Hebrews 5

Qualifications for High Priesthood

5For every high priest taken from among men ^ais appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. ²He can ¹have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to ^bweakness. ³Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for ^chimself, to offer sacrifices for sins. ⁴And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as ^dAaron was.

A Priest Forever

^5eSo also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:

^f“You are My Son,

Today I have begotten You.”

⁶As He also says in another place:

^g“You are a priest forever

According to the order of Melchizedek”;

⁷who, in the days of His flesh, when He had ^hoffered up prayers and supplications, ⁱwith vehement cries and tears to Him ^jwho was able to save Him from death, and was heard ^kbecause of His godly fear, ⁸though He was a Son, yet He learned ^lobedience by the things which He suffered. ⁹And ^mhaving been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, ¹⁰called by God as High Priest ⁿ“according to the order of Melchizedek,” ¹¹of whom ^owe have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become ^pdull of hearing.

Spiritual Immaturity

¹²For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the ²oracles of God; and you have come to need ^qmilk and not solid food. ¹³For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is ^ra babe. ¹⁴But solid food belongs to those who are ³of full age, that is, those who by reason of ⁴use have their senses exercised ^sto discern both good and evil.