.

not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not continue in my covenant, and so I paid no heed to them, says the Lord.

This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, which contained a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the holy place had not yet been disclosed as long as the outer tabernacle was still standing.

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, he entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation.

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

Nor was it that he should offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood not his own.

And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment,

And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

waiting from that time until his enemies be made a stool for his feet.

"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,"

by a new and living way which he opened for us through the curtain, that is, his flesh,

For you had compassion on the prisoners, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

By faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had taken him. For before he was taken he was attested as having pleased God.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, for anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

For people who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

And if they had been thinking of that country from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.

But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

He considered that God was able to raise men even from the dead; from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

because God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose heart.

It is for discipline that you endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness spring up and cause trouble, and by it many become defiled;

that no one be immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,

and the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further word be spoken to them.

For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned."

The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than the blood of Abel.

See to it that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less shall we escape, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, in order that what cannot be shaken may remain.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe,

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as men who will have to give account. Let them do this with joy, and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

I urge you all the more to do this so that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the eternal covenant,

equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

You should know that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I will see you if he comes soon.