For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father"? Or again, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son"?

They will come to an end, but you will remain forever. They will all wear out like clothes.

You will roll them up like a robe, and they will be changed like clothes. But you remain the same, and your life will never end."

how will we escape if we neglect a salvation as great as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

while God added his testimony through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

when he says, "I will announce your name to my brothers. I will praise you within the congregation."

And again, "I will trust him." And again, "I am here with the children God has given me."

Therefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of you will fail to reach it,

and again in this passage, "They will never enter my rest."

Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience,

And this we will do, if God permits.

However, if it continues to produce thorns and thistles, it is worthless and in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be burned.

Then, instead of being lazy, you will imitate those who are inheriting the promises through faith and patience.

He said, "I will certainly bless you and give you many descendants."

but Jesus became a priest with an oath when God told him, "The Lord has taken an oath and will not change his mind. You are a priest forever."

but God found something wrong with his people when he said, "Look! The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors at the time when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not remain loyal to my covenant, I ignored them, declares the Lord.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Never again will everyone teach his neighbor or his brother by saying, "Know the Lord,' because all of them will know me, from the least important to the most important.

For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins."

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

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead actions so that we may serve the living God!

For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be established.

For a will is in force only when somebody has died, since it never takes effect as long as the one who made it is alive.

so the Messiah was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people. And he will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly wait for him.

Then I said, "See, I have come to do your will, O God' In the volume of the scroll this is written about me."

Then he says, "See, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

By God's will we have been sanctified once and for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus, the Messiah.

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

and I will never again remember their sins and their lawless deeds."

but only a terrifying prospect of judgment and a raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

For we know the one who said, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back," and again, "The Lord will judge his people."

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

For "in a very little while the one who is coming will return he will not delay;

but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him."

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

about whom it had been said, "It is through Isaac that descendants will be named for you."

Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up and causes you trouble, or many of you will become defiled.

See to it that you do not ignore the one who is speaking. For if the hearers did not escape when they ignored the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we turn away from the one who is from heaven!

At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also heaven."

Let marriage be kept honorable in every way, and the marriage bed undefiled. For God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.

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?"

Continue to follow and be submissive to your leaders, since they are watching over your souls as those who will have to give a word of explanation. By doing this, you will be letting them carry out their duties joyfully, and not with grief, for that would be harmful for you.

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.

You should know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, he will be with me when I see you.