In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him.

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.

For in bringing many sons to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God—all things exist for Him and through Him—should make the source of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

For the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers,

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

For since He Himself was tested and has suffered, He is able to help those who are tested.

He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was in all God’s household.

Now every house is built by someone, but the One who built everything is God.

For who heard and rebelled? Wasn’t it really all who came out of Egypt under Moses?

And who was He provoked with for 40 years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

And who did He swear to that they would not enter His rest, if not those who disobeyed?

For we also have received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith

(for we who have believed enter the rest), in keeping with what He has said:

So I swore in My anger,
they will not enter My rest.

And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world,

Since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience,

For the person who has entered His rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from His.

No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to the confession.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin.

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also subject to weakness.

In the same way, the Messiah did not exalt Himself to become a high priest, but the One who said to Him, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father,

During His earthly life, He offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him,

Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant.

For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, became companions with the Holy Spirit,

and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding Him up to contempt.

so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

For this Melchizedek—

King of Salem, priest of the Most High God,
who met Abraham and blessed him
as he returned from defeating the kings,

Now consider how great this man was—even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the plunder to him!

The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they have also descended from Abraham.

But one without this lineage collected tenths from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.

In the one case, men who will die receive tenths, but in the other case, Scripture testifies that he lives.

And in a sense Levi himself, who receives tenths, has paid tenths through Abraham,

For the One these things are spoken about belonged to a different tribe. No one from it has served at the altar.

who did not become a priest based on a legal command concerning physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.

but He became a priest with an oath made by the One who said to Him:

The Lord has sworn,
and He will not change His mind,
You are a priest forever.

Therefore, He is always able to save those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever.

Now the main point of what is being said is this: We have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God?

Therefore, He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.

For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are sanctified.

Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, regarded as profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge His people.

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way.

But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and obtain life.

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she considered that the One who had promised was faithful.

Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He received the promises and he was offering his unique son,

the one it had been said about, Your seed will be traced through Isaac.

By faith he left Egypt behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for Moses persevered as one who sees Him who is invisible.

By faith Rahab the prostitute received the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.

who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,

keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.

For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you won’t grow weary and lose heart.

for the Lord disciplines the one He loves
and punishes every son He receives.

Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

And make sure that there isn’t any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for one meal.

to the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of words. (Those who heard it begged that not another word be spoken to them,

to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to God who is the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

Make sure that you do not reject the One who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected Him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven.

Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.

We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle do not have a right to eat.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus—the great Shepherd of the sheep—with the blood of the everlasting covenant,

equip you with all that is good to do His will, working in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ. Glory belongs to Him forever and ever. Amen.

Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who are from Italy greet you.