The Letter To The Hebrews
1:1 God, who at various times and in
different manners spoke in time
past unto the fathers by the prophets,
1:2 Has in these last days spoken unto
us by his Son, whom he has
appointed heir of all things, by whom
also he made the worlds;
1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory,
and the express image of
his person, and upholding all things
by the word of his power, when he
had by himself purged our sins, sat down
on the right hand of the
Majesty on high:
1:4 Being made so much better than the
angels, as he has by
inheritance obtained a more excellent
name than they.
1:5 For unto which of the angels said
he at any time, You are my Son,
this day have I begotten you? And again,
I will be to him a Father,
and he shall be to me a Son?
1:6 And again, when he brings in the
firstbegotten into the world, he
says, And let all the angels of God worship
him.
1:7 And of the angels he says, Who makes
his angels spirits, and his
ministers a flame of fire.
1:8 But unto the Son he says, Your throne,
O God, is forever and ever:
a scepter of righteousness is the scepter
of your kingdom.
1:9 You have loved righteousness, and
hated iniquity; therefore God,
even your God, has anointed you with
the oil of gladness above your
fellows.
1:10 And, You, Lord, in the beginning
have laid the foundation of the
earth; and the heavens are the works
of your hands:
1:11 They shall perish; but you remain;
and they all shall wax old as
does a garment;
1:12 And as a vesture shall you fold
them up, and they shall be
changed: but you are the same, and your
years shall not fail.
1:13 But to which of the angels said
he at any time, Sit on my right
hand, until I make your enemies your
footstool?
1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits,
sent forth to minister for
them who shall be heirs of salvation?
2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more
earnest heed to the things
which we have heard, lest at any time
we should let them slip.
2:2 For if the word spoken by angels
was steadfast, and every
transgression and disobedience received
a just recompense of reward;
2:3 How shall we escape, 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;
2:4 God also bearing them witness, both
with signs and wonders, and
with different miracles, and gifts of
the Holy Ghost, according to his
own will?
2:5 For unto the angels has he not put
in subjection the world to
come, whereof we speak.
2:6 But one in a certain place testified,
saying, What is man, that
you are mindful of him? or the son of
man that you visit him?
2:7 You made him a little lower than
the angels; you crowned him with
glory and honor, and did set him over
the works of your hands:
2:8 You have put all things in subjection
under his feet. 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.
2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a
little lower than the angels for
the suffering of death, crowned with
glory and honor; that he by the
grace of God should taste death for every
man.
2:10 For it became him, for whom are
all things, and by whom are all
things, in bringing many sons unto glory,
to make the captain of their
salvation perfect through sufferings.
2:11 For both he that sanctifies and
they who are sanctified are all
of one: for which cause he is not ashamed
to call them brothers,
2:12 Saying, I will declare your name
unto my brothers, in the midst
of the church will I sing praise unto
you.
2:13 And again, I will put my trust in
him. And again, Behold I and
the children which God has given me.
2:14 Since the children are partakers
of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death he might
destroy him that had the power of death,
that is, the devil;
2:15 And deliver them who through fear
of death were all their
lifetime subject to bondage.
2:16 For truthfully he took not on him
the nature of angels; but he
took on him the seed of Abraham.
2:17 Therefore in all things it was proper
for him to be made like
unto his brothers, that he might be a
merciful and faithful high
priest in things pertaining to God, to
make reconciliation for the
sins of the people.
2:18 For in that he himself has suffered
being tempted, he is able to
help them that are tempted.
3:1 Therefore, holy brothers, partakers
of the heavenly calling,
consider the Apostle and High Priest
of our profession, Christ Jesus;
3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed
him, as also Moses was
faithful in all his house.
3:3 For this man was counted worthy of
more glory than Moses, inasmuch
as he who has builded the house has more
honor than the house.
3:4 For every house is builded by some
man; but he that built all
things is God.
3:5 And Moses truthfully was faithful
in all his house, as a servant,
for a testimony of those things which
were to be spoken after;
3:6 But Christ as a son over his own
house; whose house are we, if we
hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing
of the hope firm unto the
end.
3:7 Therefore (as the Holy Ghost says,
Today if you will hear his
voice,
3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation, in the day of
temptation in the wilderness:
3:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved
me, and saw my works forty
years.
