Hebrews 1–8

God, who at sundry times and ^ain divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, ²hath ^bin these last days ^cspoken unto us by ^dhis Son, whom he hath ^eappointed ^fheir of all things, ^gby whom also he made ^hthe worlds; ³who being ⁱthe brightness ^jof his glory, and ^kthe express image of his person, and ^lupholding all things by the word of his power, ^mwhen he had by himself purged our sins, ⁿsat down ^oon the right hand of the Majesty on high; ⁴being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained ^pa more excellent name than they. ⁵For unto which of the angels said he at any time, ^qThou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, ^rI will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? ⁶And ^sagain, ^twhen he bringeth in ^uthe firstbegotten into ^vthe world, he saith, ^wAnd let all the angels of God worship him. ⁷And ^xof the angels he saith, ^yWho maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. ⁸But unto ^dthe Son he saith, ^zThy throne, O God, is ^afor ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. ⁹Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, ^bhath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. ¹⁰And, ^cThou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: ^11dthey shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall ^ewax old as doth a garment; ¹²and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art ^eethe same, and thy years shall not fail. ¹³But to which of the angels said he at any time, ^fSit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? ¹⁴Are they not all ^gministering spirits, ^hsent forth to minister for them who shall be ⁱheirs of salvation?

II.Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. ²For if the word ^aspoken by angels was stedfast, and ^bevery transgression and disobedience received a just ^crecompence of reward; ^3dhow shall we escape, if we neglect so great ^esalvation; which ^fat the first began to be spoken by ^gthe Lord, and was ^gconfirmed unto us ^hby them that heard him; ⁴God also bearing them witness, both with ^gisigns and ⁱwonders, and with divers ^klmiracles, and ^kgifts of the Holy Ghost, ^maccording to his own will?

⁵For ⁿunto the angels hath he not put in subjection ^othe world to come, whereof we speak: ⁶but ^pone in a certain place ^qtestified, saying, ^rWhat is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? ⁷Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: ^8sthou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But ^tnow we see not yet all things put under him. ⁹But we see Jesus, ^uvwho was made a little lower than the angels, ^vwfor the suffering of death, ^ucrowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should ^xtaste death ^yfor every man. ^10zFor it became him, ^afor whom are all things, and ^bby whom are all things, in bringing ^cmany sons unto glory, to make ^dthe captain of their salvation ^eperfect through sufferings. ¹¹For both ^fhe that sanctifieth and ^gthey who are sanctified ^hare all of one: for which cause ⁱhe is not ashamed to call them ^jbrethren, ¹²saying, ^kI will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of ^lthe church will I sing praise unto thee. ¹³And again, ^mI will put my trust in him. And again, ⁿBehold, I, and the children ^owhich God hath given me. ¹⁴Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of ^pflesh and blood, ^qhe also himself likewise took part of the same; that ^rthrough death he might ^sdestroy him that had the power of death, ^tthat is, the devil; ¹⁵and deliver them who ^uthrough ^vfear of death were all their lifetime ^wsubject to ^vbondage. ¹⁶For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. ¹⁷Wherefore ^xxin all things it behoved him ^qto be made like unto his brethren, that he might be ^ya merciful and faithful high priest ^zin things pertaining to God, to ^amake reconciliation for the sins of the people. ^18yFor in that he himself hath suffered ^bbeing tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

III.Wherefore, ^aholy brethren, partakers of ^bthe heavenly ^ccalling, consider ^dthe Apostle and ^eHigh Priest of our ^fprofession, Christ Jesus; ²who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also ^gMoses was faithful in all his house. ³For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as ^hhe who hath ⁱbuilded the house hath more honour than the house. ⁴For every house is ⁱbuilded by some man; but ^jhe that ⁱbuilt all things is God. ⁵And ^gMoses verily was ^kfaithful in all his house, as ^la servant, ^mfor a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; ⁶but Christ as ⁿa Son over his own house; ^owhose house are we, if we ^phold fast ^qthe confidence and ^rthe rejoicing ^sof the hope firm ^tunto the end. ⁷Wherefore, as ^uthe Holy Ghost saith, ^vTo day if ye will hear his voice, ⁸harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: ⁹when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works ^wforty years. ¹⁰Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. ^11xSo I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

¹²Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from ^ythe living God. ¹³But ^zexhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened ^athrough the deceitfulness of sin. ¹⁴For we are made partakers of Christ, if we ^bhold the beginning of our ^cconfidence ^bstedfast unto the end; ¹⁵whilst it is said, ^dTo day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. ¹⁶For ^esome, when they had heard, did ^fprovoke: howbeit ^gnot all that came out of Egypt by Moses. ¹⁷But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, ^hwhose ⁱcarcases fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸And ^kto whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that ^lbelieved not? ¹⁹So we see that ^mthey could not enter in because of ⁿunbelief.

IV.Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you ^ashould seem ^bto come short of it. ²For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as ^cunto them: but the word preached did not profit them, ^dnot being mixed with faith in them that heard it. ³For we which have believed do enter into rest, as ^ehe said, ^fAs I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished ^gfrom the foundation of the world. ⁴For ^ehe spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, ^hAnd God did rest the seventh day from all his works. ⁵And in this place again, ^fIf they shall enter into my rest. ⁶Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and ^cthey to whom it was first preached ⁱentered not in because of unbelief, ⁷again, he limiteth a certain day, saying ^kin David, ^lTo day, after so long a time; as it is said, ^lTo day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. ⁸For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. ⁹There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. ¹⁰For ^mhe that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. ¹¹Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall ⁿafter the same ^oexample of ^punbelief. ¹²For ^qthe word of God is ^rquick, and powerful, and ^ssharper than any ^ttwoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of ^usoul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is ^va discerner of the thoughts and ^wintents of the heart. ^13xNeither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are ^ynaked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

¹⁴Seeing then that we have a great ^zhigh priest, ^athat is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, ^blet us hold fast our ^cprofession. ¹⁵For ^dwe have not ^za high priest ^ewhich cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was ^fin all points ^gtempted like as we are, yet ^hwithout sin. ¹⁶ⁱLet us therefore come ^jboldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and ^kfind grace to help in time of need.

V.^aFor every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men ^bin things pertaining to God, ^athat he may offer both ^cgifts and sacrifices ^dfor sins: ^2ewho can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is ^fcompassed with infirmity. ³And by reason hereof he ought, ^gas for the people, so also for himself, to offer ^dfor sins. ⁴And ^hno man ⁱtaketh this honour unto himself, but ^khe that is called of God, ^las was Aaron. ⁵So also Christ ^mglorified not himself to be made ⁿa high priest; but he that said unto him, ^oThou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. ⁶As he saith also in another place, ^pThou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. ⁷Who in the days of his flesh, ^qwhen he had offered up ^rprayers and supplications ^swith strong crying and ^ttears unto him that was able ^uto save him from death, and ^vwas heard in that he ^wfeared; ⁸though he were ^xa Son, yet ^ylearned he obedience by the things which he suffered; ⁹and ^zbeing made perfect, he became ^athe author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; ¹⁰called of God ^ba high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

¹¹Of whom ^cwe have many things to say, and ^dhard to be uttered, seeing ye are ^edull of hearing. ¹²For when ^ffor the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be ^gthe first ^hprinciples of ⁱthe oracles of God; and ^care become such as have need of ^jmilk,…