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{\MTB The Letter to the
\par }{\MT Hebrews

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Christ the Mediator
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}God,
who,
of
old,
at
many
times
and
in
many
ways,
spoke
to
our
ancestors,
by
the
prophets,
\VS{2}has
in
these
latter
days
spoken
to
us
by
the
Son,
whom
he
appointed
the
heir
of
all
things,
and
through
whom
he
made
the universe.
\VS{3}For
he
is
the
radiance
of
the
glory
of
God
and
the
expression
of
his
being,
upholding
all
creation
by
the
power
of
his
word;
and,
when
he
had
made
an
expiation
for
the
sins
of
humanity,
he
took
his
seat
at
the
right
hand
of
God’s
Majesty
on
high,
\VS{4}having
shown
himself
as
much
greater
than
the
angels
as
the
name
that
he
has
inherited
surpasses
theirs.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}For
to
which
of
the
angels
did
God
ever
say –
\par }{\Q ‘You
are
my
Son;
this
day
I
have
become
your Father’?
\par }{\BB \par }{\MM or
again –
\par }{\Q ‘I
will
be
to
him
a
Father,
and
he
will
be
to
me
a Son’?
\par }{\MM \VS{6}And
again,
when
God
brought
the
firstborn
into
the
world,
he
said –
\par }{\Q ‘Let
all
the
angels
of
God
bow
down
before
him.’
\par }{\MM \VS{7}Speaking
of
the
angels,
he
said –
\par }{\Q ‘He
makes
the
winds
his
angels
\par }{\QB and
the
flames
of
fire
his
servants’;
\par }{\MM \VS{8}while
of
the
Son
he
said –
\par }{\Q ‘God
is
your
throne
for
ever
and
ever;
\par }{\QB the
scepter
of
his
kingdom
is
the
scepter
of
Justice;
\par }{\Q \VS{9}You
love
righteousness
and
hates
iniquity;
\par }{\QB therefore
God,
your
God,
has
anointed
you
with
the
festal
oil
more
abundantly
than
your peers.’
\par }{\MM \VS{10}Again –
\par }{\Q ‘You,
Lord,
in
the
beginning
did
lay
the
foundation
of
the
earth,
\par }{\Q and
the
heavens
are
the
work
of
your
hands.
\par }{\QB \VS{11}They
will
perish,
but
you
remain;
\par }{\Q as
a
garment
they
will
all
grow
old;
\par }{\Q \VS{12}As
a
mantle
you
will
fold
them
up,
\par }{\Q and
as
a
garment
they
will
be
changed,
\par }{\QB but
you
are
the
same,
and
your
years
will
know
no
end.’
\par }{\MM \VS{13}To
which
of
the
angels
has
God
ever
said –
\par }{\Q ‘Sit
you
at
my
right
hand
\par }{\QB until
I
put
your
enemies
as
a
stool
for
your feet’?
\par }{\MM \VS{14}Are
not
all
the
angels
spirits
in
the
service
of
God,
sent
out
to
minister
for
the
sake
of
those
who
are
destined
to
obtain
salvation?

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Therefore
we
must
give
still
more
heed
to
what
we
were
taught,
so
we
do
not
drift
away.
\VS{2}For,
if
the
message
which
was
delivered
by
angels
had
its
authority
confirmed,
so
that
every
offense
against
it,
or
neglect
of
it,
met
with
a
fitting requital,
\VS{3}how
can
we,
of
all
people,
expect
to
escape,
if
we
disregard
so
great
a
salvation?
It
was
the
Master
who
at
the outset
spoke
of
this
salvation,
and
its
authority
was
confirmed
for
us
by
those
who
heard
him,
\VS{4}while
God
himself
added
his
testimony
to
it
by
signs,
and
marvels,
and
many
different
miracles,
as
well
as
by imparting
the
Holy
Spirit
as
he
saw
fit.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{5}God
has
not
given
to
angels
the
control
of
that
future
world
of
which
we
are
speaking!
\VS{6}No;
a
writer
has
declared
somewhere –
\par }{\Q ‘What
are
mere
mortals
that
you
should
remember
them?
\par }{\QB Or
human
beings
that
you
should
care
for
them?
\par }{\Q \VS{7}You
have
made
them,
for
a
while,
lower
than
angels;
\par }{\QB with
glory
and
honor
you
have
crowned
them;
\par }{\Q you
have
set
them
over
all
that
your
hands
have
made;
\par }{\QB \VS{8}you
have
placed
all
things
beneath
their
feet.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\MM This ‘placing
of everything’
under
humanity
means
that
there
was
nothing
which
was
not
placed
under
them.
As
yet,
however,
we
do
not
see
everything
placed
under
humanity.
\VS{9}What
our
eyes
do
see
is
Jesus,
who
was
made
for
a
while
lower
than
angels,
now,
because
of
his
sufferings
and
death,
crowned
with
glory
and
honor;
so
that
his
tasting
the
bitterness
of
death
should,
in
God’s
loving
kindness,
be
on
behalf
of
all
humanity.
\VS{10}It
was,
indeed,
fitting
that
God,
for
whom
and
through
whom
all
things exist,
should,
when
leading
many
children
to
glory,
make
the author
of
their
salvation
perfect
through
suffering.
\VS{11}For
he
who purifies,
and
those
whom
he purifies,
all
spring
from
One;
and
therefore
he
is
not
ashamed
to
call
them
his
brothers
and
sisters.
\VS{12}He
says –
\par }{\Q ‘I
will
tell
of
your
name
to
my
brothers
and
sisters,
\par }{\Q in
the
midst
of
the
congregation
I
will
sing
your
praise.’
\par }{\MM \VS{13}And
again –
\par }{\Q ‘As
for
me,
I
will
put
my
trust
in
God.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\MM And
yet
again –
\par }{\Q ‘See,
here
am
I
and
the
children
whom
God
gave
me.’
\par }{\MM \VS{14}Therefore,
since
human nature
is
the
common
heritage
of
the
children,
Jesus
also
shared
it,
in
order
that
by
death
he
might
render
powerless
him
whose
power
lies
in
death –
that
is,
the
devil –
\VS{15}and
so
might
deliver
all
those
who,
from
fear
of
death,
had
all
their
lives
been
living
in
slavery.
\VS{16}It
was
not,
surely,
to
the
help
of
the
angels
that
Jesus
came,
but
to
the
help
of
the
descendants
of
Abraham.
\VS{17}And
consequently
it
was
necessary
that
he
should
in
all
points
be
made
like
his
brothers
and
sisters,
in
order
that
he
might
prove
a
merciful
as
well
as
a
faithful
high
priest
in humanity’s
relations
with
God,
for
the
purpose
of expiating
the
sins
of
his
people.
\VS{18}The
fact
that
he
himself
suffered
under
temptation enables
him
to
help
those
who
are
tempted.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Therefore,
my Christian
friends,
you
who,
all
alike,
have
received
the
call
from
heaven,
fix
your
attention
on
Jesus,
the apostle
and
high
priest
of
our religion.
\VS{2}See
how
faithful
he
was
to
the
God
who
appointed
him,
as
Moses
was
in
the
whole
house
of
God.
\VS{3}He
has
been deemed
worthy
of
far
higher
honor
than
Moses,
just
as
the
founder
of
the
house
is
held
in
greater
regard
than
the
house
itself.
