Hebrews 5–6

^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, and not of strong meat. ¹³For every one that useth ^jmilk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is ^ka babe. ¹⁴But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses ^lexercised ^mto ⁿdiscern both good and evil.

VI.Therefore ^aleaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto ^cperfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance ^dfrom dead works, and of faith towards God, ^2eof the doctrine of baptisms, and ^fof laying on of hands, and ^gof resurrection of the dead, and ^ghof ⁱeternal judgment. ³And this will we do, ^kif God permit. ⁴For ^lit is ^mimpossible for those who were once ⁿenlightened, and have tasted of ^othe heavenly gift, and ^pwere made partakers of ^sthe Holy Ghost, ⁵and ^qhave tasted ^rthe good word of God, and ^sthe powers of ^tthe world to come, ⁶if they shall ^ttfall away, to renew them again ^uunto repentance; ^vseeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and ^wput him to an open shame. ⁷For the earth ^xwhich drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs ^ymeet ^zfor them by whom it is dressed, ^xreceiveth blessing from God: ⁸but ^athat which beareth thorns and briers is ^brejected, and is ^bbnigh unto ^ccursing; ^ccwhose end is to be burned.

⁹But, beloved, we are persuaded ^dbetter things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. ^10ddFor ^eGod is not unrighteous ^fto forget your work and ^fglabour of love, which ^hye have shewed toward his name, in that ⁱye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. ¹¹And we desire that every one of you do ^hshew the same ^kdiligence to ^lthe full assurance of ^mhope unto the end: ¹²that ye be not ⁿslothful, but ⁿⁿfollowers of them who through faith and patience inherit ^opthe promises. ¹³For ^owhen God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, ^qhe sware by himself, ¹⁴saying, ^rSurely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. ¹⁵And so, ^pafter he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. ¹⁶For men verily swear by the greater: and ^san oath for ^tconfirmation is to them an end of all ^ustrife. ¹⁷Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto ^vthe heirs of ^xpromise ^wthe immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by ^xan oath: ¹⁸that by ^xtwo ^wimmutable things, in which it was ^yimpossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon ^mthe hope ^zset before us: ¹⁹which hope we have as ^aan anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and ^bwhich entereth into that within ^cthe vail; ²⁰whither ^dthe forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made ^ea high priest ^ffor ever after the order of Melchisedec.

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