Beginning
1 Long ago, at various times and in diverse ways, God spoke to our fathers by the Prophets. In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son,
2 Whom He has made heir of all things. Through Whom He also made the world.
3 He, being the brightness of the Glory and the engraved form of His person and bearing up all things by His mighty Word, has purged our sins through Himself. And He sits at the right hand of the Majesty in the Highest Places.
4 And He is made so much more excellent than the angels, inasmuch as He has obtained a more excellent Name than they.
5 For to which of the angels has He said at any time, “You are My Son. This day I begat You.”? And again, “I will be His Father, and He shall be My Son.”?
6 And again, when He brings in His first begotten Son into the world, He says, “And let all the angels of God worship Him.”
7 And of the angels, He says, “He makes the spirits His messengers, and His ministers a flame of fire.”
8 But to the Son, He says, “O God, Your throne is forever and ever. The scepter of Your Kingdom is a scepter of righteousness.
9 “You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity. Therefore God - even Your God - has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your associates.”10 And, “You, Lord, established the Earth in the beginning. And the heavens are the works of Your hands.
11 “They shall perish, but You remain. And they all shall grow old, as does a garment.
12 “And as a cloak, You shall fold them up. And they shall be changed. But You are the same. And Your years shall not fail.”
13 Also, to which of the angels has He said at any time, “Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”?
14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for the sakes of those who shall be heirs of salvation?
2 Therefore we ought to diligently pay attention to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we drift away.
2 For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense,
3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation (which at first began to be preached by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him;
4 God bearing witness to it both with signs and wonders, and with diverse miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to His own will)?
5 For He has not put the world to come (whereof we speak) in subjection to the angels.
6 But one in a certain place witnessed, saying, “What is man that You should be mindful of him; or the son of man that You would consider him?
7 “You made him a little inferior to the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor and have set him above the works of Your Hands.
8 “You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” And in that He has put all things in subjection under him, He left nothing that should not be subject to him. But we still do not see all things subjected to him.
9 But we see Jesus, who was made little inferior to the angels, crowned with glory and honor through the suffering of death. That by God’s grace He might taste death for everyone.
10 For it became Him for Whom all these things are - and by Whom all these things are (seeing that He brought many children to Glory) - that He should consecrate the Author of their salvation through afflictions.
11 For He Who sanctifies, and those who are sanctified, are all of One. Therefore, He is not ashamed to call them brothers,
12 saying, “I will declare Your Name to My brothers. In the midst of the Church I will sing praises to You.”
13 And again, “I will put My trust in Him.” And again, “Behold, here I am, and the children whom God has given Me.”
14 So then, as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he himself also took part with them, so that He might destroy (through death) him who had the power of death (namely, the Devil).
15 And that He might deliver all those who, for fear of death, were subject to bondage all their lifetime.
16 For He in no way took on the nature of angels, but He took on the seed of Abraham.
17 Therefore it was fitting for him to be made like his brothers in all things, so that He might be merciful, and a faithful High Priest in things concerning God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18 For in that he suffered, and was tempted, He is able to help those who are tempted.
3 Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly vocation, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2 Who was faithful to Him who has appointed Him (just as Moses was) in all His house.
3 For this Man is counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as the One who has built the house has more honor than the house.
4 For every house is built by someone. But the One Who has built all things is God.
5 Now Moses was truly faithful in all His house as a servant, for a witness of the things yet to be spoken.
6 But, Christ is as the Son over His own house, Whose house we are if we hold onto the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope to the end.
7 Therefore, as the Holy Ghost says, “Today, if you shall hear His voice,
8 “do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion on the day of temptation in the wilderness,
9 “where your fathers tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My works for forty years.
10 “Therefore, I was grieved with that generation, and said, ‘They always err in their heart, nor have they known My ways.’
11 “Therefore, I swear in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter into My rest.’”
12 Pay attention, brothers, lest at any time there be in any of you an evil and unfaithful heart, departing from the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today”, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we have been made partakers of Christ, if we keep sure to the end that beginning which upholds us,
15 so long as it is said, “Today if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
16 For some, when they heard, provoked Him to anger (though not all who came out of Egypt with Moses).
17 But with whom was He displeased for forty years? Was He not displeased with those who sinned; whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter into His rest, but to those who disobeyed?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
4 Therefore, let us fear, lest at any time any of you should seem to have come short of the promise of entering into His rest.