3:10 Therefore I was grieved with that
generation, and said, They do
always err in their heart; and they have
not known my ways.
3:11 So I swore in my wrath, They shall
not enter into my rest.) 3:12
Take heed, brothers, lest there be in
any of you an evil heart of
unbelief, in departing from the living
God.
3:13 But exhort one another daily, while
it is called Today; lest any
of you be hardened through the deceitfulness
of sin.
3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ,
if we hold the beginning of
our confidence steadfast unto the end;
3:15 While it is said, Today if you will
hear his voice, harden not
your hearts, as in the provocation.
3:16 For some, when they had heard, did
provoke: howbeit not all that
came out of Egypt by Moses.
3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty
years? was it not with them
that had sinned, whose carcasses fell
in the wilderness?
3:18 And to whom swore he that they should
not enter into his rest,
but to them that believed not?
3:19 So we see that they could not enter
in because of unbelief.
4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise
being left us of entering
into his rest, any of you should seem
to come short of it.
4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached,
as well as unto them: but the
word preached did not profit them, not
being mixed with faith in them
that heard it.
4:3 For we which have believed do enter
into rest, as he said, As I
have sworn in my wrath, if they shall
enter into my rest: although the
works were finished from the foundation
of the world.
4:4 For he spoke in a certain place of
the seventh day on this wise,
And God did rest the seventh day from
all his works.
4:5 And in this place again, If they
shall enter into my rest.
4:6 Seeing therefore it remains that
some must enter in it, and they
to whom it was first preached entered
not in because of unbelief:
4:7 Again, he limits a certain day, saying
in David, Today, after so
long a time; as it is said, Today if
you will hear his voice, harden
not your hearts.
4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest,
then would he not afterward have
spoken of another day.
4:9 There remains therefore a rest to
the people of God.
4:10 For he that is entered into his
rest, he also has ceased from his
own works, as God did from his.
4:11 Let us labor therefore to enter
into that rest, lest any man fall
after the same example of unbelief.
4:12 For the word of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any
two edged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.
4:13 Neither is there any creature that
is not manifest in his sight:
but all things are naked and opened unto
the eyes of him with whom we
have to do.
4:14 Seeing then that we have a great
high priest, that is passed into
the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let
us hold fast our profession.
4:15 For we have not a high priest which
cannot be touched with the
feeling of our infirmities; but was in
all points tempted just as we
are, yet without sin.
4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we
may obtain mercy, and find grace to help
in time of need.
5:1 For every high priest taken from
among men is ordained for men in
things pertaining to God, that he may
offer both gifts and sacrifices
for sins:
5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant,
and on them that are out
of the way; for that he himself also
is compassed with infirmity.
5:3 And by reason hereof he ought, as
for the people, so also for
himself, to offer for sins.
5:4 And no man takes this honor unto
himself, but he that is called of
God, as was Aaron.
5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself
to be made a high priest; but
he that said unto him, You are my Son,
today have I begotten you.
5:6 As he says also in another place,
You are a priest forever after
the order of Melchisedec.
5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when
he had offered up prayers and
supplications with strong crying and
tears unto him that was able to
save him from death, and was heard in
that he feared;
5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned
he obedience by the things which
he suffered;
5:9 And being made perfect, he became
the author of eternal salvation
unto all them that obey him;
5:10 Called of God a high priest after
the order of Melchisedec.
5:11 Of whom we have many things to say,
and hard to be uttered,
seeing you are dull of hearing.
5:12 For when for the time you ought
to be teachers, you have need
that one teach you again which be the
first principles of the oracles
of God; and have become such as have
need of milk, and not of strong
food.
5:13 For every one that uses milk is
unskillfully in the word of
righteousness: for he is a babe.
5:14 But strong food belongs to them
that are of full age, even those
who by reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern both good
and evil.
6:1 Therefore leaving the principles
of the doctrine of Christ, let us
go on unto perfection; not laying again
the foundation of repentance
from dead works, and of faith toward
God,
6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and
of laying on of hands, and of
resurrection of the dead, and of eternal
judgment.
6:3 And this will we do, if God permit.
6:4 For it is impossible for those who
were once enlightened, and have
tasted of the heavenly gift, and were
made partakers of the Holy
Ghost,
6:5 And have tasted the good word of
God, and the powers of the world
to come,
6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew
them again unto repentance;
seeing they crucify to themselves the
Son of God afresh, and put him
to an open shame.