\VS{4}For
every
house
has
its
founder,
and
the
founder
of
the universe
is
God.
\VS{5}While
the
faithful
service
of
Moses
in
the
whole
house
of
God
was
that
of
a
servant,
whose
duty
was
to
bear
testimony
to
a
message
still
to
come,
\VS{6}the
faithfulness
of
Christ
was
that
of
a
son
set
over
the
house
of
God.
And
we
are
his
house –
if
only
we
retain, unshaken
to
the
end,
the
courage
and
confidence
inspired
by
our
hope.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Therefore,
as
the
Holy
Spirit
says –
\par }{\Q ‘If
today
you
hear
God’s
voice,
\par }{\Q \VS{8}harden
not
your
hearts,
as
when
Israel
provoked
me
\par }{\QB on
the
day
when
they
tried
my
patience
in
the
desert,
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Where
your
ancestors
tried
my
forbearance,
\par }{\QB and
saw
my
mighty
deeds
for
forty
years.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Therefore
I
was
sorely
vexed
with
that
generation,
\par }{\Q and
I
said – “Their
hearts
are
always
straying;
\par }{\QB they
have
never
learned
my
ways”;
\par }{\Q \VS{11}While
in
my
wrath
I
swore –
\par }{\QB “They
will
never
enter
upon
my
rest.” ’
\par }{\MM \VS{12}Be
careful,
friends,
that
there
is
never
found
in
anyone
of
you
a
wicked
and
faithless
heart,
shown
by
that
person
separating
themselves
from
the
living
God.
\VS{13}Rather
encourage
one
another
daily –
while
there
is
a
today –
to
prevent
anyone
among
you
from
being
hardened
by
the
deceitfulness
of
sin.
\VS{14}For
we
now
all
share
in
the
Christ,
if
indeed
we
retain, unshaken
to
the
end,
the
confidence
that
we
had
at
the
first.
\VS{15}To
use
the
words
of
scripture –
\par }{\Q ‘If
today
you
hear
God’s
voice,
\par }{\Q harden
not
your
hearts,
as
when
Israel
provoked
me.’
\par }{\MM \VS{16}Who
were
they
who
heard
God
speak
and
yet
provoked
him?
Were
not
they
all
those
who
left
Egypt
under
the
leadership
of
Moses?
\VS{17}And
with
whom
was
it
that
God
was
sorely
vexed
for
forty
years?
Was
not
it
with
those
who
had
sinned,
and
who
fell
dead
in
the
desert?
\VS{18}And
who
were
they
to
whom
God
swore
that
they
should
not
enter
upon
his
rest,
if
not
those
who
had
proved
faithless?
\VS{19}We
see,
then,
that
they
failed
to
enter
upon
it
because
of
their
want
of
faith.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}We
must,
therefore,
be
very
careful,
though
there
is
a
promise
still
standing
that
we
will
enter
upon
God’s
rest,
that
none
of
you
even
appear
to
have
missed
it.
\VS{2}For
we
have
had
the
good
news
told
us
just
as
they
had.
But
the
message
which
they
heard
did
them
no
good,
since
they
did
not
share
the
faith
of
those
who
were
attentive
to
it.
\VS{3}Upon
that
rest
we
who
have
believed
are
now
entering.
As
God
has
said –
\par }{\Q ‘In
my
wrath
I
swore –
\par }{\QB “They
will
never
enter
upon
my
rest;” ’
\par }{\BB \par }{\MM Although
God’s
work
was
finished
at
the
creation
of
the
world;
\VS{4}for,
in
a
passage referring
to
the
seventh
day,
you
will
find
these
words –
\par }{\Q ‘God
rested
on
the
seventh
day
after
all
his
work.’
\par }{\MM \VS{5}On
the
other
hand,
we
read
in
that
passage –
\par }{\Q ‘They
will
never
enter
upon
my
rest.’
\par }{\MM \VS{6}Since,
then,
there
is
still
a
promise
that
some
will
enter
upon
this
rest,
and
since
those
who
were
first
told
the
good
news
did
not
enter
upon
it,
because
of
their disbelief,
\VS{7}again
God
fixed
a
day. ‘Today,’
he
said,
speaking
after
a
long
interval
through
the
mouth
of
David,
in
the
passage
already
quoted –
\par }{\Q ‘If
today
you
hear
God’s
voice
\par }{\Q harden
not
your
hearts.’
\par }{\MM \VS{8}Now
if
Joshua
had
given ‘rest’
to
the
people,
God
would
not
have
spoken
of
another
and
later
day.
\VS{9}There
is,
then,
a
Sabbath
rest
still awaiting
God’s
people.
\VS{10}For
the
person
who
enters
upon
God’s
rest
do
themselves
rest
after
their
work,
just
as
God
did.
\VS{11}Let
us,
therefore,
make
every
effort
to
enter
upon
that
rest,
so
that
none
of
us
fall
through
such disbelief
as
that
of
which
we
have
had
an
example.
\VS{12}God’s
message
is
a
living
and
active
power,
sharper
than
any
two-edged
sword,
piercing
its
way
until
it penetrates
soul
and
spirit –
not
the
joints
only
but
the
marrow –
and detecting
the
inmost
thoughts
and
purposes
of
the
mind.
\VS{13}There
is
no
created
thing
that
can
hide
itself
from
the
sight
of
God.
Everything
is
exposed
and
laid
bare
before
the
eyes
of
him
to
whom
we
have
to
give
account.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}We
have,
then,
in
Jesus,
the
Son
of
God,
a
great
high
priest
who
has
passed
into
the
highest
heaven;
let
us,
therefore,
hold
fast
to
the
faith
which
we
have
professed.
\VS{15}Our
high
priest
is
not
one
unable
to
sympathize
with
our weaknesses,
but
one
who
has
in
every
way
been
tempted,
exactly
as
we
have
been,
but
without
sinning.
\VS{16}Therefore,
let
us
draw
near
boldly
to
the
throne
of
love,
to
find
pity
and
love
for
the
hour
of
need.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Every
high
priest,
taken
from
among
the
people,
is
appointed
as
their
representative
in
their
relations
with
God,
to
offer
both
gifts
and
sacrifices
in
expiation
of
sins.
\VS{2}And
he
is
able
to
sympathize
with
the
ignorant
and
deluded,
since
he
is
himself
subject
to
weakness,
\VS{3}and
is
therefore
bound
to
offer
sacrifices
for
sins,
not
only
for
the
people,
but equally
so
for
himself.
\VS{4}Nor
does
anyone
take
that
high
office
on
themselves,
until
they
have
been
called
to
do
so
by
God,
as
Aaron
was.
\VS{5}In
the
same
way,
even
the
Christ
did
not
take
the
honor
of
the
high
priesthood
on
himself,
but
he
was
appointed
by
him
who
said
to
him –
\par }{\Q ‘You
are
my
Son;
this
day
I
have
become
your Father’;
\par }{\MM \VS{6}and
on
another
occasion
also –
\par }{\Q ‘You
are
a
priest
for
all
time
of
the
order
of
Melchizedek.’
