Instead, someone has declared somewhere, "What is man that you should remember him, or the son of man that you should care for him?

Moses was faithful in all God's household as a servant who was to testify to what would be said later,

And so he obtained what he had been promised, because he patiently waited for it.

Just look at how great this man was! Even Abraham the patriarch himself gave him a tenth of what he had captured!

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood for on this basis the people received the Law what further need would there be to speak of appointing another kind of priest according to the order of Melchizedek, not one according to the order of Aaron?

Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we do have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven

In speaking of a "new" covenant, he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will you can receive what he has promised.

Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.

By faith we understand that time was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are invisible.

If they had been thinking about what they had left behind, they would have had an opportunity to go back.

And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.

All these people won approval for their faith but they did not receive what was promised,

What you endure disciplines you: God is treating you as sons. Is there a son whom his father does not discipline?

The expression "once more" signifies the removal of what can be shaken, that is, what he has made, so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for God has said, "I will never leave you or abandon you."

Hence we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?"

equip you with everything good to do his will, accomplishing in us what pleases him through Jesus, the Messiah. To him be glory forever and ever! Amen.