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Book 58 Hebrews58:001:001 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time 58:001:002 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he 58:001:003 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image 58:001:004 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by 58:001:005 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my 58:001:006 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the 58:001:007 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and 58:001:008 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and 58:001:009 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore 58:001:010 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of 58:001:011 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax 58:001:012 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be 58:001:013 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my 58:001:014 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister 58:002:001 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things 58:002:002 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every 58:002:003 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which 58:002:004 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, 58:002:005 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to 58:002:006 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, 58:002:007 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst 58:002:008 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in 58:002:009 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels 58:002:010 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are 58:002:011 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are 58:002:012 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst 58:002:013 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and 58:002:014 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and 58:002:015 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their 58:002:016 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he 58:002:017 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto 58:002:018 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able 58:003:001 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, 58:003:002 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was 58:003:003 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, 58:003:004 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all 58:003:005 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, 58:003:006 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if 58:003:007 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his 58:003:008 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of 58:003:009 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works 58:003:010 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They 58:003:011 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 58:003:012 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart 58:003:013 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest 58:003:014 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning 58:003:015 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not 58:003:016 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all 58:003:017 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them 58:003:018 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, 58:003:019 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. 58:004:001 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of 58:004:002 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but 58:004:003 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As 58:004:004 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this 58:004:005 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. 58:004:006 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, 58:004:007 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, 58:004:008 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward 58:004:009 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 58:004:010 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from 58:004:011 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man 58:004:012 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than 58:004:013 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his 58:004:014 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed 58:004:015 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with 58:004:016 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we 58:005:001 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men 58:005:002 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are 58:005:003 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for 58:005:004 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is 58:005:005 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high 58:005:006 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever 58:005:007 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers 58:005:008 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things 58:005:009 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal 58:005:010 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. 58:005:011 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, 58:005:012 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need 58:005:013 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of 58:005:014 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even 58:006:001 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, 58:006:002 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of 58:006:003 And this will we do, if God permit. 58:006:004 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and 58:006:005 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the 58:006:006 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; 58:006:007 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon 58:006:008 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is 58:006:009 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and 58:006:010 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of 58:006:011 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence 58:006:012 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through 58:006:013 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear 58:006:014 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I 58:006:015 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the 58:006:016 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for 58:006:017 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of 58:006:018 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for 58:006:019 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and 58:006:020 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an 58:007:001 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high 58:007:002 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by 58:007:003 Without father, without mother, without descent, having 58:007:004 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the 58:007:005 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the 58:007:006 But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes 58:007:007 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the 58:007:008 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth 58:007:009 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed 58:007:010 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec 58:007:011 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for 58:007:012 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a 58:007:013 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another 58:007:014 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which 58:007:015 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude 58:007:016 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but 58:007:017 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order 58:007:018 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going 58:007:019 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a 58:007:020 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: 58:007:021 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an 58:007:022 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. 58:007:023 And they truly were many priests, because they were not 58:007:024 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable 58:007:025 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that 58:007:026 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, 58:007:027 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up 58:007:028 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but 58:008:001 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We 58:008:002 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which 58:008:003 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and 58:008:004 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing 58:008:005 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as 58:008:006 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how 58:008:007 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no 58:008:008 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, 58:008:009 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers 58:008:010 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of 58:008:011 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every 58:008:012 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their 58:008:013 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. 58:009:001 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine 58:009:002 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the 58:009:003 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the 58:009:004 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant 58:009:005 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of 58:009:006 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went 58:009:007 But into the second went the high priest alone once every 58:009:008 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest 58:009:009 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were 58:009:010 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and 58:009:011 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, 58:009:012 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood 58:009:013 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an 58:009:014 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the 58:009:015 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, 58:009:016 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the 58:009:017 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it 58:009:018 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without 58:009:019 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people 58:009:020 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath 58:009:021 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all 58:009:022 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and 58:009:023 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the 58:009:024 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with 58:009:025 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest 58:009:026 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of 58:009:027 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this 58:009:028 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto 58:010:001 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not 58:010:002 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because 58:010:003 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of 58:010:004 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats 58:010:005 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice 58:010:006 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no 58:010:007 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is 58:010:008 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings 58:010:009 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away 58:010:010 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of 58:010:011 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering 58:010:012 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for 58:010:013 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his 58:010:014 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are 58:010:015 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that 58:010:016 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those 58:010:017 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 58:010:018 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for 58:010:019 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest 58:010:020 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, 58:010:021 And having an high priest over the house of God; 58:010:022 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, 58:010:023 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; 58:010:024 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to 58:010:025 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the 58:010:026 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the 58:010:027 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery 58:010:028 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or 58:010:029 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought 58:010:030 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I 58:010:031 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living 58:010:032 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye 58:010:033 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches 58:010:034 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the 58:010:035 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great 58:010:036 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the 58:010:037 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and 58:010:038 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my 58:010:039 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of 58:011:001 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence 58:011:002 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 58:011:003 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the 58:011:004 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than 58:011:005 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; 58:011:006 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that 58:011:007 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, 58:011:008 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place 58:011:009 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange 58:011:010 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder 58:011:011 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive 58:011:012 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, 58:011:013 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but 58:011:014 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a 58:011:015 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from 58:011:016 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: 58:011:017 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he 58:011:018 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 58:011:019 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the 58:011:020 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to 58:011:021 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of 58:011:022 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing 58:011:023 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his 58:011:024 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be 58:011:025 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, 58:011:026 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the 58:011:027 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: 58:011:028 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of 58:011:029 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which 58:011:030 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were 58:011:031 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed 58:011:032 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell 58:011:033 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, 58:011:034 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, 58:011:035 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others 58:011:036 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, 58:011:037 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were 58:011:038 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, 58:011:039 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, 58:011:040 God having provided some better thing for us, that they 58:012:001 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a 58:012:002 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who 58:012:003 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners 58:012:004 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 58:012:005 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you 58:012:006 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every 58:012:007 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; 58:012:008 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, 58:012:009 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected 58:012:010 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own 58:012:011 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but 58:012:012 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble 58:012:013 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame 58:012:014 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man 58:012:015 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest 58:012:016 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who 58:012:017 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited 58:012:018 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and 58:012:019 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which 58:012:020 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so 58:012:021 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly 58:012:022 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the 58:012:023 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are 58:012:024 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the 58:012:025 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped 58:012:026 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, 58:012:027 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those 58:012:028 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us 58:012:029 For our God is a consuming fire. 58:013:001 Let brotherly love continue. 58:013:002 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have 58:013:003 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them 58:013:004 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but 58:013:005 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content 58:013:006 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will 58:013:007 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken 58:013:008 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 58:013:009 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it 58:013:010 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which 58:013:011 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into 58:013:012 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with 58:013:013 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing 58:013:014 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. 58:013:015 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God 58:013:016 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such 58:013:017 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: 58:013:018 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all 58:013:019 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be 58:013:020 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our 58:013:021 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in 58:013:022 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: 58:013:023 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, 58:013:024 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the 58:013:025 Grace be with you all. 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