For a covenant is affirmed over those dead, since it never has force when The one covenanting is living.

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

For Christ has not entered into the Holy of Holies made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

(for then He must have suffered often since the foundation of the world), but now once in the end of the world He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. And to those who look for Him He shall appear the second time without sin to salvation.

For the Law which has a shadow of good things to come, not the very image of the things, appearing year by year with the same sacrifices, which they offer continually, they are never able to perfect those drawing near.

For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshipers, when they had been once for all purged, would have had no more conscience of sin.

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Therefore when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared a body for Me.

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have had no pleasure.

Above, when He said, "Sacrifice and offering, and burnt offerings and offering for sin You did not desire, neither did You have pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the Law),

By this will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right of God,

For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are sanctified.

The Holy Spirit also is a witness to us; for after He had said before,

Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

by a new and living way which He has consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, His flesh;

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering (for He is faithful who promised),

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,

but a certain fearful looking for judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

For we know Him who has said, "Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay, says the Lord." And again, "The Lord shall judge His people."

For you both sympathized with my bonds and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that you have in Heaven a better and an enduring substance.

For you have need of patience, so that after you have done the will of God you might receive the promise.

For "yet a little while, and He who shall come will come and will not delay."

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

By faith Enoch was translated so as not to see death, and he was not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out into a place which he was afterward going to receive for an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he went.

For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

For they who say such things declare plainly that they seek a fatherland.

But now they stretch forth to a better fatherland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,

esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king, for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah; also David, and Samuel and the prophets,

for God had provided some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.

looking to Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right of the throne of God.

For consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest you be weary and faint in your minds.

for whom the Lord loves He chastens, and He scourges every son whom He receives."

If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons, for what son is he whom the father does not chasten?

For truly they chastened us for a few days according to their own pleasure, but He for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness.

Now chastening for the present does not seem to be joyous, but grievous. Nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who are exercised by it.

And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed.

(lest there be any fornicator, or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.

For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he did not find any place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears).

For you have not come to the mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, nor to blackness and darkness and tempest,

for they could not endure the thing commanded, "And if so much as a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned or thrust through with a dart,"

See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape, those who refused him that spoke on earth, much more we shall not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from Heaven,

for also, "Our God is a consuming fire."

Do not be forgetful of hospitality, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Let your way of life be without the love of money, and be content with such things as you have, for He has said, "Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you, never!"

Do not be carried about with different and strange doctrines, for it is good for the heart to be established with grace, not with foods, in which those who have walked in them were not helped.

For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the Holy of Holies by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.

For here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Yield to those leading you, and be submissive, for they watch for your souls, as those who must give account, that they may do it with joy and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you.

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

And I beseech you, brothers, allow the word of exhortation. For I have written a letter to you in few words.

But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

For do not let that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;

For the sun rose with the hot wind and dried up the grass, and its flower fell out, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also the rich one will fade away in his ways.

Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God is not tempted by evils, and He tempts no one.

Of His own will He brought us forth with the Word of truth, for us to be a certain firstfruit of His creatures.

For the wrath of man does not work out the righteousness of God.

For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man studying his natural face in a mirror.

For he studied himself and went his way, and immediately he forgot what he was like.

For if there comes a gold-fingered man in fancy clothing into your assembly, and if there also comes in a poor man in shabby clothing,

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

For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." But if you do not commit adultery, yet if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the Law.

For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God."

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

For in many things we all offend. If anyone does not offend in word, the same is a full-grown man, able also to bridle the whole body.

For every kind of animals, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of sea-animals, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

For where envying and strife are, there is confusion and every foul deed.

who do not know of the morrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapor, which appears for a little time, and then disappears.

Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on.

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and the latter rain.

You also be patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of your Lord draws near.

My brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering ill, and of patience.

Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Confess faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous one avails much.

Elijah was a man of like passion as we are. And he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for the time of three years and six months.

to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in Heaven for you

About which salvation the prophets sought out and searched out, prophesying concerning the grace for you;

searching for what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ made clear within them, testifying beforehand of the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow.

Therefore girding up the loins of your mind, being sober, perfectly hope for the grace being brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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

indeed having been foreknown before the foundation of the world, but revealed in the last times for you,

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of men as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls out,

For having been drawn to Him, a living Stone, indeed rejected by men, but elect, precious with God;

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

or to governors as sent by Him for vengeance on evildoers, but for praise on well-doers.

For such is the will of God, doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish men;

For this is a grace, if for conscience toward God anyone endures grief, suffering wrongfully.

For what glory is it if you patiently endure while sinning and being buffeted? But if you suffer while doing good, and patiently endure, this is a grace from God.

For you were not called to this? For Christ also suffered on our behalf, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps,

For you were as sheep going astray, but now you are turned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

For so once indeed the holy women hoping in God adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands;