for perhaps he has been separated from you for a time that you may have him back forever,

I, Paul, have written with my hand; I will pay; not to tell you that you owe yourself to me.

I have written to you, having confidence in your obedience, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

But at the same time also prepare me a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I shall be given to you.

But one somewhere testified, saying, What is man that thou art mindful of him, or a son of man that thou visitest him?

But we see Jesus, made a little less than angels, on account of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste death for every [man].

For both he that sanctifies and the sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Since then the children have partaken of blood and flesh, he in like manner also partook of them, that through death he might destroy him that has the power of death, that is the devil,

Whence he ought in all things to be assimilated to the brothers, that he may be a merciful and faithful chief priest as to things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

who is faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was in his house.

For every house is built by some one; but he that built all things is God.

Wherefore I was displeased with that generation and said, They always err in mind, and they did not know my ways,

See, brothers, that there be not at any time in any one of you an evil mind of unbelief in departing from the living God;

but exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day, that no one of you may be hardened by the deception of sin;

And with whom was he displeased forty years? Was it not with those that sinned? whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest? was it not to them that disobeyed?

And we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

For we enter into the rest who believed, as he said, I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest, although of works made from the foundation of the world.

Since then it remains that some entered into it, and those to whom it was first preached entered not in on account of unbelief,

Let us use diligence, therefore to enter into that rest [the heavenly rest], that no one may fall, after the same example of disobedience.

Let us therefore approach with boldness the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace for timely aid.

For every chief priest taken from men is appointed in behalf of men over things relating to God, that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins,

And no one takes the honor on himself but he that is called by God, even as Aaron also was.

So also Christ did not put on himself the honor of being made a chief priest, but he that said to him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee;

Who in the days of his flesh having offered both prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, with loud cries and tears, [and being heard and delivered] from fear,??8 although he was a Son, learned obedience from what he suffered,

Concerning whom we have much to say, and that which is difficult to explain, because you have become dull of hearing.

For you who ought on account of the time to be teachers, have need that one should teach you again what are the first rudiments of the oracles of God, and have need of milk and not solid food.

For every one that partakes of milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe;

But the land which drinks in the rain that often falls on it, and produces plants beneficial to those by whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God;

but that which produces thorns and thistles is disapproved, and is nigh to a curse, the end of which is to be burned.

that you be not stupid, but followers of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who fled to lay hold on the hope set before us,

And the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to tithe the people according to the law, that is their brothers, although descended from Abraham;

And here, men who die receive tithes, but there, one of whom it is testified that he lives.

If therefore there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood,??or the people received the law under it,??hat need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchisedec and not to be called after the order of Aaron?

for it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, in respect to which tribe Moses said nothing concerning priests.

BUT the chief thing in addition to what has been said is, that we have such a chief priest who sat on the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens,

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

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.

This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their minds, and will write them in their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

By saying new, he made the first old; but that which is ancient and weak is about to perish.

having the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on every side with gold, in which were the golden vase that had the manna and Aaron's rod that budded and the tables of the covenant,

the Holy Spirit showing this, that the way into the sanctuary is not made manifest while the first tabernacle yet has a standing,

which is a type of the time at hand, in which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshipper as to the conscience,

But Christ having come, a chief priest of the good times that were to come, with a greater and a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

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.

It was necessary, therefore, that the symbols of things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

not that he may often present himself, as the chief priest enters into the sanctuary once a year with the blood of another [being];

since it was necessary that it should suffer often from the foundation of the world, but now once at the consummation of the world he has been manifested to destroy sins by the sacrifice of himself.

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.

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

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;

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;

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

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

All these died in faith not having received the promises, but having seen and saluted them from a distance, and having professed that they were foreigners and strangers on the earth.

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

And if they had remembered that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return;

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,

judging that God was able to raise even from the dead; whence also in a figure he received him.

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 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.

women received their dead from a resurrection, others were tortured having not accepted redemption, that they might obtain a better resurrection;

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

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

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.

Wherefore hold up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees,

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 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;

and so fearful was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and tremble,??22 but you have come to Zion, the mountain and city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels in general assembly,

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;

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

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

so that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; what can man do to me?

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.

Wherefore also Jesus, that he might purify the people through his blood, suffered without the gate.

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

Through him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips confessing his name.

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.

Know that brother Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes soon, I will see you.

knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience.

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

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.