¹¹ For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory.

²⁰ Now ^(A)the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, ^(B)grace abounded all the more, ²¹ so that, ^(C)as sin reigned in death, ^(D)grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹³ In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And ^(A)what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

²⁵ See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For ^(A)if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. ²⁶ At that time ^(B)his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, ^(C)“Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” ²⁷ This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates ^(D)the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. ²⁸ Therefore let us be grateful for receiving ^(E)a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus ^(F)let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, ²⁹ for our ^(G)God is a consuming fire.

²¹ but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him:

²² This makes Jesus the guarantor of ^(B)a better covenant.

²³ The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, ²⁴ but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues ^(C)forever. ²⁵ Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost^{[a] (D)}those who draw near to God ^(E)through him, since he always lives ^(F)to make intercession for them.

The Light of the Gospel

4 Therefore, having ^(A)this ministry ^(B)by the mercy of God,^[a] we do not lose heart.

⁶ who has made us sufficient to be ^(A)ministers of ^(B)a new covenant, not of ^(C)the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but ^(D)the Spirit gives life.

⁷ Now if ^(E)the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory ^(F)that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end,