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The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
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So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
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You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.”
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Jesus Made Fully Human
It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
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But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him?
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and put everything under their feet.” In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.
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Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.
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Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—
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For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.
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Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
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For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
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But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.
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That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.’
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But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
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For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
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Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
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Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
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He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.
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This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
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Warning Against Falling Away
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand.
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Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.
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But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
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It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
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Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God.
