The Letter to the Hebrews
1:1God, having in the past spoken to the
fathers through the prophets at many times
and in various ways, 1:2has at the end of these days spoken to
us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of
all things, through whom also he made the
worlds. 1:3His Son is the radiance of his glory,
the very image of his substance, and upholding
all things by the word of his power, when
he had by himself made purification for
our sins, sat down on the right hand of
the Majesty on high; 1:4having become so
much better than the angels, as he has inherited
a more excellent name than they have. 1:5For to which of the angels did he say
at any time,
"You are my Son,
Today
have I become your father?"
and again,
"I will be to him a Father,
And
he will be to me a Son?"
1:6Again, when he brings in the firstborn
into the world he says, "Let all the
angels of God worship him." 1:7Of the angels he says,
"Who makes his angels winds,
And
his servants a flame of fire."
1:8but of the Son he says,
"Your throne, O God, is forever
and ever;
The
scepter of uprightness is the scepter of
your Kingdom.
1:9You have loved righteousness, and hated
iniquity;
Therefore
God, your God, has anointed you with the
oil of gladness above your fellows."
1:10And,
"You, Lord, in the beginning,
laid the foundation of the earth.
The
heavens are the works of your hands.
1:11They will perish, but you continue.
They
all will grow old like a garment does.
1:12As a mantle you will roll them up,
And
they will be changed;
But you are the same.
Your
years will not fail."
1:13But of which of the angels has he said
at any time,
"Sit at my right hand,
Until
I make your enemies the footstool of your
feet?"
1:14Aren't they all ministering spirits,
sent out to do service for the sake of those
who will inherit salvation?
2:1Therefore we ought to pay greater attention
to the things that were heard, lest perhaps
we drift away. 2:2For if the word spoken through angels
proved steadfast, and every transgression
and disobedience received a just recompense;
2:3how will we escape if we neglect so great
a salvation-- which at the first having
been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed
to us by those who heard; 2:4God also bearing
witness with them, both by signs and wonders,
and by various works of power, and by gifts
of the Holy Spirit, according to his own
will? 2:5For he didn't subject the world to come,
of which we speak, to angels. 2:6But one has somewhere
testified, saying,
"What is man, that you think
of him?
Or the
son of man, that you care for him?
2:7You made him a little lower than the angels;
You
crowned him with glory and honor.*
2:8You have put all
things in subjection under his feet."
For in that he subjected all things to
him, he left nothing that is not subject
to him. But now we don't see all things
subjected to him, yet. 2:9But we see him who has been made a little
lower than the angels, Jesus, because of
the suffering of death crowned with glory
and honor, that by the grace of God he should
taste of death for everyone. 2:10For it became him, for whom are all things,
and through whom are all things, in bringing
many children to glory, to make the author
of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
2:11For both he who sanctifies and those
who are sanctified are all from one, for
which cause he is not ashamed to call them
brothers, 2:12saying,
"I will declare your name to
my brothers.
In the
midst of the congregation I will sing your
praise."
2:13Again, "I will put my trust in him."
Again, "Behold, here am I and the children
whom God has given me." 2:14Since then the children have shared in
flesh and blood, he also himself in like
manner partook of the same, that through
death he might bring to nothing him who
had the power of death, that is, the devil,
2:15and might deliver all of them who through
fear of death were all their lifetime subject
to bondage. 2:16For most assuredly, not to angels does
he give help, but he gives help to the seed
of Abraham. 2:17Therefore he was obligated in all things
to be made like his brothers, that he might
become a merciful and faithful high priest
in things pertaining to God, to make atonement
for the sins of the people. 2:18For in that he himself has suffered being
tempted, he is able to help those who are
tempted.
3:1Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of
a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle
and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;
3:2who was faithful to him who appointed
him, as also was Moses in all his house.
3:3For he has been
counted worthy of more glory than Moses,
inasmuch as he who built the house has more
honor than the house. 3:4For every house
is built by someone; but he who built all
things is God. 3:5Moses indeed was faithful in all his house
as a servant, for a testimony of those things
which were afterward to be spoken, 3:6but Christ is faithful as a Son over his
house; whose house we are, if we hold fast
our confidence and the glorying of our hope
firm to the end. 3:7Therefore, even
as the Holy Spirit says,
"Today if you will hear his
voice,
3:8Don't harden your hearts, as in the provocation,
Like
as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
3:9Where your fathers tested me by proving
me,
And
saw my works for forty years.
3:10Therefore I was displeased with that
generation,
And
said, 'They always err in their heart,
But
they didn't know my ways;'
3:11As I swore in my wrath,
'They
will not enter into my rest.'"
3:12Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there
be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief,
in falling away from the living God; 3:13but exhort one another day by day, so
long as it is called "today;"
lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness
of sin. 3:14For we have become
partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the
beginning of our confidence firm to the
end: 3:15while it is said,
"Today if you will hear his
voice,
Don't
harden your hearts, as in the rebellion."
3:16For who, when they heard, rebelled? No,
didn't all those who came out of Egypt by
Moses? 3:17With whom was he displeased forty years?
Wasn't it with those who sinned, whose bodies
fell in the wilderness? 3:18To whom did he swear that they wouldn't
enter into his rest, but to those who were
disobedient? 3:19We see that they were not able to enter
in because of unbelief.
4:1Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps a
promise being left of entering into his
rest, anyone of you should seem to have
come short of it. 4:2For indeed we have
had good news preached to us, even as they
also did, but the word they heard didn't
profit them, because it wasn't mixed with
faith by those who heard. 4:3For we who have believed do enter into
that rest, even as he has said, "As
I swore in my wrath, they will not enter
into my rest;" although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world.
4:4For he has said this somewhere about the
seventh day, "God rested on the seventh
day from all his works;" 4:5and in this place again, "They will
not enter into my rest."
4:6Seeing therefore it remains that some
should enter therein, and they to whom the
good news was before preached failed to
enter in because of disobedience, 4:7he again defines
a certain day, today, saying through David
so long a time afterward (just as has been
said),
"Today if you will hear his
voice,
Don't
harden your hearts."
4:8For if Joshua had given them rest, he
would not have spoken afterward of another
day. 4:9There remains therefore
a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 4:10For he who has entered into his rest
has himself also rested from his works,
as God did from his. 4:11Let us therefore give diligence to enter
into that rest, lest anyone fall after the
same example of disobedience. 4:12For the word of God is living, and active,
and sharper than any two-edged sword, and
piercing even to the dividing of soul and
spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is
able to discern the thoughts and intentions
of the heart.
4:13There is no creature that is hidden from
his sight, but all things are naked and
laid open before the eyes of him with whom
we have to do. 4:14Having then a great
high priest, who has passed through the
heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold
tightly to our confession. 4:15For we don't have
a high priest who can't be touched with
the feeling of our infirmities, but one
who has been in all points tempted like
we are, yet without sin. 4:16Let us therefore draw near with boldness
to the throne of grace, that we may receive
mercy, and may find grace for help in time
of need.
5:1For every high priest, being taken from
among men, is appointed for men in things
pertaining to God, that he may offer both
gifts and sacrifices for sins. 5:2The high priest
can deal gently with those who are ignorant
and going astray, because he himself is
also surrounded with weakness. 5:3Because of this,
he must offer sacrifices for sins for the
people, as well as for himself. 5:4Nobody takes this honor on himself, but
he is called by God, just like Aaron was.
5:5So also Christ didn't glorify himself
to be made a high priest, but it was he
who said to him,
"You are my Son.
Today
I have become your father."
5:6As he says also in another place,
"You are a priest forever,
After
the order of Melchizedek."
5:7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered
up prayers and petitions with strong crying
and tears to him who was able to save him
from death, and having been heard for his
godly fear, 5:8though he was a Son, yet learned obedience
by the things which he suffered. 5:9Having been made
perfect, he became to all of those who obey
him the author of eternal salvation, 5:10named by God a high priest after the
order of Melchizedek. 5:11About him we have many words to say,
and hard to interpret, seeing you have become
dull of hearing. 5:12For when by reason of the time you ought
to be teachers, you again need to have someone
teach you the rudiments of the first principles
of the oracles of God. You have come to
need milk, and not solid food. 5:13For everyone who lives on milk is not
experienced in the word of righteousness,
for he is a baby. 5:14But solid food is for those who are full
grown, who by reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern good and evil.
6:1Therefore leaving the doctrine of the
first principles of Christ, let us press
on to perfection--not laying again a foundation
of repentance from dead works, of faith
toward God, 6:2of the teaching of baptisms, of laying
on of hands, of resurrection of the dead,
and of eternal judgment. 6:3This will we do, if God permits. 6:4For concerning those who were once enlightened
and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were
made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 6:5and tasted the good word of God, and the
powers of the age to come, 6:6and then fell away,
it is impossible to renew them again to
repentance; seeing they crucify the Son
of God for themselves again, and put him
to open shame. 6:7For the land which has drunk the rain
that comes often on it, and brings forth
a crop suitable for them for whose sake
it is also tilled, receives blessing from
God; 6:8but if it bears thorns and thistles, it
is rejected and near being cursed, whose
end is to be burned.
6:9But, beloved, we are persuaded of better
things for you, and things that accompany
salvation, even though we speak like this.
6:10For God is not unrighteous, so as to
forget your work and the labor of love which
you showed toward his name, in that you
served the saints, and still do serve them.
6:11We desire that each one of you may show
the same diligence to the fullness of hope
even to the end, 6:12that you won't be sluggish, but imitators
of those who through faith and patience
inherited the promises. 6:13For when God made a promise to Abraham,
since he could swear by none greater, he
swore by himself, 6:14saying, "Most surely I will bless
you, and I will surely multiply you."
6:15Thus, having patiently
endured, he obtained the promise. 6:16For men indeed
swear by a greater one, and in every dispute
of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
6:17In this way God, being determined to
show more abundantly to the heirs of the
promise the immutability of his counsel,
interposed with an oath; 6:18that by two immutable
things, in which it is impossible for God
to lie, we may have a strong encouragement,
who have fled for refuge to take hold of
the hope set before us. 6:19This hope we have as an anchor of the
soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and
entering into that which is within the veil;
6:20where as a forerunner Jesus entered for
us, having become a high priest forever
after the order of Melchizedek.
7:1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest
of God Most High, who met Abraham returning
from the slaughter of the kings and blessed
him, 7:2to whom also Abraham
divided a tenth part of all (being first,
by interpretation, king of righteousness,
and then also king of Salem, which is king
of peace; 7:3without father, without mother, without
genealogy, having neither beginning of days
nor end of life, but made like the Son of
God), remains a priest continually. 7:4Now consider how great this man was, to
whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a
tenth out of the best spoils. 7:5They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive
the priest's office have a commandment to
take tithes of the people according to the
law, that is, of their brothers, though
these have come out of the loins of Abraham,
7:6but he whose genealogy
is not counted from them has taken tithes
of Abraham, and has blessed him who has
the promises. 7:7But without any
dispute the less is blessed by the better.
7:8Here people who
die receive tithes, but there one receives
tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.
7:9So to say, through Abraham even Levi,
who receives tithes, has paid tithes, 7:10for he was yet
in the loins of his father when Melchizedek
met him. 7:11Now if there was perfection through the
Levitical priesthood (for under it the people
have received the law), what further need
was there for another priest to arise after
the order of Melchizedek, and not be called
after the order of Aaron? 7:12For the priesthood being changed, there
is of necessity a change made also in the
law. 7:13For he of whom
these things are said belongs to another
tribe, from which no one has officiated
at the altar. 7:14For it is evident that our Lord has sprung
out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke
nothing concerning priesthood. 7:15This is yet more abundantly evident,
if after the likeness of Melchizedek there
arises another priest, 7:16who has been made, not after the law
of a fleshly commandment, but after the
power of an endless life: 7:17for it is testified,
"You are a priest forever,
According
to the order of Melchizedek."
7:18For there is an annulling of a foregoing
commandment because of its weakness and
uselessness 7:19(for the law made nothing perfect), and
a bringing in thereupon of a better hope,
through which we draw near to God. 7:20Inasmuch as he was not made priest without
the taking of an oath 7:21(for they indeed
have been made priests without an oath),
but he with an oath by him that says of
him,
"The Lord swore and will not
change his mind,
'You
are a priest forever,
According
to the order of Melchizedek'".
7:22By so much has Jesus become the collateral
of a better covenant. 7:23Many, indeed, have
been made priests, because they are hindered
from continuing by death. 7:24But he, because he lives forever, has
his priesthood unchangeable. 7:25Therefore he is
also able to save to the uttermost those
who draw near to God through him, seeing
he ever lives to make intercession for them.
7:26For such a high priest was fitting for
us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated
from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
7:27who doesn't need, like those high priests,
to daily offer up sacrifices, first for
his own sins, and then for the sins of the
people. For this he did once for all, when
he offered up himself. 7:28For the law appoints men as high priests
who have weakness, but the word of the oath
which came after the law appoints a Son
forever who has been perfected.
8:1Now in the things which we are saying,
the main point is this. We have such a high
priest, who sat down on the right hand of
the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
8:2a minister of the sanctuary, and of the
true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched,
not man. 8:3For every high priest is appointed to
offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore
it is necessary that this high priest also
have something to offer. 8:4For if he were on
earth, he would not be a priest at all,
seeing there are priests who offer the gifts
according to the law; 8:5who serve a copy
and shadow of the heavenly things, even
as Moses was warned by God when he was about
to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See,
you shall make everything according to the
pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."
8:6But now he has obtained a more excellent
ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator
of a better covenant, which has been enacted
on better promises. 8:7For if that first
covenant had been faultless, then no place
would have been sought for a second. 8:8For finding fault with them, he said,
"Behold, the days come,"
says the Lord,
"That
I will make a new covenant with the house
of Israel and with the house of Judah;
8:9Not according to the covenant that I made
with their fathers,
In the
day that I took them by the hand to lead
them out of the land of Egypt;
For they didn't continue in my covenant,
And
I disregarded them," says the Lord.
8:10"For this is the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israel.
After
those days," says the Lord;
"I will put my laws into their
mind,
I will
also write them on their heart.
I will be to them a God,
And
they will be to me a people.
8:11They will not teach every man his fellow
citizen,
Every
man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,'
For
all will know me,
From
the least of them to the greatest of them.
8:12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness.
I will
remember their sins and lawless deeds no
more."
8:13In that he says, "A new covenant,"
he has made the first old. But that which
is becoming old and grows aged is near to
vanishing away.
9:1Now indeed even the first* covenant
had ordinances of divine service, and an
earthly sanctuary. 9:2For there was a tabernacle prepared. In
the first part were the lampstand, the table,
and the show bread; which is called the
Holy Place. 9:3After the second
veil was the tabernacle which is called
the Holy of Holies, 9:4having a golden altar of incense, and
the ark of the covenant overlaid on all
sides with gold, in which was a golden pot
holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded,
and the tables of the covenant; 9:5and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing
the mercy seat, of which things we can't
now speak in detail. 9:6Now these things having been thus prepared,
the priests go in continually into the first
tabernacle, accomplishing the services,
9:7but into the second the high priest alone,
once in the year, not without blood, which
he offers for himself, and for the errors
of the people. 9:8The Holy Spirit
is indicating this, that the way into the
Holy Place wasn't yet revealed while the
first tabernacle was still standing; 9:9which is a symbol of the present age,
where gifts and sacrifices are offered that
are incapable, concerning the conscience,
of making the worshipper perfect; 9:10being only (with
meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly
ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
9:11But Christ having come as a high priest
of the coming good things, through the greater
and more perfect tabernacle, not made with
hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
9:12nor yet through the blood of goats and
calves, but through his own blood, entered
in once for all into the Holy Place, having
obtained eternal redemption. 9:13For if the blood
of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer
sprinkling those who have been defiled,
sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:
9:14how much more will the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit offered himself
without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience
from dead works to serve the living God?
9:15For this reason he is the mediator of
a new covenant, since a death has occurred
for the redemption of the transgressions
that were under the first covenant, that
those who have been called may receive the
promise of the eternal inheritance. 9:16For where a last will and testament is,
there must of necessity be the death of
him who made it. 9:17For a will is in force where there has
been death, for it is never in force while
he who made it lives. 9:18Therefore even the first covenant has
not been dedicated without blood. 9:19For when every
commandment had been spoken by Moses to
all the people according to the law, he
took the blood of the calves and the goats,
with water and scarlet wool and hyssop,
and sprinkled both the book itself and all
the people, 9:20saying, "This is the blood of the
covenant which God has commanded you."
9:21Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle
and all the vessels of the ministry in like
manner with the blood. 9:22According to the law, nearly everything
is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding
of blood there is no remission. 9:23It was necessary therefore that the copies
of the things in the heavens should be cleansed
with these; but the heavenly things themselves
with better sacrifices than these. 9:24For Christ hasn't entered into holy places
made with hands, which are representations
of the true, but into heaven itself, now
to appear in the presence of God for us;
9:25nor yet that he should offer himself
often, as the high priest enters into the
holy place year by year with blood not his
own, 9:26or else he must have suffered often since
the foundation of the world. But now once
at the end of the ages, he has been revealed
to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
9:27Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to
die once, and after this, judgment, 9:28so Christ also,
having been once offered to bear the sins
of many, will appear a second time, without
sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for
him for salvation.
10:1For the law, having a shadow of the good
to come, not the very image of the things,
can never with the same sacrifices year
by year, which they offer continually, make
perfect those who draw near. 10:2Or else wouldn't they have ceased to
be offered, because the worshippers, having
been once cleansed, would have had no more
consciousness of sins? 10:3But in those sacrifices
there is yearly reminder of sins. 10:4For it is impossible
that the blood of bulls and goats should
take away sins. 10:5Therefore when he comes into the world,
he says,
"Sacrifice and offering you
didn't desire,
But
a body did you prepare for me;
10:6In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices
for sin you had no pleasure.
10:7Then I said, 'Behold,
I have come (In the scroll of the book it
is written of me)
To do
your will, God.'"
10:8Previously saying, "Sacrifices and
offerings and whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices for sin you didn't desire, neither
had pleasure in them" (those which
are offered according to the law), 10:9then he has said,
"Behold, I have come to do your will."
He takes away the first, that he may establish
the second, 10:10by which will
we have been sanctified through the offering
of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
10:11Every priest indeed stands day by day
ministering and often offering the same
sacrifices, which can never take away sins,
10:12but he, when he had offered one sacrifice
for sins for ever, sat down on the right
hand of God; 10:13from that time waiting until his enemies
are made the footstool of his feet. 10:14For by one offering
he has perfected forever those who are being
sanctified. 10:15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us,
for after saying,
10:16"This is the covenant that I will
make with them:
'After
those days,' says the Lord,
'I will put my laws on their heart,
I will
also write them on their mind;'"
then he says,
10:17"I will remember their sins and
their iniquities no more."
10:18Now where remission of these is, there
is no more offering for sin. 10:19Having therefore,
brothers, boldness to enter into the holy
place by the blood of Jesus, 10:20by the way which he dedicated for us,
a new and living way, through the veil,
that is to say, his flesh; 10:21and having a great priest over the house
of God, 10:22let's draw near with a true heart in
fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience, and having our
body washed with pure water, 10:23let us hold fast the confession of our
hope unyieldingly. For he who promised is
faithful.
10:24Let us consider how to provoke one another
to love and good works, 10:25not forsaking
our own assembling together, as the custom
of some is, but exhorting one another; and
so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.
10:26For if we sin willfully after we have
received the knowledge of the truth, there
remains no more a sacrifice for sins, 10:27but a certain fearful expectation of
judgment, and a fierceness of fire which
will devour the adversaries. 10:28A man who disregards Moses' law dies
without compassion on the word of two or
three witnesses. 10:29How much worse punishment, do you think,
will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden
under foot the Son of God, and has counted
the blood of the covenant with which he
was sanctified an unholy thing, and has
insulted the Spirit of grace? 10:30For we know him who said, "Vengeance
belongs to me," says the Lord, "I
will repay." Again, "The Lord
will judge his people." 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the
hands of the living God. 10:32But remember the
former days, in which, after you were enlightened,
you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
10:33partly, being
exposed to both reproaches and oppressions;
and partly, becoming partakers with those
who were treated so. 10:34For you both had
compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully
accepted the plundering of your possessions,
knowing that you have for yourselves a better
possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
10:35Therefore don't throw away your boldness,
which has a great reward. 10:36For you need endurance
so that, having done the will of God, you
may receive the promise.
10:37"In a very little while,
He who
comes will come, and will not wait.
10:38But the righteous will live by faith.
If he
shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in
him."
10:39But we are not of those who shrink back
to destruction, but of those who have faith
to the saving of the soul.
11:1Now faith is assurance of things hoped
for, proof of things not seen. 11:2For by this, the
elders obtained testimony. 11:3By faith, we understand
that the universe has been framed by the
word of God, so that what is seen has not
been made out of things which are visible.
11:4By faith, Abel offered to God a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which
he had testimony given to him that he was
righteous, God bearing witness with respect
to his gifts; and through it he, being dead,
still speaks. 11:5By faith, Enoch
was taken away, so that he wouldn't see
death, and he was not found, because God
translated him. For he has had testimony
given to him that before his translation
he had been well pleasing to God. 11:6Without faith it is impossible to be
well pleasing to him, for he who comes to
God must believe that he exists, and that
he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
11:7By faith, Noah, being warned about things
not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared
an ark for the saving of his house, through
which he condemned the world, and became
heir of the righteousness which is according
to faith. 11:8By faith, Abraham,
when he was called, obeyed to go out to
the place which he was to receive for an
inheritance. He went out, not knowing where
he went. 11:9By faith, he lived as an alien in the
land of promise, as in a land not his own,
dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob,
the heirs with him of the same promise.
11:10For he looked for the city which has
the foundations, whose builder and maker
is God. 11:11By faith, even Sarah herself received
power to conceive, and she bore a child
when she was past age, since she counted
him faithful who had promised. 11:12Therefore as many
as the stars of the sky in multitude, and
as innumerable as the sand which is by the
sea shore, were fathered by one man, and
him as good as dead. 11:13These all died in faith, not having
received the promises, but having seen* them and embraced them from
afar, and having confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 11:14For those who say such things make it
clear that they are seeking after a country
of their own. 11:15If indeed they had been thinking of
that country from which they went out, they
would have had enough time to return. 11:16But now they desire a better country,
that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is
not ashamed of them, to be called their
God, for he has prepared a city for them.
11:17By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered
up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received
the promises was offering up his one and
only son; 11:18even he to whom
it was said, "In Isaac will your seed
be called;" 11:19accounting that God is able to raise
up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking,
he also did receive him back from the dead.
11:20By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau,
even concerning things to come. 11:21By faith, Jacob,
when he was dying, blessed each of the sons
of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the
top of his staff. 11:22By faith, Joseph,
when his end was near, made mention of the
departure of the children of Israel; and
gave instructions concerning his bones.
11:23By faith, Moses, when he was born, was
hidden for three months by his parents,
because they saw that he was a beautiful
child, and they were not afraid of the king's
commandment. 11:24By faith, Moses, when he had grown up,
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter, 11:25choosing rather to share ill treatment
with God's people, than to enjoy the pleasures
of sin for a time; 11:26accounting the reproach of Christ greater
riches than the treasures of Egypt; for
he looked to the reward. 11:27By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing
the wrath of the king; for he endured, as
seeing him who is invisible. 11:28By faith, he kept the Passover, and
the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer
of the firstborn should not touch them.
11:29By faith, they passed through the Red
sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried
to do so, they were swallowed up. 11:30By faith, the walls of Jericho fell
down, after they had been encircled for
seven days. 11:31By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't
perish with those who were disobedient,
having received the spies in peace. 11:32What more shall I say? For the time
would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak,
Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the
prophets; 11:33who, through faith subdued kingdoms,
worked out righteousness, obtained promises,
stopped the mouths of lions, 11:34quenched the power of fire, escaped
the edge of the sword, from weakness were
made strong, grew mighty in war, and turned
to flight armies of aliens. 11:35Women received
their dead by resurrection. Others were
tortured, not accepting their deliverance,
that they might obtain a better resurrection.
11:36Others were tried by mocking and scourging,
yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.
11:37They were stoned.
They were sawn apart. They were tempted.
They were slain with the sword. They went
around in sheep skins and in goat skins;
being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
11:38(of whom the world was not worthy),
wandering in deserts, mountains, caves,
and the holes of the earth. 11:39These all, having had testimony given
to them through their faith, didn't receive
the promise, 11:40God having provided some better thing
concerning us, so that apart from us they
should not be made perfect.
12:1Therefore let us also, seeing we are
surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
lay aside every weight and the sin which
so easily entangles us, and let us run with
patience the race that is set before us,
12:2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter
of faith, who for the joy that was set before
him endured the cross, despising shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God. 12:3For consider him who has endured such
contradiction of sinners against himself,
that you don't grow weary, fainting in your
souls. 12:4You have not yet resisted to blood, striving
against sin; 12:5and you have forgotten the exhortation
which reasons with you as with children,
"My son, don't take lightly
the chastening of the Lord,
Nor
faint when you are reproved by him;
12:6For whom the Lord loves, he chastens,
And
scourges every son whom he receives."
12:7It is for discipline that you endure.
God deals with you as with children, for
what son is there whom his father doesn't
discipline? 12:8But if you are without discipline, of
which all have been made partakers, then
are you illegitimate, and not children.
12:9Furthermore, we had the fathers of our
flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect.
Shall we not much rather be in subjection
to the Father of spirits, and live? 12:10For they indeed, for a few days, punished
us as seemed good to them; but he for our
profit, that we may be partakers of his
holiness. 12:11All chastening seems for the present
to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward
it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness
to those who have been exercised thereby.
12:12Therefore, lift up the hands that hang
down and the feeble knees, 12:13and make straight
paths for your feet, so that which is lame
may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
12:14Follow after peace with all men, and
the sanctification without which no man
will see the Lord, 12:15looking carefully lest there be any
man who falls short of the grace of God;
lest any root of bitterness springing up
trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;
12:16lest there be any sexually immoral person,
or profane person, as Esau, who sold his
birthright for one meal. 12:17For you know that even when he afterward
desired to inherit the blessing, he was
rejected, for he found no place for a change
of mind though he sought it diligently with
tears. 12:18For you have not come to a mountain
that might be touched, and that burned with
fire, and to blackness, darkness, tempest,
12:19the sound of a trumpet, and the voice
of words; which those who heard it begged
that not one more word should be spoken
to them, 12:20for they could not stand that which
was commanded, "If even an animal touches
the mountain, it shall be stoned*;" 12:21and so fearful
was the appearance, that Moses said, "I
am terrified and trembling."
12:22But you have come to Mount Zion, and
to the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
12:23to the general assembly and assembly
of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven,
to God the Judge of all, to the spirits
of just men made perfect, 12:24to Jesus, the
mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood
of sprinkling that speaks better than that
of Abel.
12:25See that you don't refuse him who speaks.
For if they didn't escape when they refused
him who warned on the Earth, how much more
will we not escape who turn away from him
who warns from heaven, 12:26whose voice shook the earth, then, but
now he has promised, saying, "Yet once
more I will shake not only the earth, but
also the heavens." 12:27This phrase, "Yet
once more," signifies the removing
of those things that are shaken, as of things
that have been made, that those things which
are not shaken may remain. 12:28Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that
can't be shaken, let us have grace, through
which we serve God acceptably, with reverence
and awe, 12:29for our God is
a consuming fire.
13:1Let brotherly love continue. 13:2Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers,
for in doing so, some have entertained angels
without knowing it. 13:3Remember those who are in bonds, as bound
with them; and those who are ill-treated,
since you are also in the body. 13:4Let marriage be held in honor among all,
and let the bed be undefiled: but God will
judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
13:5Be free from the love of money, content
with such things as you have, for he has
said, "I will in no way leave you,
neither will I in any way forsake you."
13:6So that with good courage we say,
"The Lord is my helper. I will
not fear.
What
can man do to me?"
13:7Remember your leaders, men who spoke
to you the word of God, and considering
the results of their conduct, imitate their
faith. 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today,
and forever. 13:9Don't be carried away by various and
strange teachings, for it is good that the
heart be established by grace, not by food,
through which those who were so occupied
were not benefited.
13:10We have an altar from which those who
serve the holy tabernacle have no right
to eat. 13:11For the bodies of those animals, whose
blood is brought into the holy place by
the high priest as an offering for sin,
are burned outside of the camp. 13:12Therefore Jesus
also, that he might sanctify the people
through his own blood, suffered outside
of the gate. 13:13Let us therefore go forth to him outside
of the camp, bearing his reproach. 13:14For we don't have
here an enduring city, but we seek that
which is to come. 13:15Through him, then, let us offer up a
sacrifice of praise to God continually,
that is, the fruit of lips which make confession
to his name. 13:16But don't forget
to be doing good and sharing, for with such
sacrifices God is well pleased.
13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them,
for they watch on behalf of your souls,
as those who will give account, that they
may do this with joy, and not with groaning,
for that would be unprofitable for you.
13:18Pray for us, for we are persuaded that
we have a good conscience, desiring to live
honorably in all things. 13:19I strongly urge you to do this, that
I may be restored to you sooner.
13:20Now may the God of peace, who brought
again from the dead the great shepherd of
the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant,
our Lord Jesus, 13:21make you complete
in every good work to do his will, working
in you that which is well pleasing in his
sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be
the glory forever and ever. Amen.
13:22But I exhort you, brothers, endure the
word of exhortation, for I have written
to you in few words. 13:23Know that our brother Timothy has been
freed, with whom, if he comes shortly, I
will see you. 13:24Greet all of your leaders and all the
saints. The Italians greet you. 13:25Grace be with
you all. Amen.
Notes:
[1] back
to 2:7 TR adds "and set him over
the works of your hands"
[2] back to 2:11 The word for "brothers"
here and where context allows may also be
correctly translated "brothers and
sisters" or "siblings."
[3] back to 8:11 TR reads "neighbor"
instead of "fellow citizen"
[4] back to 9:1 TR adds "tabernacle"
[5] back
to 11:13 TR adds "and being convinced
of"
[6] back to 12:20 TR adds "or shot with an
arrow" [see Exodus 19:12-13]
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