Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.

For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?

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

For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

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

And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham.

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.

"For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,

And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.

For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.

But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year.

For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy.

"This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,"

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.

Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp.

Greetings to all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.