\par }{\MM \VS{7}Jesus,
in
the
days
of
his
earthly
life,
offered
prayers
and
supplications,
with
earnest
cries
and
with
tears,
to
him
who
was
able
to
save
him
from
death;
and
he
was
heard
because
of
his
devout
submission.
\VS{8}Son
though
he
was,
he
learned
obedience
from
his
sufferings;
\VS{9}and,
being
made
perfect,
he
became
to
all
those
who
obey
him
the
source
of
eternal
salvation,
\VS{10}while
God
himself
pronounced
him
a
high
priest
of
the
order
of
Melchizedek.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{11}Now
on
this
subject
I
have
much
to
say,
but
it
is
difficult
to
explain
it
to
you,
because
you
have
shown
yourselves
so
slow
to
learn.
\VS{12}For
whereas,
considering
the
time
that
has
elapsed,
you
ought
to
be
teaching
others,
you
still
need
someone
to
teach
you
the alphabet
of
the
divine
revelation,
and
need
again
to
be
fed
with
milk
instead
of
with ‘solid
food.’
\VS{13}For
everyone
who
still
has
to
take
milk
knows
nothing
of
the
teaching
of
righteousness;
they
are
a
mere
infant.
\VS{14}But
solid
food
is
for Christians
of
mature
faith –
those
whose faculties
have
been
trained
by
practice
to
distinguish
right
from
wrong.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Therefore,
let
us
leave
behind
the elementary
teaching
about
the
Christ
and
press
on
to
perfection,
not
always
laying
over
again
a
foundation
of
repentance
for
a lifeless formality,
of
faith
in
God –
\VS{2}teaching
concerning baptisms
and
the
laying
on
of
hands,
the resurrection
of
the
dead
and
a
final
judgment.
\VS{3}Yes
and,
with
God’s
help,
we
will.
\VS{4}For
if
those
who
were
once
for
all
brought
into
the
light,
and
learned
to appreciate
the
gift
from
heaven,
and
came
to
share
in
the
Holy
Spirit,
\VS{5}and
learned
to appreciate
the
beauty
of
the
divine
message,
and
the
new
powers
of
the
coming
age –
\VS{6}if
those,
I
say,
fell
away,
it
would
be
impossible
to
bring
them
again
to
repentance;
they
would
be crucifying
the
Son
of
God
over
again
for
themselves,
and
exposing
him
to
open
contempt.
\VS{7}Ground
that
drinks
in
the
showers
that
from
time
to
time
fall
on
it,
and
produces
vegetation
useful
to
those
for
whom
it
is
tilled,
receives
a
blessing
from
God;
\VS{8}but,
if
it
bears
thorns
and
thistles,
it
is
regarded
as
worthless,
it
is
in
danger
of
being
cursed,
and
its
end
will
be
the
fire.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
about
you,
dear
friends,
even
though
we
speak
in
this
way,
we
are
confident
of
better
things –
of
things
that
point
to
your
salvation.
\VS{10}For
God
is
not
unjust;
he
will
not
forget
the
work
that
you
did,
and
the
love
that
you
showed
for
his
name,
in
sending
help
to
your
fellow Christians –
as
you
are
still
doing.
\VS{11}But
our
great
desire
is
that
every
one
of
you
should
be equally
earnest
to
attain
to
a
full
conviction
that
our
hope
will
be
fulfilled,
and
that
you
should
keep
that
hope
to
the
end.
\VS{12}Then
you
will
not
show
yourselves
slow
to
learn,
but
you
will
copy
those
who,
through
faith
and
patience,
are
now
entering
upon
the
enjoyment
of
God’s
promises.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}When
God
gave
his
promise
to
Abraham,
since
there
was
no
one
greater
by
whom
he
could
swear,
he
swore
by
himself.
\VS{14}His
words
were –
\par }{\Q ‘I
will
assuredly
bless
you
and
increase
your
numbers.’
\par }{\MM \VS{15}And
so,
after
patiently
waiting,
Abraham
obtained
the
fulfillment
of
God’s
promise.
\VS{16}People,
of
course,
swear
by
what
is
greater
than
themselves,
and
with
them
an
oath
is
accepted
as
putting
a
matter
beyond
all
dispute.
\VS{17}And
therefore
God,
in
his
desire
to
show,
with unmistakable plainness,
to
those
who
were
to
enter
on
the
enjoyment
of
what
he
had
promised,
the unchangeableness
of
his
purpose,
bound
himself
with
an
oath.
\VS{18}For
he
intended
us
to
find
great
encouragement
in
these
two
unchangeable
things,
which
make
it
impossible
for
God
to
prove
false –
we,
I
mean,
who
fled
for
safety
where
we
might
lay
hold
on
the
hope
set
before
us.
\VS{19}This
hope
is
an anchor
for
our
souls,
secure
and
strong,
and
it
reaches
into
the
sanctuary
that
lies
behind
the
curtain,
\VS{20}where
Jesus,
our
forerunner,
has
entered
on
our
behalf,
after
being
made
for
all
time
a
high
priest
of
the
order
of
Melchizedek.

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH Paramount Priesthood of the Christ
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}It
was
this
Melchizedek,
king
of
Salem
and
priest
of
the
Most
High
God,
who
met
Abraham
returning
from
the
slaughter
of
the
kings,
and
gave
him
his
blessing;
\VS{2}and
it
was
to
him
that
Abraham
allotted
a
tithe
of
all
the
spoil.
The
meaning
of
his
name
is ‘king
of
righteousness,’
and
besides
that,
he
was
also
king
of
Salem,
which
means ‘king
of
peace.’
\VS{3}There
is
no
record
of
his
father,
or
mother,
or lineage,
nor
again
of
any
beginning
of
his
days,
or
end
of
his
life.
In
this
he resembles
the
Son
of
God,
and
stands
before
us
as
a
priest
whose
priesthood
is continuous.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Consider,
then
the importance
of
this
Melchizedek,
to
whom
even
the
patriarch
Abraham
himself
gave
a
tithe
of
the
choicest
spoils.
\VS{5}Those
descendants
of
Levi,
who
are
from
time
to
time
appointed
to
the
priesthood,
are
directed
to
collect
tithes
from
the
people
in
accordance
with
the
Law –
that
is
from
their
own
kindred,
although
they
also
are
descended
from
Abraham.
\VS{6}But
Melchizedek,
although
not
of
this lineage,
received
tithes
from
Abraham,
and
gave
his
blessing
to
the
man
who
had
God’s
promises.
\VS{7}Now
no
one
can
dispute
that
it
is
the
superior
who
blesses
the
inferior.
\VS{8}In
the
one
case
the
tithes
are
received
by
people
who
are
mortal;
in
the
other
case
by
one
about
whom
there
is
the
statement
that
his
life
still
continues.
\VS{9}Moreover,
in
a
sense,
even
Levi,
who
is
the
receiver
of
the
tithes,
has,
through
Abraham,
paid
tithes;
\VS{10}for
Levi
was
still
in
the
body
of
his
ancestor
when
Melchizedek
met
Abraham.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}If,
then,
perfection
had
been attainable
through
the
Levitical
priesthood –
and
it
was
under
this
priesthood
that
the
people
received
the
Law –
why
was
it
still
necessary
that
a
priest
of
a
different
order
should
appear,
a
priest
of
the
order
of
Melchizedek
and
not
of
the
order
of
Aaron?
