For to what angel did God ever say, 'Thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father'? Or again, 'I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me'?

To what angel did he ever say, 'Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet'?

We must therefore pay closer attention to what we have heard, in case we drift away.

One writer, as we know, has affirmed, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou carest for him?

what we do see is Jesus who was put lower than the angels for a little while to suffer death, and who has been crowned with glory and honour that by God's grace he might taste death for everyone.

where your fathers put me to the proof, and for forty years felt what I could do.

Let us pass on then to what is mature, leaving elementary Christian doctrine behind, instead of laying the foundation over again with repentance from dead works, with faith in God,

God is not unfair; he will not forget what you have done, or the love you have shown for his sake in ministering, as you still do, to the saints.

Thus it was that Abraham by his stedfastness obtained what he had been promised.

He begins by saying, thou hast no desire for, thou takest no delight in, sacrifices and offerings and holocausts and sin-offerings (and these are what are offered in terms of the Law);

Steady patience is what you need, so that after doing the will of God you may get what you have been promised.

Now faith means we are confident of what we hope for, convinced of what we do not see.

It was by faith that Abel offered God a richer sacrifice than Cain did, and thus won from God the record of being 'just,' on the score of what he gave; he died, but by his faith he is speaking to us still.

It was by faith that Noah, after being told by God what was still unseen, reverently constructed an ark to save his household; thus he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that follows faith.

and had been told that it is through Isaac that your offspring shall be reckoned ??19 for he considered that God was able even to raise men from the dead. Hence he did get him back, by what was a parable of the resurrection.

And what more shall I say? Time would fail me to tell of Gideon, of Barak and Samson and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets ??33 men who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouth of lions,

You have not come to what you can touch, to flames of fire, to mist and gloom and stormy blasts,

That phrase, once again, denotes the removal of what is shaken (as no more than created), to leave only what stands unshaken.

Keep your life free from the love of money; be content with what you have, for He has said, Never will I fail you, never will I forsake you.

So that we can say confidently, The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can men do to me?

furnish you with everything for the doing of his will, creating in your lives by Jesus Christ what is acceptable in his own sight! To him be glory for ever and ever: Amen.