having become as far superior to the angels as the Name He possesses by inheritance is more excellent than theirs.

Since then the children referred to are all alike sharers in perishable human nature, He Himself also, in the same way, took on Him a share of it, in order that through death He might render powerless him who had authority over death, that is, the Devil,

For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, in so far as he who has built a house has higher honour than the house itself.

Since, then, it is still true that some will be admitted to that rest, and that because of disobedience those who formerly had Good News proclaimed to them were not admitted,

Let it then be our earnest endeavour to be admitted to that rest, so that no one may perish through following the same example of unbelief.

For God's Message is full of life and power, and is keener than the sharpest two-edged sword. It pierces even to the severance of soul from spirit, and penetrates between the joints and the marrow, and it can discern the secret thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Inasmuch, then, as we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into Heaven itself, let us hold firmly to our profession of faith.

and have realized how good the word of God is and how mighty are the powers of the coming Age, and then fell away--

For men swear by what is greater than themselves; and with them an oath in confirmation of a statement always puts an end to a dispute.

For the Law constitutes men High Priests--men with all their infirmity--but the utterance of the oath, which came later than the Law, constitutes High Priest a Son who has been made for ever perfect.

If then He were still on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since here there are already those who present the offerings in obedience to the Law,

For then would not the sacrifices have ceased to be offered, because the consciences of the worshippers--who in that case would now have been cleansed once for all--would no longer be burdened with sins?

Then I said, 'I have come--in the roll of the book it is written concerning Me--to do Thy will, O God.'"

He then adds, "I have come to do Thy will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second.

Since then, brethren, we have free access to the Holy place through the blood of Jesus,

For there is still but a short time and then "The coming One will come and will not delay.

Through faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain did, and through this faith he obtained testimony that he was righteous, God giving the testimony by accepting his gifts; and through it, though he is dead, he still speaks.

having determined to endure ill-treatment along with the people of God rather than enjoy the short-lived pleasures of sin;

because he deemed the reproaches which he might meet with in the service of the Christ to be greater riches than all the treasures of Egypt; for he fixed his gaze on the coming reward.

and to Jesus the negotiator of a new Covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks in more gracious tones than that of Abel.

His voice then shook the earth, but now we have His promise, "Yet again I will, once for all, cause not only the earth to tremble, but Heaven also."

Through Him, then, let us continually lay on the altar a sacrifice of praise to God, namely, the utterance of lips that give thanks to His Name.