Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

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

Therefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: yet not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

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

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter into it, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

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

Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are wayward; for he himself also is beset with weakness.

And no man takes this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

So also Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest; but he that said unto him, You are my Son, today have I begotten you.

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

But solid food belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth plants fit for them by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God:

But that which bears thorns and briars is worthless, and is near unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have showed toward his name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

That by two immutable things, in that it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil;

To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they are descendants of Abraham:

But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah; of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

And it is yet far more evident: that after the similitude of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord swore and will not change, you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek:)

Therefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them.

For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: therefore it is of necessity that this man have something also to offer.

For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says he, that you make all things according to the pattern showed to you in the mount.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, says the Lord.

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

In that he says, A new covenant, he has made the first old. Now that which decays and grows old is ready to vanish away.

Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, in which was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;

The Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while the first tabernacle was yet standing:

Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they who are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

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

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place every year with blood of others;

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

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

Then said he, Lo, I come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second.

For by one offering he has perfected forever them that are sanctified.

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

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 that promised;)

He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

For we know him that has said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

Partly, while you were made a public display both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, while you became companions of them that were so used.

For you had compassion on me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that you have in heaven a better and an enduring possession.

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

For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaks.

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 had this testimony, that he pleased God.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son.

Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall your descendants be called:

Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from which also he received him in a figure.

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

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

Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily ensnare us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider him that endured such hostility of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

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

For you know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

For you are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as an animal touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a spear:

And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel.

See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven:

And this word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them who suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Be not carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with foods, which have not profited them that have been observing them.

Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered outside the gate.