\VS{12}With
the
change
of
the
priesthood
a
change
of
the
Law
became
a necessity.
\VS{13}And
he
of
whom
all
this
is
said
belonged
to
quite
a
different
tribe,
no
member
of
which
has
ever
served
at
the
altar.
\VS{14}For
it
is
plain
that
our
Lord
had
sprung
from
the
tribe
of
Judah,
though
of
that
tribe
Moses
said
nothing
about
their
being
priests.
\VS{15}All
this
becomes
even
yet plainer
when
we
remember
that
a
new
priest
has
appeared,
resembling
Melchizedek,
\VS{16}and
that
he
was
appointed,
not
under
a
Law regulating
only earthly
matters,
but
by
virtue
of
a
life
beyond
the
reach
of
death;
\VS{17}for
that
is
the
meaning
of
the
declaration –
\par }{\Q ‘You
are
for
all
time
a
priest
of
the
order
of
Melchizedek.’
\par }{\MM \VS{18}On
the
one
hand,
we
have
the abolition
of
a
previous
regulation
as
being
both inefficient
and
useless
\VS{19}(for
the
Law
never
brought
anything
to
perfection);
and,
on
the
other
hand,
we
have
the introduction
of
a
better
hope,
which enables
us
to
draw
near
to
God.
\VS{20}Then
again,
the
appointment
of
this
new
priest
was ratified
by
an
oath,
which
is
not
so
with
the
Levitical
priests,
\VS{21}but
his
appointment
was ratified
by
an
oath,
when
God
said
to
him –
\par }{\Q ‘The
Lord
has
sworn,
and
will
not
change, “You
are
a
priest
for
all
time.” ’
\par }{\MM \VS{22}And
the
oath
shows
the
corresponding superiority
of
the
covenant
of
which
Jesus
is
appointed
the
surety.
\VS{23}Again,
new
Levitical
priests
are
continually
being
appointed,
because
death
prevents
their
remaining
in
office;
\VS{24}but Jesus
remains
for
all
time,
and
therefore
the
priesthood
that
he
holds
will
never
pass
to
another.
\VS{25}And
that
is
why
he
is
able
to
save
perfectly
those
who
come
to
God
through
him,
living
for
ever,
as
he
does,
to
intercede
of
their
behalf.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}This
was
the
high
priest
that
we
needed –
holy,
innocent, spotless,
withdrawn
from
sinners,
exalted
above
the
highest
heaven,
\VS{27}one
who
has
no
need
to
offer
sacrifices
daily
as
those
high
priests
have,
first
for
their
own
sins,
and
then
for
those
of
the
people.
For
this
he
did
once
and
for
all,
when
he
offered
himself
as
the
sacrifice.
\VS{28}The
Law
appoints
as
high
priests
men
who
are
weak,
but
the
words
of
God’s
oath,
which
was
later
than
the
Law,
name
the
Son
as,
for
all
time,
the
perfect
priest.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}To
sum
up
what
I
have
been
saying:
Such
is
the
high
priest
that
we
have,
one
who
has
taken
his
seat
at
the
right
hand
of
the
throne
of
God’s
Majesty
in
heaven,
\VS{2}where
he
serves
in
the
sanctuary,
in
that
true
tent
set
up
by
the
Lord
and
not
by
man.
\VS{3}Every
high
priest
is
appointed
for
the
purpose
of
offering
gifts
and
sacrifices
to
God;
it
follows,
therefore,
that
this
high
priest
must
have
some
offering
to
make.
\VS{4}If
he
were,
however,
still
on
earth,
he
would
not
even
be
a
priest,
since
there
are
already
priests
who
offer
the
gifts
as
the
Law
directs.
\VS{5}(These
priests,
it
is
true,
are
engaged
in
a
service
which
is
only
a
copy
and
shadow
of
the
heavenly realities,
as
is
shown
by
the
directions
given
to
Moses
when
he
was
about
to
construct
the
tent. ‘Look
to
it,’
are
the
words, ‘that
you
make
every
part
in
accordance
with
the
pattern
shown
you
on
the
mountain.’)
\VS{6}But
Jesus,
as
we
see,
has
obtained
a
ministry
as
far excelling
theirs,
as
the
covenant
of
which
he
is
the
intermediary, based,
as
it
is,
on
better
promises,
excels
the
former
covenant.
\VS{7}If
that
first
covenant
had
been faultless,
there
would
have
been
no
occasion
for
a
second.
\VS{8}But,
finding
fault
with
the
people,
God
says –
\par }{\Q ‘ “A
time
is
coming,”
says
the
Lord,
\par }{\QB “When
I
will ratify
a
new
covenant
with
the
people
of
Israel
and
with
the
people
of
Judah –
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Not
such
a
covenant
as
I
made
with
their
ancestors
\par }{\QB on
the
day
when
I
took
them
by
the
hand
to
lead
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
\par }{\Q For
they
did
not
abide
by
their
covenant
with
me,
\par }{\QB and
therefore
I
disregarded
them,”
says
the
Lord.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}“This
is
the
covenant
that
I
will
make
with
the
people
of
Israel
\par }{\QB after
those
days,”
says
the
Lord.
\par }{\Q “I
will
impress
my
laws
on
their
minds,
\par }{\QB and
will
inscribe
them
on
their
hearts;
\par }{\Q and
I
will
be
their
God,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
be
my
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}There
will
be
no
need
for
anyone
to
instruct
their
fellow
citizen,
\par }{\QB or
for
a
person
to
say
to
their
relatives ‘Learn
to
know
the Lord’;
\par }{\Q for
everyone
will
know
me,
\par }{\QB from
the
lowest
to
the
highest.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}For
I
will
be
merciful
to
their wrongdoings,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
no
longer
remember
their
sins.” ’
\par }{\MM \VS{13}By
speaking
of
a
new
covenant,
God
at
once renders
the
former
covenant
obsolete;
and
whatever
becomes
obsolete
and
loses
its
force
is
virtually
annulled.

\par }\Chap{9}{\SH The New Revelation and the Old
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}It
is
true
that
even
the
first
covenant
had
its
regulations
for
divine
worship,
and
its
sanctuary –
though
only
a
material
one.
\VS{2}For
a
tent
was
constructed,
with
an
outer
part
which
contained
the
stand
for
the
lamps,
and
the
table,
and
the
consecrated
bread.
This
is
called
the
sanctuary.
\VS{3}The
part
of
the
tent
behind
the
second
curtain
is
called
the
inner
sanctuary.
\VS{4}In
it
is
the
gold incense-altar,
and
the
ark
containing
the
covenant,
completely
covered
with
gold.
In
the
ark
is
a
gold casket
containing
the
manna,
Aaron’s
rod
that
budded,
and
the
tablets
on
which
the
covenant
was
written;
\VS{5}while
above
it,
and
overshadowing
the
cover
on
which
atonement
was
made,
are
the
cherubim
of
the
presence.
Now
is
not
the
time
to
discuss
these
things
in
detail.
\VS{6}Such,
then,
was
the
arrangement
of
the
tent.
Into
the
outer
part
priests
are
constantly
going,
in
the
discharge
of
their
sacred
duties;
\VS{7}but
into
the
inner
only
the
high
priest
goes,
and
that
but
once
a
year,
and
never
without
taking
the
blood
of
a
victim,
which
he
offers
on
his
own
behalf,
and
on
behalf
of
the
errors
of
the
people.
