whence also he is able to save forever those who come to God through him, always living to intercede for them.

For such a chief priest also was suitable for us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens,

who has no need daily as the chief priests first to present sacrifices for their sins, then for those of the people; for this he did once for all, having offered himself.

For the law constitutes men chief priests having infirmity, but the word of the oath which is after the law the Son made perfect forever.

For every chief priest is constituted to offer gifts and sacrifices, whence it was necessary that this man also should have something to offer.

For if he had been on earth he would not have been a priest, there being priests to offer, the gifts according to the law,

who serve for a symbol and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when about to make the tabernacle; for see, he says, that you make all things after the pattern shown you in the Mount;

For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for the second. [But it was not].

For finding fault with them he says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, that I will make with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, a new covenant,

not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, for they continued not in my covenant, and I neglected them, says the Lord.

And they shall not teach every one his [fellow] citizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest of them.

For I will be merciful to their wickedness, and their sins and transgressions will I remember no more.

For the first tabernacle was provided, in which were the candlestick and the table and the show bread, which is called the sanctuary.

but into the second once a year only the chief priest [enters], not without blood, which he offers for his errors and those of the people,

For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies to the purification of the flesh,

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that death having been for a redemption of transgressions [transgressors] under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

For where there is a covenant, there must follow the death of the covenant-maker.

For a covenant is strong for the dead, since it is never strong [unalterable] when the covenant-maker lives;

For every commandment of the law having been spoken by Moses to all the people, taking 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 enter into the sanctuary made with hands, a type of the true, but into heaven itself, and already has appeared before God for us,

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

For the law having a shadow of the good things that were to come, not the very likeness of the things, could not by the sacrifices which they offered continually every year perfect the offerers;

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

Whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou wast not pleased with;

Saying before, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou didst not desire and wast not pleased with, which are offered according to the law,

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

but this [priest] having offered one sacrifice forever for sins, sat down on the right hand of God,

For by one offering he has perfected forever the sanctified.

The Holy Spirit also testifies [this] to us; for after it had said before,

But where there is a forgiveness of these, an offering for sin is no longer required.

which [entrance] he consecrated for us a new and living way through the vail, that is his flesh,

let us hold firmly the profession of the faith, without declining; for he is faithful that promised;

and let us observe one another for a provocation of love and of good works,

For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins,

For we know him that said, Judgment belongs to me, I will repay. And again, The Lord will judge his people.

For you sympathized with those in bonds, and received with joy the plunder of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession, and one that endures.

For you have need of patience, that having done the will of God you may receive the promise.

For yet a very little while, and he that is to come will come and will not delay;

But faith is a confidence in respect to things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

For by it the ancients obtained a good repute.

By faith Enoch was translated without seeing death, and was not found because God translated him. For before the translation he was said to have pleased God;

but without faith it is impossible to please; for he that comes to God, must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that seek him.

By faith Noah having been divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen, fearing built the ark for the salvation of his house, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness by faith.

By faith Abraham being called obeyed and went out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going.

for he looked for the city which has foundations [fixed abodes] whose designer and builder is God.

Wherefore also there were born of one, and those of one dead, [a posterity] like the stars of heaven for multitude, and like the sands on the sea-shore innumerable.

For those who say such things show that they seek a native country.

but now they seek a better, that is a heavenly [country]. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them 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 have an enjoyment of sin for a time,

judging the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he had respect to the reward.

By faith he left Egypt, not having feared the displeasure of the king; for he endured as seeing him that is invisible.

And why should I say more? For time would fail me to relate of Gideon and Barak, and Sampson and Jepthah, and David and Samuel and the prophets,

God having provided something better for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God.

For consider him that has endured such a contradiction from sinners, that you may not become faint and weary in your minds.

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

If you endure correction, God deals with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not correct?

For they for a few days corrected us as seemed good to them, but he for the best, that we may partake of his holiness.

And no correction seems to be joyful for the present but painful, but afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.

and make straight courses for your feet, that the lame may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed.

that no one may be a fornicator or unholy person like Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright.

For you know that afterwards, wishing also to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind, though he sought it with tears.

For you have not come to a mountain that may be touched, and to a burning fire, and blackness and darkness and a tempest

and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, which those who heard desired that the word might not be spoken to them any more,??20 for they could not bear what was commanded, And if a beast touches the mountain it shall be stoned;

See that you refuse not him that speaks; for if they did not escape who refused him that gave answers on earth, much more shall we [not escape] who turn ourselves away from him in heaven;

whose voice then shook the earth, but now it has been promised, saying, Hereafter once for all I will shake not only the earth, but also heaven.

And this, Hereafter once for all, signifies the removal of the things shaken as of things made, that those not shaken may continue.

for our God is also a consuming fire.

Forget not hospitality; for by this some without knowing it have entertained angels.

Let your life be without avarice, and be contented with what you have; for he said, I will never leave you, I will never forsake you;

Be not carried about with various and strange doctrines; for it is good that the mind should be established with grace, not with aliments, in which those walking are not profited.

For the bodies of those animals whose blood is carried into the sanctuary by the chief priest are burnt without the encampment.

for we have not here a city that continues, but we seek that which is to come.

And forget not beneficence and liberality; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Obey your guides and be in subjection; for they watch for your souls as having to give an account, that they may do this with joy and not with grief; for this is unprofitable for you.

Pray for us; for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things wishing to live well.

And I beseech you, brothers, suffer the word of exhortation; for I have sent to you a letter in a few words.

But let him ask in faith, not doubting; for he that doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind and agitated.

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord,

and the rich in his humiliation, for he shall pass away like a flower of the grass.

For the sun rose hot, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also shall the rich man perish in his ways.

Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Let no tempted one say, I am tempted by God; for God is not subject to temptation by evils, and he tempts no one.

for man's anger performs not God's righteousness.

For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man perceiving his natural face in a glass;

for he perceived himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what kind of a man he was.

For if there comes into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in splendid clothing, and there also comes in a poor man in vile clothing,

For whoever shall keep the whole law, and offend in one point, is guilty of all.

For he that said, You shall not commit adultery, said also, You shall not kill; and if you do not commit adultery, but kill, you are a transgressor of the law.

For he shall have judgment without mercy who shows not mercy; mercy rejoices over judgment.

and one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, but gives them not the necessary supplies for the body, what is the profit?

For as the body without a spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

For in many things we all offend; if one offends not in word he is a perfect man, able to keep in subjection also the whole body.

For every kind of beasts, and birds, and reptiles, and fishes, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race,

For where envy and strife are, there are disorder and every evil work.

who know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes away;

for you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall both live and do this or that.

Come now, rich men, weep and lament for the miseries which are coming upon you.

your gold and silver are destroyed with rust, and their rust will be a witness against you, and consume your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasures for the last days.

Wait patiently therefore, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and is of long patience, till he receives the autumnal and vernal rain.