6:7 For the earth which drinks in the
rain that comes often upon it,
and brings forth herbs suitable for them
by whom it is dressed,
receives blessing from God:
6:8 But that which bears thorns and briers
is rejected, and is close
unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
6:9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better
things of you, and things
that accompany salvation, though we thus
speak.
6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget
your work and labor of love,
which you have showed toward his name,
in that you have ministered to
the saints, and do minister.
6:11 And we desire that every one of
you do show the same diligence to
the full assurance of hope unto the end:
6:12 That you be not slothful, but followers
of them who through faith
and patience inherit the promises.
6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham,
because he could swear by
no greater, he swore by himself,
6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless
you, and multiplying I will
multiply you.
6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured,
he obtained the promise.
6:16 For men truthfully swear by the
greater: and an oath for
confirmation is to them an end of all
strife.
6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly
to show unto the heirs of
promise the immutability of his counsel,
confirmed it by an oath:
6:18 That by two immutable things, in
which it was impossible for God
to lie, we might have a strong consolation,
who have fled for refuge
to lay hold upon the hope set before
us:
6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor
of the soul, both sure and
steadfast, and which enters into that
within the veil;
6:20 Where the forerunner is for us entered,
even Jesus, made a high
priest forever after the order of Melchisedec.
7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem,
priest of the most high God,
who met Abraham returning from the slaughter
of the kings, and blessed
him;
7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth
part of all; first being by
interpretation King of righteousness,
and after that also King of
Salem, which is, King of peace;
7:3 Without father, without mother, without
descent, having neither
beginning of days, nor end of life; but
made like unto the Son of God;
abides a priest continually.
7:4 Now consider how great this man was,
unto whom even the patriarch
Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
7:5 And truthfully they that are of the
sons of Levi, who receive the
office of the priesthood, have a commandment
to take tithes of the
people according to the law, that is,
of their brothers, though they
come out of the loins of Abraham:
7:6 But he whose descent is not counted
from them received tithes of
Abraham, and blessed him that had the
promises.
7:7 And without all contradiction the
less is blessed of the better.
7:8 And here men that die receive tithes;
but there he receives them,
of whom it is witnessed that he lives.
7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who
receives tithes, paid tithes
in Abraham.
7:10 For he was yet in the loins of his
father, when Melchisedec met
him.
7:11 If therefore perfection were by
the Levitical 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?
7:12 For the priesthood being changed,
there is made of necessity a
change also of the law.
7:13 For he of whom these things are
spoken pertains to another tribe,
of which no man gave attendance at the
altar.
7:14 For it is evident that our Lord
sprang out of Juda; of which
tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning
priesthood.
7:15 And it is yet far more evident:
for that after the similitude of
Melchisedec there arises another priest,
7:16 Who is made, not after the law of
a carnal commandment, but after
the power of an endless life.
7:17 For he testifies, You are a priest
forever after the order of
Melchisedec.
7:18 For there is truthfully a disannulling
of the commandment going
before for the weakness and unprofitableness
of it.
7:19 For the law made nothing perfect,
but the bringing in of a better
hope did; by the which we draw close
unto God.
7:20 And inasmuch as not without an oath
he was made priest: 7:21 (For
those priests were made without an oath;
but this with an oath by him
that said unto him, The Lord swore and
will not repent, You are a
priest forever after the order of Melchisedec:)
7:22 By so much was Jesus made a surety
of a better testament.
7:23 And they truly were many priests,
because they were not permitted
to continue by reason of death:
7:24 But this man, because he continues
ever, has an unchangeable
priesthood.
7:25 Therefore he is able also to save
them to the uttermost that come
unto God by him, seeing he ever lives
to make intercession for them.
7:26 For such a high priest became us,
who is holy, harmless,
undefiled, separate from sinners, and
made higher than the heavens;
7:27 Who needs not daily, as those high
priests, to offer up
sacrifice, first for his own sins, and
then for the people's: for this
he did once, when he offered up himself.
7:28 For the law makes men high priests
which have infirmity; but the
word of the oath, which was since the
law, makes the Son, who is
consecrated for evermore.
8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken
this is the sum: We have
such a high priest, who is set on the
right hand of the throne of the
Majesty in the heavens;
8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and
of the true tabernacle, which the
Lord pitched, and not man.