\VS{8}By
this
the
Holy
Spirit
is
teaching
that
the
way
into
the
sanctuary
was
hidden,
as
long
as
the
outer
part
of
the
tent
still
remained.
\VS{9}For
that
was
only
a
type,
to
continue
down
to
the
present
time;
and,
in
keeping
with
it,
both
gifts
and
sacrifices
are
offered,
though
incapable
of
satisfying
the
conscience
of
the
worshiper;
\VS{10}the
whole system
being
concerned
only
with
food
and
drink
and
various ablutions – external ceremonials
imposed
until
the
coming
of
the
new
order.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But,
when
Christ
came,
he
appeared
as
high
priest
of
that
better system
which
was
established;
and
he
entered
through
that nobler
and
more
perfect
tent,
not
made
by
human
hands –
that
is
to
say,
not
a
part
of
this
present
creation.
\VS{12}Nor
was
it
with
the
blood
of
goats
and
calves,
but
with
his
own
blood,
that
he
entered,
once
and
for
all,
into
the
sanctuary,
and
obtained
our
eternal
deliverance.
\VS{13}For,
if
the
blood
of
goats
and
bulls,
and
the
sprinkling
of
the
ashes
of
a
heifer,
purify
those
who
have
been
defiled (as
far
as
ceremonial
purification
goes),
\VS{14}how
much
more
will
the
blood
of
the
Christ,
who,
through
his
eternal
Spirit,
offered
himself
up
to
God,
as
a
victim
without
blemish,
purify
our
consciences
from
a lifeless formality,
and
fit
us
for
the
service
of
the
living
God!
\VS{15}And
that
is
why
he
is
the
intermediary
of
a
new
covenant;
in
order
that,
as
a
death
has
taken
place
to
effect
a
deliverance
from
the
offenses
committed
under
the
first
covenant,
those
who
have
received
the
call
may
obtain
the
eternal
inheritance
promised
to
them.
\VS{16}Whenever
such
a
covenant
as
a
will
is
in
question,
the
death
of
the
testator
must
of necessity
be alleged.
\VS{17}For
such
a
covenant
takes
effect
only
on
death,
it
does
not
come
into
force
as
long
as
the
testator
is
alive.
\VS{18}This
explains
why
even
the
first
covenant
was
not ratified
without
the
shedding
of
blood.
\VS{19}For,
when
every
command
had
been
announced
to
all
the
people
by
Moses
in
accordance
with
the
Law,
he
took
the
blood
of
the
calves
and
of
the
goats,
with
water,
scarlet
wool,
and
a
bunch
of
hyssop,
and
sprinkled
even
the
book
of
the
Law,
as
well
as
all
the
people,
\VS{20}saying,
as
he
did
so – “This
is
the
blood
that renders
valid
the
covenant
which
God
has
commanded
to
be
made
with
you.”
\VS{21}And
in
the
same
way
he
also
sprinkled
with
the
blood
the
tent
and
all
the
things
that
were
used
in
public
worship.
\VS{22}Indeed,
under
the
Law,
almost
everything
is
purified
with
blood;
and,
unless
blood
is
shed,
no
forgiveness
is
to
be
obtained.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}While,
then,
it
was
necessary
for
the
copies
of
the
heavenly realities
to
be
purified
by
such
means
as
these,
the
heavenly realities
themselves
required
better
sacrifices.
\VS{24}For
it
was
not
into
a
sanctuary
made
by
human
hands,
which
merely foreshadowed
the
true
one,
that
Christ
entered,
but
into
heaven
itself,
so
that
he
might
now
appear
in
the
presence
of
God
on
our
behalf.
\VS{25}Nor
yet
was
it
to
offer
himself
may
times,
as
year
after
year
the
high
priest
entered
the
sanctuary
with
an
offering
of
blood –
but
not
his
own
blood;
\VS{26}for
then Christ
would
have
had
to
undergo
death
many
times
since
the
creation
of
the
world.
But
now,
once
and
for
all,
at
the
close
of
the
age,
he
has
appeared,
in
order
to
abolish
sin
by
the
sacrifice
of
himself.
\VS{27}And,
as
it
is
ordained
for
people
to
die
but
once (death
being
followed
by
judgment),
\VS{28}so
it
is
with
the
Christ.
He
was
offered
up
once
and
for
all,
to
bear
away
the
sins
of
many;
and
the
second
time
he
will
appear –
but
without
any
burden
of
sin –
to
those
who
are
waiting
for
him,
to
bring
salvation.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
Law,
though
able
to foreshadow
the
better system
which
was
coming,
never
had
its actual
substance.
Its
priests,
with
those
sacrifices
which
they
offer
continuously
year
after
year,
can
never
make
those
who
come
to
worship
perfect.
\VS{2}Otherwise,
would
not
the
offering
of
these
sacrifices
have
been
abandoned,
as
the
worshipers,
having
been
once
purified,
would
have
had
their
consciences
clear
from
sins?
\VS{3}But,
on
the
contrary,
these
sacrifices
recall
their
sins
to
mind
year
after
year.
\VS{4}For
the
blood
of
bulls
and
goats
is
powerless
to
remove
sins.
\VS{5}That
is
why,
when
he
was
coming
into
the
world,
the Christ
declared –
\par }{\Q ‘Sacrifice
and
offering
you
do
not
desire,
but
you
provide
for
me
a
body;
\par }{\QB \VS{6}You
take
no
pleasure
in
burnt
offerings
and
sacrifices
for
sin.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}So
I
said, “See,
I
have
come” (as
is
written
of
me
in
the pages
of
the
book),
\par }{\QB “To
do
your
will,
God.” ’
\par }{\MM \VS{8}First
come
the
words – ‘You
do
not
desire,
nor
do
you
take
pleasure
in,
sacrifices,
offerings,
burnt
offerings,
and
sacrifices
for sin’ (offerings
regularly
made
under
the
Law),
\VS{9}and
then
there
is
added – ‘See,
I
have
come
to
do
your
will.’
The
former
sacrifices
are
set
aside
to
be
replaced
by
the
latter.
\VS{10}And
it
is
in
the
fulfillment
of
the
will
of
God
that
we
have
been
purified
by
the
sacrifice,
once
and
for
all,
of
the
body
of
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{11}Every
other
priest
stands
day
after
day
at
his ministrations,
and
offers
the
same
sacrifices
over
and
over
again –
sacrifices
that
can
never
take
sins
away.
\VS{12}But,
this
priest,
after
he
had
offered
one
sacrifice
for
sins,
which
should
serve
for
all
time, ‘took
his
seat
at
the
right
hand
of
God,’
\VS{13}and
has
since
then
been
waiting ‘for
his
enemies
to
be
put
as
a
stool
for
his
feet.’
\VS{14}By
a
single
offering
he
has
made
perfect
for
all
time
those
who
are
being
purified.
\VS{15}We
have
also
the
testimony
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
For,
after
saying –
\par }{\Q \VS{16}‘ “This
is
the
covenant
that
I
will
make
with
them
\par }{\QB after
those
days,”
says
the
Lord;
\par }{\Q “I
will
impress
my
laws
on
their
hearts,
\par }{\QB and
will
inscribe
them
on
their
minds,” ’
\par }{\MM \VS{17}then
we
have –
\par }{\Q ‘And
their
sins
and
their
iniquities
I
will
no
longer
remember.’
