Are they not all spirits engaged in special service, sent on assignment for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?

For ground that drinks the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth vegetation usable to those [people] {for whose sake} [it is] also cultivated, shares a blessing from God.

For a high priest such as this indeed is fitting for us, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become exalted [above] the heavens,

Now [this is] the main point in what has been said: we have a high priest such as this, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

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

For those who say such [things] make clear that they are seeking a homeland.

considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ} greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.

Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,

For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls [and] give up.

For here we do not have a permanent city, but we seek the [city] that is to come.

And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.