For to which of the angels did he say at any time, "You are my Son. Today have I become your father?" and again, "I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?"

Or again, "I will become His Father, and He shall become my Son"? But when He brings again His first-born Son into the world, He says, "And let all the angels worship Him."

But regarding the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, will stand forever and ever; a righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.

They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does.

As a cloak, you will roll them up, and like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will have no end."

Are not they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, so that we will not drift away.

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;

God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?

For both he that sanctifieth, and all they that are sanctified, are of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, Saying, I will declare thy name to my brethren;

saying, "I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise."

Again, "I will put my trust in him." Again, "Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me."

Besides, while Moses was faithful in every department of God's house as an attendant ??by way of witness to the coming revelation ??6 Christ is faithful as a Son over God's house. Now we are this house of God, if we will only keep confident and proud of our hope.

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you will hear his voice,

if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness,

as I swore in my wrath, 'They will not enter into my rest.'"

Watch, brothers, lest there will be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in withdrawing from the living God.

But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

while it is said, "Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion."

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,

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

for, in a passage referring to the seventh day, you will find these words-- 'God rested upon the seventh day after all his work.'

and in this place again, "They will not enter into my rest."

Since then it is still true that somebody will be admitted to it, and those who had a gospel preached to them before were not admitted because of their disobedience,

he again defines a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), "Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

then he that enters into divine rest, will indeed rest from his works, as God did from his.

Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.

For everyone who lives on milk is [doctrinally inexperienced and] unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a spiritual infant.

and of faith in God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and laying on of hands, and of the resurrection from the dead, and of eternal judgement: (tho' we will do this also, if God permit:)

And this we will do if God permits.

but if it produceth thorns and thistles, it is abandoned, and near the curse [of barrenness], whose end will be for burning.

Though I say this, beloved, I feel sure you will take the better course that means salvation.

For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.

But our great desire is that every one of you should be equally earnest to attain to a full conviction that our hope will be fulfilled, and that you should keep that hope to the end.

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

saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."

And thus God, designing more abundantly to demonstrate to the heirs of promise the immutability of his will, pledged himself by oath,

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

And as he was not [constituted] without swearing,??21 for they were made priests without swearing, but he with swearing by him who says to him, The Lord swore, and he will not change, You are a priest forever;??22 by so much is Jesus the pledge of a better covenant.

(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'"

Who serve the pattern and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was given an intimation of the divine will, being about to complete the tent: for, See, says he, thou make all things according to the type shewed thee in the mount.

For finding fault with them, he said, "Behold, the days come," says the Lord, "when I will make 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 those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

They will not teach every man his fellow citizen, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins no more."

When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.

Over the ark were the cherubims of glory shadowing the seat of grace. Of which things, we will not now speak particularly.

Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.

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

For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.

For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.

So even the first covenant was not put in force without [the shedding of] blood.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, 'Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me,

Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.'"

At first he says, "You never wished or cared for sacrifices or offerings, or burnt-offerings or sacrifices for sin"??ll of which the Law prescribes??9 and then he adds, "See, I have come to do your will!" He is taking away the old to put the new in its place.

then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,

by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

From that time onward He will wait until His enemies are placed [in full subjection] under His feet.

"This is the covenant that I will make with them: 'After those days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;'" then he says,

"I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more."

Let us maintain the confession of our hope unshaken, for he who has given us his promise will not fail us.

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.

How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay." Again, "The Lord will judge his people."

For you not only showed sympathy with those who were imprisoned, but you even submitted with joy when your property was taken from you, being well aware that you have in your own selves a more valuable possession and one which will remain.

You must not lose your courage, for it will be richly rewarded,

For you need patient endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

"For in just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.

But my righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

But we will not draw back and perish, but we will have faith and save our souls.

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

By faith Noah, having an intimation of the divine will of things not yet seen, being circumspect, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house; by which he condemned the world, and by faith became an heir of justice.

even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets:

[looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].

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.

And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems sad and painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness [right standing with God and a lifestyle and attitude that seeks conformity to God’s will and purpose].

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man 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.

for they could not bear the order, "Even a wild animal, if it touches the mountain, must be stoned to death,"

See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens."

And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.

If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you or forsake you."

So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?"

Jesus Christ is the same today that he was yesterday, and he will be so forever.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

make you complete 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 forever. Amen.

Know that our brother Timothy has been freed, with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you.