Hebrews 5

CHAPTER 5

¹For every high priest ^ataken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in ^bthings pertaining to God, in order to ^coffer both gifts and sacrifices ^dfor sins,

^2abeing able to deal gently with the ^bignorant and ^cmisguided, since he himself also is ^1dbeset with weakness;

³and because of it, he is obligated, ^ajust as for the people, to also offer sacrifices ^bfor sins in the same way for himself.

⁴And ^ano one takes this honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even ^bas Aaron was.

⁵In this way also Christ ^adid not glorify Himself to become a ^bhigh priest, but He who ^csaid to Him,

“^dYou are My Son,

Today I have begotten You”;

⁶just as He says also in another passage,

“^aYou are a priest forever

According to ^bthe order of Melchizedek.”

⁷He, ¹in the days of His flesh, ^2aoffered up both prayers and supplications with ^bloud crying and tears to the One ^cable to save Him ³from death, and He ⁴was heard because of His ^dreverence.

⁸Although He was ^aa Son, He learned ^bobedience from the things which He suffered.

⁹And having been made ^aperfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,

¹⁰being designated by God as ^aa high priest according to ^bthe order of Melchizedek.

¹¹Concerning ¹him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

¹²For though ¹by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you ^athe ^2belementary principles of the ^coracles of God, and you have come to need ^dmilk and not solid food.

¹³For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an ^ainfant.

¹⁴But solid food is for ^athe ¹mature, who because of practice have their senses ^btrained to ^cdiscern both good and evil.