HAVING therefore, brothers, confidence in respect to the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

Any one who despised the law of Moses died without mercy by two or three witnesses;

of how much greater punishment do you suppose he will be thought worthy, who has trodden down the Son of God, and accounted defiled the blood of the covenant with which he was purified, and treated injuriously the Spirit of grace.

partly in being made a spectacle by reproaches and afflictions, and partly being companions of those so treated.

but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he draws back my soul takes no pleasure in him.

For by it the ancients obtained a good repute.

We know by faith that the worlds were made by the word of God, that the seen was not made from the apparent.

By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, through which he was declared to be righteous, God testifying to his gifts, and through the same, having died, he speaks still.

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;

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.

By faith he resided temporarily in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise;

By faith also Sarah herself received power to become a mother, even beyond the usual age, because she regarded him faithful that promised.

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.

By faith Abraham when tried offered Isaac, and he that received the promises offered his only son,

of whom it was said, In Isaac shall your posterity be called,

By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in respect to things to come.

By faith Jacob dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshipped leaning on the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph at the close of life made mention of the exodus of the children of Israel and gave charge concerning his bones.

By faith Moses when he was born was hid three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they feared not the command of the king.

By faith Moses when he became a man refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter,

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

By faith he observed the passover and the pouring out of blood, that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.

By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians attempting were swallowed up.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down when they had been surrounded seven days.

By faith Rahab the harlot escaped destruction with the disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

who by faith subdued kingdoms, performed righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

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

And you have forgotten the exhortation which says to you as to sons, My son, despise not the correction of the Lord and faint not when rebuked by him,

Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

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.

taking care that no one may come short of the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springing up may make trouble and by it many be defiled,

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

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;

Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace through which we may serve God acceptably, with piety and fear;

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.

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.

And I exhort you do this the more, that I may sooner be restored to you.

perfect you in every good work to do his will, doing in you that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever; amen.

The grace be with you all; amen.

But let patience have a perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

And if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and upbraids not, and it shall be given 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.

But every one is tempted when he is drawn away by his desires, and enticed;

Be not deceived, my beloved brothers.

Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruit of his creatures.

Understand, my beloved brothers, and let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

But he that looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, not being a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, he shall be blessed in his doing.

And do they not blaspheme the good name by which you are called?

but if you respect persons, you commit sin, convicted by the law as transgressors.

So speak and so do, as being about to be judged by the law of liberty.

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?

But some one will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by works.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

You see that faith cooperated with his works, and by works was faith made perfect,

You see then that a man is justified by works and not by faith only.

And in like manner also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

BE not many of you teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall receive a severer judgment.

behold also the ships, though of so great size and driven by powerful winds, are directed by a very small helm wherever the will of the pilot chooses;

And the tongue is a fire, the tongue is made a world of wickedness among our members, it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature and is set on fire by hell.

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

Out of the same mouth proceeds a blessing and a curse. My brothers, these things ought not so to be.

What wise and intelligent man is there among you? Let him show his works by good conduct, in the meekness of wisdom.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be persuaded, full of mercy and of good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

Adulteresses, know you not that the friendship of the world is enmity against God? Whoever therefore wishes to be a friend of the world, is made an enemy of God.

Be subject therefore to God; resist the devil and he will flee from you;

Lament, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.

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;

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.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, kept back by you, cry, and the loud calls of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

Complain not, brothers, against one another, that you be not judged; behold, the judge stands before the doors.

Above all things, my brothers, swear not, neither by heaven, nor the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, that you may not fall under condemnation.

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be cured, for the prayer of the righteous operates with great power.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has begotten us to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

In which you rejoice, though now for a little while if need be made sad by manifold trials,

that the trial of your faith, which is much more precious than gold that is destroyed but proved by fire, may be found to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

to whom it was revealed that they ministered not to themselves but to us those things which have now been declared to you by those who preached to you the good news, with the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, into which the angels desire to look.

Wherefore, girding up the loins of your minds, be sober, and hope to the end for the gift to be brought to you by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

but as he that called you is holy be you also holy in all [your] conduct,

because it is written, Be you holy, for I am holy.

knowing that you were not redeemed from your vain mode of life received by tradition from your fathers, with destructible things, silver or gold,

who through him believed in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope may be in God.

Having purified your souls by obeying the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another fervently, from the heart,

as new born babes desire earnestly the pure milk of the word, that you may grow by it to salvation,

To whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed by men but approved by God, elect, precious,

do you also yourselves be built up living stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices well pleasing to God through Jesus Christ,

for it is said in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious, and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

Be subject therefore to every human government, for the Lord's sake, whether to the king, as superior,

to governors, sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and the praise of those who do well;

for this is the will of God, that by well-doing you may silence the ignorance of foolish men;

Let servants be subject with all fear to masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the perverse.