\par }{\MM \VS{18}And,
when
these
are
forgiven,
there
is
no
further
need
of
an
offering
for
sin.
\par }{\SH Encouragement
and
Warning
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Therefore,
friends,
since
we
may
enter
the
sanctuary
with
confidence,
in virtue
of
the
blood
of
Jesus,
\VS{20}by
the
way
which
he
inaugurated
for
us –
a
new
and
living
way,
a
way
through
the
sanctuary
curtain (that
is,
his
human nature);
\VS{21}and,
since
we
have
in
him ‘a
great
priest
set
over
the
house
of
God,’
\VS{22}let
us
draw
near
to
God
in
all
sincerity
of
heart
and
in
perfect
faith,
with
our
hearts
purified
by
the
sprinkled
blood
from
all
consciousness
of
wrong,
and
with
our
bodies
washed
with
pure
water.
\VS{23}Let
us
maintain
the
confession
of
our
hope unshaken,
for
he
who
has
given
us
his
promise
will
not
fail
us.
\VS{24}Let
us vie
with
one
another
in
a
rivalry
of
love
and
noble
actions.
\VS{25}And
let
us
not,
as
some
do,
cease
to
meet
together;
but,
on
the
contrary,
let
us
encourage
one
another,
and
all
the
more,
now
that
you
see
the
day
drawing
near.
\VS{26}Remember,
if
we
sin
willfully
after
we
have
gained
a
full
knowledge
of
the
truth,
there
can
be
no
further
sacrifice
for
sin;
\VS{27}there
is
only
a
fearful anticipation
of
judgment,
and
a
burning
indignation
which
will
destroy
all
opponents.
\VS{28}When
someone
disregarded
the
Law
of
Moses,
they
were,
on
the
evidence
of
two
or
three
witnesses,
put
to
death
without
pity.
\VS{29}How
much
worse
then,
think
you,
will
be
the
punishment
deserved
by
those
who
have
trampled
underfoot
the
Son
of
God,
who
have
treated
the
blood
that
rendered
the
covenant
valid –
the
blood
by
which
they
were
purified –
as
if
it
were
not
holy,
and
who
have outraged
the
Spirit
of
love?
\VS{30}We
know
who
it
was
that
said –
\par }{\Q ‘It
is
for
me
to
avenge,
I
will requite’;
\par }{\BB \par }{\MM and
again –
\par }{\Q ‘The
Lord
will
judge
his
people.’
\par }{\MM \VS{31}It
is
a
fearful
thing
to
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
living
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Call
to
mind
those
early
days
in
which,
after
you
had
received
the
light,
you
patiently underwent
a
long
and
painful
conflict.
\VS{33}Sometimes,
in consequence
of
the
taunts
and injuries heaped
on
you,
you
became
a
public
spectacle;
and
sometimes
you
suffered
through
having
shown
yourselves
to
be
the
friends
of
people
who
were
in
the
same
position
in
which
you
had
been.
\VS{34}For
you
not
only sympathised
with
those
who
were
in
prison,
but
you
even
took
the
confiscation
of
your
possessions
joyfully,
knowing,
as
you
did,
that
you
had
in
yourselves
a
greater
possession
and
a
lasting
one.
\VS{35}Do
not,
therefore,
abandon
the
confidence
that
you
have
gained,
for
it
has
a
great
reward awaiting
it.
\VS{36}You
still
have
need
of
patient
endurance,
in
order
that,
when
you
have
done
God’s
will,
you
may
obtain
the
fulfillment
of
his
promise.
\par }{\Q \VS{37}‘For
there
is
indeed
but
a
very
little
while
\par }{\QB before
he
who
is
coming
will
have
come,
without
delay;
\par }{\Q \VS{38}and
through
faith
the
righteous
will
find
life,
\par }{\QB but,
if
anyone
draws
back,
my
heart
can
find
no
pleasure
in
them.’
\par }{\MM \VS{39}But
we
do
not
belong
to
those
who
draw
back,
to
their
ruin,
but
to
those
who
have
faith,
to
the
saving
of
their
souls.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH Heroes of Faith
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Faith
is
the realization
of
things
hoped
for –
the
proof
of
things
not
seen.
\VS{2}And
it
was
for
faith
that
the
people
of
old
were
renowned.
\VS{3}Faith enables
us
to
perceive
that
the universe
was
created
at
the
bidding
of
God –
so
that
we
know
that
what
we
see
was
not
made
out
of
visible
things.
\VS{4}Faith
made
the
sacrifice
which
Abel
offered
to
God
a
better
sacrifice
than
Cain’s,
and
won
him
renown
as
a
righteous
man,
God
himself
establishing
his
renown
by accepting
his
gifts;
and
it
is
by
the
example
of
his
faith
that
Abel,
though
dead,
still
speaks.
\VS{5}Faith
led
to Enoch’s removal
from
earth,
so
that
he
might
not
experience
death. ‘He
could
not
be
found
because
God
had
removed
him.’
For,
before
his removal,
he
was
renowned
as
having
pleased
God;
\VS{6}but
without
faith
it
is
impossible
to
please
him,
for
he
who
comes
to
God
must
believe
that
God
exists,
and
that
he
rewards
those
who
seek
for
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}It
was
faith
that
enabled
Noah,
after
he
had
received
the
divine
warning
about
what
could
not
then
be foreseen,
to
build,
in reverent
obedience,
an
ark
in
which
to
save
his
family.
By
his
faith
he
condemned
the
world,
and
became
possessed
of
that
righteousness
which
follows
on
faith.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}It
was
faith
that
enabled
Abraham
to
obey
the
call
that
he
received,
and
to
set
out
for
the
place
which
he
was
afterward
to
obtain
as
his
own;
and
he
set
out
not
knowing
where
he
was
going.
\VS{9}It
was
faith
that
made
him
go
to
live
as
an emigrant
in
the
promised
land –
as
in
a
strange
country –
living
there
in
tents
with
Isaac
and
Jacob,
who
shared
the
promise
with
him.
\VS{10}For
he
was
looking
for
the
city
with
the
sure
foundations,
whose
architect
and
builder
is
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Again,
it
was
faith
that
enabled
Sarah
to
conceive (though
she
was
past
the
age
for
childbearing),
because
she
felt
sure
that
he
who
had
given
her
the
promise
would
not
fail
her.
\VS{12}And
so
from
one
man –
and
that
when
his powers
were
dead –
there
sprang
a
people
as
numerous ‘as
the
stars
in
the
heavens
or
the
countless
grains
of
sand
on
the
shore.’
\par }{\PP \VS{13}All
these
died
sustained
by
faith.
They
did
not
obtain
the
promised
blessings,
but
they
saw
them
from
a
distance
and
welcomed
the
sight,
and
they
acknowledged
themselves
to
be
only
foreigners
and
strangers
on
the
earth.
\VS{14}Those
who
speak
like
this
show
plainly
that
they
are
seeking
their homeland.
\VS{15}If
they
had
been
thinking
of
the
land
that
they
had
left,
they
could
have
found opportunities
to
return.
