Hebrews 5–6

¹For every chief priest—out of men taken—in behalf of men is set in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins, ²able to be gentle to those ignorant and going astray, since himself also is compassed with infirmity; ³and because of this infirmity he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins; ⁴and no one to himself doth take the honour, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron: ⁵so also the Christ did not glorify himself to become chief priest, but He who spake unto him: ‘My Son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee;’ ⁶as also in another place He saith, ‘Thou art a priest—to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;’ ⁷who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death—with strong crying and tears—having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared, ⁸through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered—the obedience, ⁹and having been made perfect, he did become to all those obeying him a cause of salvation age-during.

¹⁰Having been addressed by God a chief priest, according to the order of Melchisedek, ¹¹concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing, ¹²for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food, ¹³for every one who is partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness—for he is an infant, ¹⁴and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.

Chapter 6

¹Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God, ²of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on also of hands, of rising again also of the dead, and of judgment age-during, ³and this we will do, if God may permit, ⁴for it is impossible for those once enlightened, having tasted also of the heavenly gift, and partakers having became of the Holy Spirit, ⁵and did taste the good saying of God, the powers also of the coming age, ⁶and having fallen away, again to renew them to reformation, having crucified again to themselves the Son of God, and exposed to public shame. ⁷For earth, that is drinking in the rain many times coming upon it, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom also it is dressed, doth partake of blessing from God, ⁸and that which is bearing thorns and briers is disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end is for burning.

⁹And we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things that are better, and accompanying salvation, though even thus we speak, ¹⁰for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering; ¹¹and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end, ¹²that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises. ¹³For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself, ¹⁴saying, ‘Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;’ ¹⁵and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise; ¹⁶for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation is the oath, ¹⁷in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath, ¹⁸that through two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us, ¹⁹which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and entering into that within the vail, ²⁰whither a forerunner for us did enter—Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become—to the age.

Chapter 7