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Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
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who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house.
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Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later,
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but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
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For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.
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Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
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so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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The Full Assurance of Faith
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
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let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
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but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
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But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
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By Faith
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
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By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
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By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
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By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.
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And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
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By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
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By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
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By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
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By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
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These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
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By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,
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By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau.
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By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff.
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By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.
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By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.
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By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
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By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
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By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
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By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.
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By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.
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By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.
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who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
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And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised,
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Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
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looking to Jesus, the founder 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.
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Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