\VS{16}But
no,
they
were
longing
for
a
better,
a
heavenly,
land!
And
therefore
God
was
not
ashamed
to
be
called
their
God;
indeed
he
had
already
prepared
them
a
city.
\VS{17}It
was
faith
that
enabled
Abraham,
when
put
to
the
test,
to
offer
Isaac
as
a
sacrifice –
he
who
had
received
the
promises
offering
up
his
only
son,
\VS{18}of
whom
it
had
been
said –
\par }{\Q ‘It
is
through
Isaac
that
there
will
be
descendants
to
bear
your
name.’
\par }{\MM \VS{19}For
he argued
that
God
was
even
able
to
raise
a
man
from
the
dead –
and
indeed, figuratively
speaking,
Abraham
did
receive
Isaac
back
from
the
dead.
\VS{20}It
was
faith
that
enabled
Isaac
to
bless
Jacob
and
Esau,
even
with
regard
to
the
future.
\VS{21}Faith
enabled
Jacob,
when
dying,
to
give
his
blessing
to
each
of
the
sons
of
Joseph,
and ‘to
bow
himself
in
worship
as
he leant
on
the
top
of
his
staff.’
\VS{22}Faith
caused
Joseph,
when
his
end
was
near,
to
speak
of
the
future
migration
of
the
Israelites,
and
to
give
instructions
with
regard
to
his
bones.
\VS{23}Faith
caused
the
parents
of
Moses
to
hide
the
child
for
three
months
after
his
birth,
for
they
saw
that
he
was
a
beautiful
child;
and
they
would
not
respect
the
king’s
order.
\VS{24}It
was
faith
that
caused
Moses,
when
he
was
grown
up,
to
refuse
the
title
of ‘son
of
a
daughter
of
Pharaoh.’
\VS{25}He
preferred
sharing
the hardships
of
God’s
people
to enjoying
the
short-lived
pleasures
of
sin.
\VS{26}For
he
counted ‘the
reproaches
that
are heaped
on
the Christ’
of
greater
value
than
the
treasures
of
Egypt,
looking
forward,
as
he
did,
to
the
reward awaiting
him.
\VS{27}Faith
caused
him
to
leave
Egypt,
though undaunted
by
the
king’s
anger,
for
he
was
strengthened
in
his endurance
by
the
vision
of
the invisible
God.
\VS{28}Faith
led
him
to institute
the
Passover
and
the
sprinkling
of
the
blood,
so
that
the
Destroyer
might
not
touch
the
eldest
children
of
the
Israelites.
\VS{29}Faith
enabled
the
people
to
cross
the
Red
Sea,
as
if
it
had
been
dry
land,
while
the
Egyptians,
when
they
attempted
to
do
so,
were
drowned.
\VS{30}Faith
caused
the
walls
of
Jericho
to
fall
after
being
encircled
for
seven
days.
\VS{31}Faith
saved
Rahab,
the
prostitute,
from
perishing
with
the unbelievers,
after
she
had
entertained
the
spies
with friendliness.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Need
I
add
anything
more?
Time
would
fail
me
if
I
attempted
to
relate
the
stories
of
Gideon,
Barak,
Samson,
and
Jephthah,
and
those
of
David,
Samuel,
and
the
prophets.
\VS{33}By
their
faith
they
subdued
kingdoms,
ruled
righteously,
gained
the
fulfillment
of
God’s
promises,
shut
the
mouths
of
lions,
\VS{34}quelled
the
fury
of
the
flames,
escaped
the
edge
of
the
sword,
found
strength
in
the
hour
of
weakness,
displayed
their prowess
in
war,
and
routed
hostile
armies.
\VS{35}Women
received
back
their
dead
raised
to
life.
Some
were
tortured
on
the
wheel,
and
refused
release
in
order
that
they
might
rise
to
a
better
life.
\VS{36}Others
had
to
face
taunts
and
blows,
and
even
chains
and
imprisonment.
\VS{37}They
were
stoned
to
death,
they
were tortured,
they
were
swan
asunder,
they
were
put
to
the
sword;
they
wandered
about
clothed
in
the
skins
of
sheep
or
goats,
destitute,
persecuted, ill-used –
\VS{38}people
of
whom
the
world
was
not
worthy –
roaming
in
lonely
places,
and
on
the
mountains,
and
in
caves
and
holes
in
the
ground.
\VS{39}Yet,
though
they
all
won
renown
by
their
faith,
they
did
not
obtain
the
final
fulfillment
of
God’s
promise;
\VS{40}since
God
had
in
view
some
better
thing
for
us,
so
that
they
would
only
reach
perfection
together
with
us.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Seeing,
therefore,
that
there
is
on
every
side
of
us
such
a
throng
of
witnesses,
let
us
also
lay
aside
everything
that hinders
us,
and
the
sin
that
clings
about
us,
and
run
with
patient
endurance
the
race
that
lies
before
us,
\VS{2}our
eyes
fixed
on
Jesus,
the
leader
and
perfect
example
of
our
faith,
who,
for
the
joy
that
lay
before
him,
endured
the
cross, heedless
of
its
shame,
and
now ‘has
taken
his
seat
at
the
right hand’
of
the
throne
of
God.
\VS{3}Weigh
well
the
example
of
him
who
had
to
endure
such
opposition
from ‘people
who
were
sinning
against
themselves,’
so
that
you
should
not
grow
weary
or faint-hearted.
\VS{4}You
have
not
yet,
in
your
struggle
with
sin, resisted
to
the
death;
\VS{5}and
you
have
forgotten
the encouraging
words
which
are
addressed
to
you
as
God’s
children –
\par }{\Q ‘My
child,
think
not
lightly
of
the
Lord’s
discipline,
\par }{\QB do
not despond
when
he
rebukes
you;
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
it
is
him
whom
he
loves
that
he
disciplines,
\par }{\QB and
he
chastises
every
child
whom
he
acknowledges.’
\par }{\MM \VS{7}It
is
for
your
discipline
that
you
have
to
endure
all
this.
God
is dealing
with
you
as
his
children.
For
where
is
there
a
child
whom
his
father
does
not
discipline?
\VS{8}If
you
are
left
without
that
discipline,
in
which
all
children
share,
it
shows
that
you
are
bastards,
and
not
true
children.
\VS{9}Further,
when
our
earthly
fathers
disciplined
us,
we
respected
them.
Should
we
not,
then,
much
rather
yield
submission
to
the
Father
of
souls,
and
live?
\VS{10}Our
fathers
disciplined
us
for
only
a
short
time
and
as
seemed
best
to
them;
but
God
disciplines
us
for
our
true
good,
to
enable
us
to
share
his
holiness.
\VS{11}No
discipline
is
pleasant
at
the
time;
on
the
contrary,
it
is
painful.
But
afterward
its
fruit
is
seen
in
the peacefulness
of
a
righteous
life
which
is
the
lot
of
those
who
have
been
trained
under
it.
\VS{12}Therefore ‘lift
again
the down-dropped
hands
and
straighten
the
weakened
knees;
\VS{13}make
straight
paths
for
your
feet,’
so
that
the
lame
limb
may
not
be
put
out
of
joint,
but
rather
be
cured.