2 For the Gospel was preached to us as well as them. But the word that they heard did not profit them, because it was not mixed with faith in those who heard it.
3 For we who have believed have entered into rest, as He said, “As I have sworn in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter into My rest,’” However, the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For He spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way, “And God rested the seventh day from all His works.”
5 And in this place again, “If they shall enter into My rest.”
6 Therefore, seeing it remains that some must enter into it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter therein for unbelief’s sake,
7 again (after so long a time) He appointed through David a certain day - “Today” - by saying, “This day, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then would He not later have spoken of another day?
9 There remains, therefore, a rest to the people of God.
10 For the one who has entered into His rest has also ceased from his own works (as God did from His).
11 Therefore, let us study to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
12 For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, passing through even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and able to discern the thoughts and the intentions of the heart.
13 Nor is there any creature unseen by Him. But all things are naked and laid bare before the eyes of Him to Whom we must give account.
14 Seeing, then, that we have a great High Priest Who has entered into Heaven (Jesus, the Son of God), let us hold firmly to our confession.
15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all things tempted in the same way, yet without sin.
16 Therefore, let us go boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
5 For every High Priest is taken from among man (and is ordained for man, in things pertaining to God), so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2 He is able to have compassion on the ignorant and the wayward, because he also is encompassed by infirmity.
3 And for the same reason he must also offer for his own sins as well as for the people’s.
4 And no man takes this honor for himself, but rather he who is called by God (as was Aaron).
5 So likewise, Christ did not take this honor for Himself (to be made the High Priest), but He Who said to Him, “You are My Son. This day I begat You”.
6 As He also, in another place states, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek”,
7 Who, in the days of his flesh, offered up prayers and supplications (with strong crying and tears) to Him Who was able to save him from death. And He was heard because he feared.
8 And though He was the Son, he still learned obedience by the things which he suffered.
9 And being consecrated, He was made the Author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.
10 And He is called by God “A High Priest after the order of Melchizedek”,
11 of Whom we have many things to say which are hard to understand because you are dull of hearing.
12 For though you ought to be teachers by this time, once again you need us to teach you the first principles of the Word of God, still having need of milk, and not solid food.
13 For everyone who uses milk is ignorant of the Word of righteousness. For he is an infant.
14 But solid food belongs to those who are of age; who through long practice have their wits exercised to discern both good and evil.
6 Therefore, having left the beginning doctrines of Christ, let us be led forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, faith toward God,
2 the doctrine of baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment.
3 And we will do this if God permits.
4 For it is impossible that those who were once lightened - and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 and have tasted of the good Word of God, and of the powers of the world to come -
6 if they should fall away, would be renewed again by repentance (seeing they crucify the Son of God to themselves again, and make a mockery of Him).
7 For the Earth, which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it and brings forth useful herbs for those who till it, receives blessing from God.
8 But that which bears thorns and briars is rejected and near to being cursed (whose end is to be burned).
9 But beloved, even though we speak in this way, we are still persuaded of better things concerning you and things which accompany salvation.
10 For God is not unrighteous, so that He should forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward his Name. In that you have ministered to the saints, and still minister.
11 And we desire that every one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end,
12 so that you are not slothful but followers of those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.
13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, He swore by Himself (because He had no greater to swear by),
14 saying, “Surely I will abundantly bless you, and multiply you marvelously.”
15 And so, after he had waited patiently, he enjoyed the promise.
16 For man indeed swears by Him Who is greater. And an oath of confirmation is an end of all strife among them.
17 So God, wanting to more abundantly show the stableness of His counsel to the heirs of promise, bound Himself by an oath.
18 So that by two immutable things (in which it is impossible for God to lie), we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to lay hold upon the hope that is set before us.
19 We have this hope as an anchor of the soul, sure and steadfast, and entering in those places behind the veil
20 where the forerunner, Jesus - Who was made High Priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek - has entered in for us.
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