But we see Jesus who has been made a little something less than the heavenly agents, who, because of the suffering of death, has been crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God he would taste of death for every man.

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these things.

For certainly if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, there being the priests who offer the gifts according to the law,

For if that first one was faultless, no place would have been sought for a second.

since it would be necessary for him to suffer often, from the foundation of the world. But now once, at the end of the ages, he was made known for an annulment of sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Otherwise would they not have ceased being offered, because of those who worship, once having been cleansed, to have no further conscience of sins?

And if indeed they remembered that from which they came out, they would have had time to return.

By faith he performed the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who was destroying the firstborn would not touch them.

And what shall I say further? For the time would fail me telling about Gideon, also Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets,

God having foreseen something superior concerning us, so that without us they would not be made fully perfect.

Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,