who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?

But of which of the angels hath he said at any time, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet?

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor, And didst set him over the works of thy hands:

For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham.

Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;

while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;

he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before), To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts.

And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

For he of whom these things are said belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar.

Now in the things which we are saying the chief point is this : We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God.

then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

And the Holy Spirit also beareth witness to us; for after he hath said,

A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses:

For we know him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised:

even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Know ye that our brother Timothy hath been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.