\par }{\SH Conclusion
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Try
earnestly
to
live
at
peace
with
everyone,
and
to
attain
to
that
purity
without
which
no
one
will
see
the
Lord.
\VS{15}Take
care
that
no
one
fails
to
use
the
loving
help
of
God, ‘that
no
bitterness
is
allowed
to
take
root
and
spring
up,
and
cause
trouble,’
and
so
poison
the
whole
community.
\VS{16}Take
care
that
no
one
becomes
immoral,
or irreligious
like
Esau,
who
sold
his
birthright
for
a
single
meal.
\VS{17}For
you
know
that
even
afterward,
when
he
wished
to
claim
his
father’s
blessing,
he
was
rejected –
for
he
never
found
an
opportunity
to
repair
his
error –
though
he
begged
for
the
blessing
with
tears.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}It
is
not
to tangible ‘flaming fire’
that
you
have
drawn
near,
nor
to ‘gloom,
and
darkness,
and
storm,
\VS{19}and
the
blast
of
a
trumpet,
and
an audible
voice.’
Those
who
heard
that
voice
entreated
that
they
might
hear
no
more,
\VS{20}for
they
could
not
bear
to
think
of
the
command – ‘If
even
an
animal
touches
the
mountain,
it
is
to
be
stoned
to
death;’
\VS{21}and
so
fearful
was
the
sight
that
Moses
said – ‘I
tremble
with
fear.’
\VS{22}No,
but
it
is
to
Mount
Zion
that
you
have
drawn
near,
the
city
of
the
living
God,
the
heavenly
Jerusalem,
to
countless
hosts
of
angels,
\VS{23}to
the
festal
gathering
and assemblage
of
God’s
firstborn
whose
names
are
enrolled
in
heaven,
to
God
the
judge
of
all
people,
to
the
spirits
of
the
righteous
who
have
attained
perfection,
\VS{24}to
Jesus,
the
intermediary
of
a
new
covenant,
and
to
the
sprinkled
blood
that
tells
of
better
things
than
the
blood
of
Abel.
\VS{25}Beware
how
you
refuse
to
hear
him
who
is
speaking.
For,
if
the
Israelites
did
not
escape
punishment,
when
they
refused
to
listen
to
him
who
taught
them
on
earth
the
divine
will,
far
worse
will
it
be
for
us,
if
we
turn
away
from
him
who
is
teaching
us
from
heaven.
\VS{26}Then
his
voice
shook
the
earth,
but
now
his
declaration
is –
\par }{\Q ‘Still
once
more
I
will
cause
not
only
the
earth
to
tremble,
but
also
the
heavens.’
\par }{\MM \VS{27}And
those
words ‘still
once more’ indicate
the
passing
away
of
all
that
is
shaken –
that
is,
of
all
created
things –
in
order
that
only
what
is unshaken
may
remain.
\VS{28}Therefore,
let
us,
who
have
received
a
kingdom
that
cannot
be
shaken,
be
thankful,
and
so
offer
acceptable
worship
to
God,
with
awe
and
the deepest
respect.
\VS{29}For
our
God
is ‘a
consuming
fire.’

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Let
your
love
for
the
Lord’s
followers
continue.
\VS{2}Do
not
neglect
to
show
hospitality;
for,
through
being hospitable,
people
have
all
unawares
entertained
angels.
\VS{3}Remember
the
prisoners,
as
if
you
were
their
fellow
prisoners,
and
the
oppressed,
not
forgetting
that
you
also
are
still
in
the
body.
\VS{4}Let
marriage
be
honored
by
all
and
the
married
life
be
pure;
for
God
will
judge
those
who
are
immoral
and
those
who
commit
adultery.
\VS{5}Do
not
let
your
conduct
be
ruled
by
the
love
of
money.
Be
content
with
what
you
have,
for
God
himself
has
said –
\par }{\Q ‘I
will
never
forsake
you,
nor
will
I
ever
abandon
you.’
\par }{\MM \VS{6}Therefore
we
may
say
with
confidence –
\par }{\Q ‘The
Lord
is
my
helper,
I
will
not
be
afraid.
\par }{\QB What
can
mere
people
do
to
me?’
\par }{\MM \VS{7}Do
not
forget
your
leaders,
who
told
you
God’s
message.
Recall
the
close
of
their
lives,
and
imitate
their
faith.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Jesus
Christ
is
the
same
yesterday
and
today –
yes,
and
for
ever!
\VS{9}Do
not
let
yourselves
be
carried
away
by
the
various novel
forms
of
teaching.
It
is
better
to
rely
for
spiritual
strength
on
the
divine
help,
than
on
regulations
regarding
food;
for
those
whose
lives
are
guided
by
such
regulations
have
not
found
them
of
service.
\VS{10}We
are
not
without
an
altar;
but
it
is
one
at
which
those
who
still
worship
in
the
tent
have
no
right
to
eat.
\VS{11}The
bodies
of
those
animals
whose
blood
is
brought
by
the
high
priest
into
the
sanctuary,
as
an
offering
for
sin,
are
burnt
outside
the
camp.
\VS{12}And
so
Jesus,
also,
to
purify
the
people
by
his
own
blood,
suffered
outside
the
gate.
\VS{13}Therefore
let
us
go
out
to
him ‘outside
the
camp,’
bearing
the
same
reproaches
as
he;
\VS{14}for
here
we
have
no
permanent
city,
but
are
looking
for
the
city
that
is
to
be.
\VS{15}Through
him
let
us
offer,
as
our
sacrifice,
continual
praise
to
God –
an
offering
from
lips
that
glorify
his
name.
\VS{16}Never
forget
to
do
kindly
acts
and
to
share
what
you
have
with
others,
for
such
sacrifices
are
acceptable
to
God.
\VS{17}Obey
your
leaders,
and
submit
to
their
control,
for
they
are
watching
over
your
souls,
since
they
will
have
to
render
an
account,
so
that
they
may
do
it
with
joy,
and
not
in
sorrow.
That
would
not
be
to
your
advantage.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{18}Pray
for
us,
for
we
are
sure
that
our
consciences
are
clear,
since
our
wish
is
to
be
occupied
with
what
is
good.
\VS{19}And
I
the
more
earnestly
ask
for
your
prayers,
so
that
I
may
be
restored
to
you
the
sooner.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}May
God,
the
source
of
all
peace,
who
brought
back
from
the
dead
him
who, ‘by virtue
of
the
blood
that
rendered
valid
the
unchangeable
covenant,
is
the
great
shepherd
of
God’s
Sheep,’
Jesus,
our
Lord –
\VS{21}may
God
make
you
perfect
in
everything
that
is
good,
so
that
you
may
be
able
to
do
his
will.
May
he
bring
out
in
us
all
that
is
pleasing
in
his
sight,
through
Jesus
Christ,
to
whom
be
all
glory
for
ever
and
ever.
Amen.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}I
beg
you,
friends,
to
bear
with
these
words
of
advice.
For
I
have
written
only
very
briefly
to
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}You
will
be
glad
to
hear
that
our
friend,
Timothy,
has
been
set
free.
If
he
comes
here
soon,
we
will
visit
you
together.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{24}Give
our greeting
to
all
your
leaders,
and
to
all Christ’s
people.
Our
friends
from
Italy
send
their greetings
to
you.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{25}May
God
bless
you
all.\par }