For the earth drinking the rain coming often upon her, and bringing forth the herb nutritious to those by whom it is also cultivated, receives blessings from God:

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the divine love which you manifested in his name, having ministered to the saints, and ministering.

For God having promised Abraham, since he had no greater one by whom to swear, swore by himself,

For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy:

For this Melchizedek, the king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, the one having met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,

For without contradiction the less is blessed by the better.

For he was still in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.

Then indeed if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for unto it the people have been tithed, what need is there still that another priest shall rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is a change of the law.

For he unto whom these things were spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one ministers at the altar:

for it is evident that our Lord sprang from Judah; in reference to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

For it is testified, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

For there is a disannulling of the preceding commandment, on account of its weakness and inadequacy

for the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh unto God.

And in as much as it is without an oath, for the priests were made without an oath;

wherefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those coming unto God through him, ever living to intercede for them.

For such a high priest was indeed appropriate unto us, holy, free from sin, undefiled, having been separated from the sinners, and being higher than the heavens;

who had not daily need, as the high priests, first to offer up sacrifices for their own sins, then those of the people: for he did this, having offered up himself once.

For the law institutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which is after the law, the Son, having been made perfect forever.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: whence it is necessary to have something even that which he may offer.

whosoever serve the pattern and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses about to complete the tabernacle was commanded: for, he says, See that you shall make all things after the pattern which was shown to you in the mount:

For if that first covenant had been faultless, a place would not have been sought for the second.

For finding fault with them, he says, Behold the days are coming, says the Lord, and I will perfect upon the house of Israel and upon the house of Judah, a new covenant:

Then indeed the first tabernacle also, had ordinances of service, and a sanctuary for this world.

For the first tabernacle was made; in which there were candlesticks, and the table, and shew-bread; which is called, Holy.

and into the second comes the high priest alone once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and the errors of the people;

For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctifies unto the purification of the flesh;

For where there is a covenant, it is necessary to bear the death of the covenanter;

for a covenant is valid in case of the dead: since it has no force while the covenanter lives.

For every commandment having been spoken by Moses to all the people according to law, having taken the blood of bullocks and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

For Christ did not come into the sanctuaries made with hands, the pattern of the true; but into heaven itself, now to be made manifest unto the face of God in our behalf:

For the law having the shadow of good things to come, not the real image of the things, annually with the same sacrifices which they offer continually, is by no means able to make perfect those coming to it:

for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

Therefore, coming into the world, he says; Sacrifice an offering thou willest not, but thou hast perfected for me a body:

whole burnt offerings and offerings for sins thou wast not pleased with:

Saying above, that Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin thou didst not will, neither wast well pleased with; whatsoever are offered according to law;

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

and he, having offered up one sacrifice for sins, forever sat down on the right hand of God;

For by one offering he has forever perfected the sanctified.

And the Holy Ghost truly does witness to us: for afterward he said,

But where there is removal of these, there is no more offering for sin.

and washed as to our body with purifying water: let us hold fast the testimony of hope steadfast; for the one having promised is faithful;

For we sinning willingly after we have received the perfect knowledge of the truth, there is left no more sacrifice for sins,

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

For you suffered along with the prisoners, and received with joy the spoliation of your goods, knowing that you have a better and abiding possession.

For you have need of patience, in order that, having done the will of God, you will inherit the promise.

For yet a little while, the one coming will come, and will not tarry.

But faith is the confidence of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

For by it the elders receive the witness of the Spirit.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found because God translated him. For before he was translated he had the witness of the Spirit, that he pleased God:

but without faith it is impossible to please him: for it behooves the one coming unto God to believe that he is, and he is a rewarder unto them who seek him out.

By faith Noah, being warned concerning things not yet seen, being moved with fear, prepared an ark for the salvation of his family; by which he condemned the world, and became heir to the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith Abraham, being called to go out into a place which he was about to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and went out, not knowing whither he goes.

for he anticipated a city having foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Therefore indeed they were born of one, and those things of one having died, as the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sands which are by the sea, which are innumerable.

For those speaking such things declare that they are seeking after a country of their own.

but now they seek a better country, that is, a heavenly. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city.

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season;

esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he was looking unto the recompense of reward.

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he went out, as seeing the invisible one.

God having reserved something better for us, that they might not be made perfect apart from us.

looking unto Jesus the beginner and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was placed before him, endured the cross, looking with contempt at the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider him who has endured so great a contradiction of sinners against himself, in order that you may not become weary, fainting in your souls.

For you have not yet resisted unto blood, fighting against sin;

for whom the Lord loves he chastises, and scourges every son whom he receives.

Endure unto chastisement; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom the father does not chastise?

For they indeed for a few days were accustomed to chastise us according to that which seemed right to them; but he made unto our profit, in order that we might partake his holiness.

Indeed no chastisement for the present seems to be truly joyful, but sorrowful: but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them who have been disciplined by it.

and make straight paths for your feet, in order that whatsoever is lame may not be turned out of the way, but rather may it be healed.

lest any one may be a fornicator, or a profane person, as was Esau, who for one morsel sold his birthright.

For you know that, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance even though having sought it diligently with tears.

For you have not come to the mountain that can be touched, and that is burnt with fire, and unto blackness and darkness, and tempest,

for they could not endure that which was spoken, If a wild beast should touch the mountain, it shall be pierced through with a dart:

See that you do not reject the one speaking: for if they escape not having rejected the one delivering them the divine oracles on earth, how much more shall we not escape, who turn away from the one speaking from the heavens:

for our God is a consuming fire.

Forget not hospitality: for by it some having entertained angels were incognizant.

Marriage is honorable among all, and the couch undefiled: for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

Let your deportment be free from covetousness; being content with present things: for he said, I will not, I will not, leave you, neither do I ever forsake you;

Be not carried away with fantastical and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, in which those going round were not profited.

For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is shed by the high priest in the sanctuary for sin, are utterly burnt up outside of the camp.

for we have here no continuing city, but we are seeking unto one which is to come.

But do not forget benefaction and fellowship: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Obey your leaders, and be submissive: for they are watching for your souls, as they shall give an account that they may do this with joy and not with grief, for this is unprofitable to you.

Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, wishing in all things to deport ourselves in harmony with the beauty of holiness.

But I exhort you, brethren, to receive the word of consolation: for I have indeed written unto you briefly.

But let him ask in faith, doubting as to nothing; for he that doubts is like unto a wave of the sea driven by the winds and tossed by the tempest.

For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord,

For the sun with a scorching wind has risen, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its countenance perished: so indeed the rich man will pass away in his ways.

Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God can not be tempted with evils, and he tempts no one:

for the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.

For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

for he recognized himself, and has gone away, and immediately forgot what kind he was.

For if a gold-ringed man may come into your synagogue, in shining apparel, and a poor man may also come in with soiled clothing;

For whosoever may keep the whole law, and fail in one item, has become guilty of all.

For the one saying, Thou shalt not commit adultery also said, Thou shalt not murder; but if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

For judgment is without mercy to him that shows no mercy; but mercy glorieth against judgment.

and the scripture was fulfilled, saying, And Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of God.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith also apart from works is dead.

For we all fail in many things; if any one fails not in word, the same is a perfect man, able even to bridle the whole body.

For every nature both of wild beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of oceanic animals, is subdued, and has been subjugated to human nature: