1 GOD, who ^aat sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the ^bfathers by the ^cprophets ,
 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his ^aSon , whom he hath ^bappointed ^cheir of all things, by whom also he ^dmade the ^eworlds ;
 3 Who being the brightness of his ^aglory , and the express image of his ^bperson , and upholding all things by the word of his ^cpower , when he had by himself ^dpurged our sins, sat down on the ^eright hand of the ^fMajesty on high;
 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent ^aname than they.
 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my ^aSon , this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a ^bFather , and he shall be to me a Son?
 6 And again, when he bringeth in the ^afirstbegotten into the world, he saith, ^bAnd let all the angels of God ^cworship him.
 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy ^athrone , O God, is for ^bever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
 9 Thou hast loved ^arighteousness , and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the ^afoundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine ^bhands :
 11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall ^awax old as doth a garment;
 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
 13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my ^aright hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
 14 Are they not all ^aministering ^bspirits , sent forth ^cto minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

 1 THEREFORE we ought to give the more ^aearnest ^bheed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and ^adisobedience received a ^bjust recompence of reward;
 3 How shall we ^aescape , if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
 4 God also bearing them witness, both with ^asigns and ^bwonders , and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own ^cwill ?
 5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
 6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is ^aman , that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
 7 Thou madest him a little lower than the ^aangels ; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his ^afeet . For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little ^alower than the ^bangels ^cfor the suffering of ^ddeath , ^ecrowned with glory and honour; that he by the ^fgrace of God should taste ^gdeath for every man.
 10 For ^ait became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all ^bthings , in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the ^ccaptain of their salvation ^dperfect through sufferings.
 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are ^asanctified are all of ^bone : for which cause he is not ashamed to call them ^cbrethren ,
 12 Saying, I will declare thy ^aname unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
 13 And again, I will put my ^atrust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
 14 ^aForasmuch then as the children are partakers of ^bflesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might ^cdestroy him that had the power of ^ddeath , that is, the ^edevil ;
 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to ^abondage .
 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of ^aangels ; but he took on him the ^bseed of Abraham.
 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make ^areconciliation for the sins of the people.
 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to ^bsuccour them that are tempted.

 1 WHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, ^aconsider the ^bApostle and ^cHigh Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
 2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
 3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
 4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
 5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a ^aservant , for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
 6 But Christ as a son over his own ^ahouse ; whose ^bhouse are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
 7 Wherefore (as the ^aHoly Ghost saith, ^bTo day if ye will hear his voice,
 8 ^aHarden not your hearts, as in the ^bprovocation , in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
 9 When your fathers tempted me, ^aproved me, and saw my works forty years.
 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that ^ageneration , and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not ^aenter into my ^brest .)
 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil ^aheart of ^bunbelief , in ^cdeparting from the living God.
 13 But ^aexhort one another daily, while it is called ^bTo day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence ^astedfast unto the end;
 15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, ^aharden not your hearts, as in the ^bprovocation .
 16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
 17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose ^acarcases fell in the wilderness?
 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of ^aunbelief .

 1 LET us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his ^arest , any of you should seem to come short of it.
 2 For unto us was the ^agospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with ^bfaith in them that heard it.
 3 ^aFor we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my ^brest : although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
 4 For he spake in a certain place of the ^aseventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
 5 ^aAnd in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and ^athey to whom it was first preached entered not in because of ^bunbelief :
 7 Again, he ^alimiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will ^bhear his voice, ^charden not your hearts.
 8 For if ^aJesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
 11 Let us ^alabour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of ^bunbelief .
 12 For the ^aword of God is ^bquick , and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged ^csword , ^dpiercing even to the dividing asunder ^eof soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a ^fdiscerner of the ^gthoughts and ^hintents of the heart.
 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the ^aeyes of him with whom we have to do.
 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the ^aheavens , Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
 15 For we have not an high priest ^awhich cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points ^btempted like as we are, yet without ^csin .
 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of ^agrace , that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

 1 FOR every high priest taken from among men is ^aordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and ^bsacrifices for sins:
 2 Who can have ^acompassion on the ignorant, and on them that are ^bout of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for ^asins .
 4 And no man taketh this ^ahonour unto himself, but he that is ^bcalled of God, as was ^cAaron .
 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my ^aSon , to day have I begotten thee.
 6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a ^apriest ^bfor ever after the order of ^cMelchisedec .
 7 ^aWho in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up ^bprayers and supplications with ^cstrong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard ^din that he feared;
 8 Though he were a Son, yet ^alearned he ^bobedience by the things which he ^csuffered ;
 9 And being made ^aperfect , he became the ^bauthor of eternal ^csalvation unto all them that obey him;
 10 ^aCalled of God an ^bhigh priest after the order of Melchisedec.
 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and ^ahard to be ^buttered , seeing ye are dull of ^chearing .
 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of ^amilk , and not of strong meat.
 13 For every one that useth ^amilk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

 1 THEREFORE ^aleaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto ^bperfection ; not laying again the foundation of ^crepentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
 2 Of the ^adoctrine of ^bbaptisms , and of ^claying on of ^dhands , and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
 3 ^aAnd this will we do, if God permit.
 4 For it is impossible for those who were once ^aenlightened , and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
 5 And have ^atasted the good word of God, and the powers of the ^bworld to come,
 6 If they shall ^afall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they ^bcrucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open ^cshame .
 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs ^ameet for them by whom it is ^bdressed , receiveth blessing from God:
 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto ^acursing ; whose end is to be burned.
 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
 10 For God is not ^aunrighteous to forget your work and ^blabour of ^clove , which ye have shewed toward his ^dname , in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same ^adiligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
 12 That ye be not ^aslothful , but followers of them who through ^bfaith and ^cpatience inherit the ^dpromises .
 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could ^aswear by no greater, he ^bsware by himself,
 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will ^abless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
 15 And so, after he had patiently ^aendured , he obtained the promise.
 16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an ^aoath for confirmation is to them an end of all ^bstrife .
 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his ^acounsel , ^bconfirmed it by an ^coath :
 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to ^alie , we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for ^brefuge to lay hold upon the ^chope set before us:
 19 Which hope we have as an ^aanchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the ^bveil ;
 20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an ^ahigh priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

 1 FOR this Melchisedec, king of Salem, ^apriest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
 2 To whom also Abraham gave a ^atenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of ^brighteousness , and after that also King of ^cSalem , which is, King of peace;
 3 ^aWithout father, without mother, without descent, having neither ^bbeginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a ^cpriest continually.
 4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the ^apatriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
 5 And verily they that are of the sons of ^aLevi , who receive the ^boffice of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
 6 But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
 7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
 8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
 9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
 10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
 11 If therefore ^aperfection were by the ^bLevitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
 12 For the ^apriesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
 13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
 14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of ^aJuda ; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
 15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
 16 Who is made, not after the law of a ^acarnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
 17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of ^aMelchisedec .
 18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the ^aweakness and unprofitableness thereof.
 19 ^aFor the law made nothing ^bperfect , but the bringing in of a ^cbetter hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
 20 And inasmuch as not without an ^aoath he was made priest:
 21 (For those ^apriests were made without an oath; but this with an ^boath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better ^atestament .
 23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
 24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable ^apriesthood .
 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them ^ato the uttermost that ^bcome unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make ^cintercession for them.
 26 ^aFor such an ^bhigh priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, ^cseparate from ^dsinners , and made ^ehigher than the ^fheavens ;
 27 Who needeth not ^adaily , as those high priests, to offer up ^bsacrifice , first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did ^conce , when he ^doffered up himself.
 28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the ^aoath , which was since the law, maketh the ^bSon , who is ^cconsecrated for evermore.

 1 NOW of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an ^ahigh priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the ^atrue ^btabernacle , which the Lord pitched, and not man.
 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to ^aoffer .
 4 ^aFor if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are ^bpriests that offer gifts according to the law:
 5 Who serve unto the example and ^ashadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the ^btabernacle : for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the ^cpattern shewed to thee in the mount.
 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the ^amediator of a better ^bcovenant , which was established upon better ^cpromises .
 7 For if that first covenant had been ^afaultless , then should no place have been sought for the second.
 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of ^aJudah :
 9 Not according to the ^acovenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my ^alaws into their ^bmind , and write them in their ^chearts : and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
 12 For I will be merciful to their ^aunrighteousness , and their sins and their iniquities will I ^bremember no more.
 13 In that he saith, A ^anew covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth ^bold is ready to ^cvanish away.

 1 THEN verily the first ^a covenant had also ^bordinances of divine ^cservice , and a worldly sanctuary.
 2 For there was a ^atabernacle made; the first, wherein was the ^bcandlestick , and the ^ctable , and the ^dshewbread ; which is called the sanctuary.
 3 And after the second ^aveil , the tabernacle which is called the ^bHoliest of all;
 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ^aark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden ^bpot that had manna, and ^cAaron ’s rod that budded, and the ^dtables of the covenant;
 5 And over it the ^acherubims of glory shadowing the ^bmercyseat ; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
 6 Now when these things were thus ^aordained , the ^bpriests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
 7 But into the second went the ^ahigh priest alone ^bonce every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
 8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
 9 Which was a ^afigure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service ^bperfect , as pertaining to the conscience;
 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers ^awashings , and ^bcarnal ^cordinances , ^dimposed on them until the time of reformation.
 11 But Christ being come an ^ahigh priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect ^btabernacle , not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own ^ablood he entered in once into the ^bholy place, having obtained eternal ^credemption for us.
 13 For if the ^ablood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the ^bpurifying of the flesh:
 14 How much more shall the ^ablood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself ^bwithout ^cspot to God, ^dpurge your ^econscience from dead works to serve the living God?
 15 And for this cause he is the ^amediator of the ^bnew ^ctestament , that by means of ^ddeath , for the redemption of the ^etransgressions that were under the first ^ftestament , they which are called might receive the ^gpromise of eternal ^hinheritance .
 16 For where a ^atestament is, there must also of necessity be the ^bdeath of the ^ctestator .
 17 For a ^atestament is of force after men are dead: ^botherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
 19 For when Moses had ^aspoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the ^bblood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and ^csprinkled both the book, and all the people,
 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without ^ashedding of blood is no ^bremission .
 23 It was therefore necessary that the ^apatterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with bettersacrifices than these.
 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the ^atrue ; but into ^bheaven itself, now to appear in the ^cpresence of God for us:
 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the ^ahigh priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
 26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once ^ain the ^bend of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the ^csacrifice of himself.
 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
 28 So Christ was once ^aoffered to ^bbear the ^csins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he ^dappear the second time without sin unto salvation.

 1 FOR the ^alaw having a ^bshadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered ^cyear by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once ^apurged should have had no more ^bconscience of sins.
 3 But in those ^a sacrifices there is a ^bremembrance again made of sins every year.
 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
 6 In burnt offerings and ^a sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
 10 By the which will we are ^asanctified through the ^boffering ^cof the ^dbody of Jesus Christ ^eonce for all.
 11 And every priest standeth ^adaily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away ^bsins :
 12 But this man, after he had offered one ^asacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
 13 ^aFrom henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
 15 Whereof the ^aHoly Ghost also is a ^bwitness to us: for after that he had said before,
 16 This is the ^acovenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their ^bminds will I write them;
 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
 18 Now where ^aremission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
 19 Having therefore, brethren, ^aboldness to enter into the ^bholiest by the blood of Jesus,
 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the ^aveil , that is to say, his flesh;
 21 And having an ^ahigh priest over the house of God;
 22 Let us ^adraw ^bnear with a true heart in full assurance of ^cfaith , having our hearts ^dsprinkled from an evil ^econscience , and our bodies washed with pure water.
 23 Let us hold fast the ^aprofession of our ^bfaith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
 24 And let us ^aconsider one another to ^bprovoke unto love and to good works:
 25 Not forsaking the ^aassembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
 26 For if we ^asin ^bwilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery ^aindignation , which shall devour the adversaries.
 28 He that ^adespised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
 29 Of how much sorer ^apunishment , suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done ^bdespite unto the Spirit of grace?
 30 For we know him that hath said, ^aVengeance belongeth unto me, I will ^brecompense , saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall ^cjudge his people.
 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
 32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great ^afight of afflictions;
 33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
 34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took ^ajoyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring ^bsubstance .
 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
 36 For ye have need of ^apatience , that, after ye have done the ^bwill of God, ye might receive the ^cpromise .
 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man ^adraw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
 39 But we are not of them who ^adraw back unto ^bperdition ; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

 1 NOW ^afaith is the ^bsubstance of things ^choped for, the ^devidence of things not seen.
 2 For by it the elders ^aobtained a good ^breport .
 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were ^aframed by the ^bword of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
 4 By faith ^aAbel offered unto God a more excellent ^bsacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
 5 By faith ^aEnoch was ^btranslated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this ^ctestimony , that he pleased God.
 6 But without ^afaith it is impossible to please him: for he that ^bcometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a ^crewarder of them that ^ddiligently ^eseek him.
 7 By faith ^aNoah , being ^bwarned of God of things not seen as yet, ^cmoved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the ^drighteousness which is by faith.
 8 By faith ^aAbraham , when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an ^binheritance , ^cobeyed ; and he went out, not ^dknowing whither he went.
 9 By faith he ^asojourned in the ^bland of ^cpromise , as in a strange country, dwelling in ^dtabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
 10 For he looked for a ^acity which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
 11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
 12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in ^amultitude , and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
 13 These all died in faith, not having received the ^apromises , but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were ^bstrangers and pilgrims on the earth.
 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a ^acountry .
 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
 16 But now they desire a better ^a country , that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
 17 By ^afaith Abraham, when he was ^btried , ^coffered up Isaac: and he that had received the ^dpromises offered up his only begotten son,
 18 Of whom it was said, That in ^aIsaac shall thy ^bseed be called:
 19 ^aAccounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
 20 By faith Isaac ^ablessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
 21 By faith ^aJacob , when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
 22 By faith ^aJoseph , when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
 23 By faith ^aMoses , when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a ^bproper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
 24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the ^ason of Pharaoh’s daughter;
 25 Choosing rather to ^asuffer affliction with the ^bpeople of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
 26 Esteeming the ^areproach of Christ greater ^briches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
 28 Through faith he kept the ^apassover , and the sprinkling of ^bblood , lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
 29 By faith they passed through the Red ^asea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
 30 By faith the ^awalls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
 31 By ^afaith the harlot ^bRahab perished not with ^cthem that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of ^aBarak , and of Samson, and of ^bJephthae ; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained ^apromises , stopped the mouths of ^blions ,
 34 Quenched the violence of ^afire , escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made ^bstrong , waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
 35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting ^adeliverance ; that they might obtain ^ba better resurrection:
 36 And others had trial of ^a cruel ^bmockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
 37 They were ^astoned , they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and inmountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
 39 And these all, having obtained a ^agood ^breport through faith, received not the promise:
 40 ^aGod having ^bprovided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made ^cperfect .

 1 WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the ^asin which doth so easily ^bbeset us, and let us run with ^cpatience the race that is set before us,
 2 Looking unto Jesus the ^aauthor and ^bfinisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him ^cendured the cross, despising the ^dshame , and is set down at the right hand of the ^ethrone of God.
 3 For consider him that endured such ^acontradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, ^astriving against sin.
 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
 6 For whom the Lord loveth he ^achasteneth , and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
 7 If ye ^aendure ^bchastening , God dealeth with you as with ^csons ; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
 9 Furthermore we have had ^afathers of our flesh which ^bcorrected us, and we gave them ^creverence : shall we not much rather be in ^dsubjection unto the ^eFather of ^fspirits , and live?
 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his ^aholiness .
 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the ^apeaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are ^bexercised thereby.
 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the ^afeeble knees;
 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be ^ahealed .
 14 Follow ^apeace with all men, and ^bholiness , without which no man shall ^csee the Lord:
 15 Looking diligently lest any man ^afail of the ^bgrace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his ^abirthright .
 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with ^atears .
 18 For ye are not come unto the ^amount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which ^a voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
 22 But ye are come unto mount ^aSion , and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of ^bangels ,
 23 To the general assembly and church of the ^afirstborn , which are ^bwritten in heaven, and to God the ^cJudge of all, and to the ^dspirits of ^ejust men made perfect,
 24 And to Jesus the ^amediator of the ^bnew ^ccovenant , and to the ^dblood of sprinkling, that speaketh ^ebetter things than that of Abel.
 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they ^aescaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
 26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I ^ashake not the earth only, but also heaven.
 27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with ^areverence and godly ^bfear :
 29 For our God is a consuming fire.

 1 LET ^abrotherly ^blove continue.
 2 Be not forgetful to ^aentertain ^bstrangers : for thereby some have entertained ^cangels ^dunawares .
 3 Remember them that are in ^abonds , as bound with them; and them which ^bsuffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
 4 ^aMarriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but ^bwhoremongers and ^cadulterers God will ^djudge .
 5 Let your conversation be without ^acovetousness ; and be ^bcontent with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor ^cforsake thee.
 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
 8 Jesus Christ the ^asame yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
 9 Be not ^acarried about with divers and strange ^bdoctrines . For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
 10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
 11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might ^asanctify the people with his own ^bblood , ^csuffered ^dwithout the gate.
 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his ^areproach .
 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
 15 By him therefore let us offer the ^asacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the ^bfruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
 16 But to do good and to ^acommunicate forget not: for with such ^bsacrifices God is well pleased.
 17 ^aObey them that have the rule over you, and ^bsubmit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
 18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good ^aconscience , in all things willing to live ^bhonestly .
 19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great ^ashepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the ^beverlasting ^ccovenant ,
 21 Make you perfect in every good ^awork to do his ^bwill , working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
 22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
 23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
 24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
 25 Grace be with you all. Amen.