whom I have sent back to thee: but do thou receive him, that is, my bowels:

whom I was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;

but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

for perhaps for this reason he has been separated from thee for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;

I Paul have written it with mine own hand; I will repay it: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.

Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.

But withal prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that I shall be granted to you through your prayers.

but one has testified somewhere, saying, What is man, that thou rememberest him, or son of man that thou visitest him?

but we see Jesus, who was made some little inferior to angels on account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; so that by the grace of God he should taste death for every thing.

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

Since therefore the children partake of blood and flesh, he also, in like manner, took part in the same, that through death he might annul him who has the might of death, that is, the devil;

Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like to his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people;

for, in that himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are being tempted.

who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house.

For he has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house.

But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation;

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?

And we see that they could not enter in on account of unbelief;)

Seeing therefore it remains that some enter into it, and those who first received the glad tidings did not enter in on account of not hearkening to the word,

For he that has entered into his rest, he also has rested from his works, as God did from his own.

Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word.

Let us approach therefore with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.

For every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;

and having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, author of eternal salvation;

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that one should teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

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

But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.

that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,

which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into that within the veil,

And they indeed from among the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have commandment to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is from their brethren, though these are come out of the loins of Abraham:

And here dying men receive tithes; but there one of whom the witness is that he lives;

If indeed then perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, for the people had their law given to them in connexion with it, what need was there still that a different priest should arise according to the order of Melchisedec, and not be named after the order of Aaron?

For it is clear that our Lord has sprung out of Juda, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing as to priests.

For every high priest is constituted for the offering both of gifts and sacrifices; whence it is needful that this one also should have something which he may offer.

(who serve the representation and shadow of heavenly things, according as Moses was oracularly told when about to make the tabernacle; for See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern which has been shewn to thee in the mountain.)

For if that first was faultless, place had not been sought for a second.

Because this is the covenant that I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their mind, I will write them also upon their hearts; and I will be to them for God, and they shall be to me for people.

In that he says New, he has made the first old; but that which grows old and aged is near disappearing.

having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant, covered round in every part with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, and the rod of Aaron that had sprouted, and the tables of the covenant;

the Holy Spirit shewing this, that the way of the holy of holies has not yet been made manifest while as yet the first tabernacle has its standing;

the which is an image for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices, unable to perfect as to conscience him that worshipped, are offered,

But Christ being come high priest of the good things to come, by the better and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, (that is, not of this creation,)

And for this reason he is mediator of a new covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

It was necessary then that the figurative representations of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.

nor in order that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy places every year with blood not his own;

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

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

the new and living way which he has dedicated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,

Any one that has disregarded Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses:

For we know him that said, To me belongs vengeance; I will recompense, saith the Lord: and again, The Lord shall judge his people.

For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one.

For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

For yet a very little while he that comes will come, and will not delay.

By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that that which is seen should not take its origin from things which appear.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation he has the testimony that he had pleased God.

But without faith it is impossible to please him. For he that draws near to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them who seek him out.

By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and that beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.

Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which is by the sea shore.

All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek their country.

And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;

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

counting that God was able to raise him even from among the dead, whence also he received him in a figure.

By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.

Women received their dead again by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, that they might get a better resurrection;

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

Let us also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,

For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.

Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?

Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees;

and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned aside; but that rather it may be healed.

for ye know that also afterwards, desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, (for he found no place for repentance) although he sought it earnestly with tears.

For ye have not come to the mount that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,

and trumpet's sound, and voice of words; which they that heard, excusing themselves, declined the word being addressed to them any more:

See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him who does so from heaven:

But this Yet once, signifies the removing of what is shaken, as being made, that what is not shaken may remain.

Remember prisoners, as bound with them; those that are evil-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

So that, taking courage, we may say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid: what will man do unto me?

Be not carried away with various and strange doctrines; for it is good that the heart be confirmed with grace, not meats; those who have walked in which have not been profited by them.

Wherefore also Jesus, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate:

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

Obey your leaders, and be submissive; for they watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you.

Pray for us: for we persuade ourselves that we have a good conscience, in all things desirous to walk rightly.

But I much more beseech you to do this, that I may the more quickly be restored to you.

But I beseech you, brethren, bear the word of exhortation, for it is but in few words that I have written to you.

Know that our brother Timotheus is set at liberty; with whom, if he should come soon, I will see you.

knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

But let endurance have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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

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

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him.

According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of his creatures.

So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

But he that fixes his view on the perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in it, being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his doing.

Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?

So speak ye, and so act, as those that are to be judged by the law of liberty;

for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

Thou believest that God is one. Thou doest well. The demons even believe, and tremble.