8:3 For every high priest is ordained
to offer gifts and sacrifices:
therefore it is of necessity that this
man have somewhat also to
offer.
8:4 For if he were on earth, he should
not be a priest, seeing that
there are priests that offer gifts according
to the law:
8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow
of heavenly things, as Moses
was admonished of God when he was about
to make the tabernacle: for,
See, says he, that you make all things
according to the pattern showed
to you in the mount.
8:6 But now has he obtained a more excellent
ministry, by how much
also he is the mediator of a better covenant,
which was established
upon better promises.
8:7 For if that first covenant had been
faultless, then should no
place have been sought for the second.
8:8 For finding fault with them, he says,
Behold, the days come, says
the Lord, when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and
with the house of Judah:
8:9 Not according to the covenant 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, 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, and write them in their hearts:
and I will be to them a God, and
they shall be to me a people:
8:11 And they shall not teach every man
his neighbor, and every man
his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for
all shall know me, from the
least to the greatest.
8:12 For I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness, and their sins
and their iniquities will I remember
no more.
8:13 In that he says, A new covenant,
he has made the first old. Now
that which decays and grows old is ready
to vanish away.
9:1 Then truthfully the first covenant
had also ordinances of divine
service, and a worldly sanctuary.
9:2 For there was a tabernacle made;
the first, in which was the
candlestick, and the table, and the showbread;
which is called the
sanctuary.
9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle
which is called the
Holiest of all;
9:4 Which had the golden censer, and
the ark of the covenant overlaid
round about with gold, in which was the
golden pot that had manna, and
Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables
of the covenant;
9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory
shadowing the mercy seat; of
which we cannot now speak particularly.
9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained,
the priests went always
into the first tabernacle, accomplishing
the service of God.
9:7 But into the second went the high
priest alone once every year,
not without blood, which he offered for
himself, and for the errors of
the people:
9:8 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:
9:9 Which was a figure for the time then
present, in which were
offered both gifts and sacrifices, that
could not make him that did
the service perfect, as pertaining to
the conscience;
9:10 Which stood only in foods and drinks,
and different washings, and
carnal ordinances, imposed on them until
the time of reformation.
9:11 But Christ being come a high priest
of good things to come, by a
greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands, that is to
say, not of this building;
9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and
calves, but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained eternal
redemption for us.
9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of
goats, and the ashes of an
heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies
to the purifying of the
flesh:
9:14 How much more shall the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal
Spirit offered himself without spot to
God, purge your conscience from
dead works to serve the living God?
9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator
of the new testament, that
by means of death, for the redemption
of the transgressions that were
under the first testament, they which
are called might receive the
promise of eternal inheritance.
9:16 For where a testament is, there
must also of necessity be the
death of the testator.
9:17 For a testament is of force after
men are dead: otherwise it is
of no strength at all while the testator
lives.
9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament
was dedicated without
blood.
9:19 For when Moses had spoken every
precept to all the people
according to the law, he took the blood
of calves and of goats, with
water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop,
and sprinkled both the book, and
all the people,
9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the
testament which God has enjoined
unto you.
9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood
both the tabernacle, and all the
vessels of the ministry.
9:22 And almost all things are by the
law purged with blood; and
without shedding of blood is no remission.
9:23 It was therefore necessary that
the patterns of things in the
heavens should be purified with these;
but the heavenly things
themselves with better sacrifices than
these.
9:24 For Christ is not entered into the
holy places made with hands,
which are the figures of the true; but
into heaven itself, now to
appear in the presence of God for us:
9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself
often, as the high priest
enters into the holy place every year
with blood of others;
9:26 For then must he often have suffered
since the foundation of the
world: but now once in the end of the
world has he appeared to put
away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
9:27 And as it is appointed unto men
once to die, but after this the
judgment:
9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear
the sins of many; and unto
them that look for him shall he appear
the second time without sin
unto salvation.
10:1 For the law having a shadow of good
things to come, and not the
very image of the things, can never with
those sacrifices which they
offered year by year continually make
the comers thereunto perfect.
10:2 For then would they not have ceased
to be offered? because that
the worshipers once purged should have
had no more conscience of sins.
10:3 But in those sacrifices there is
a remembrance again made of sins
every year.
10:4 For it is not possible that the
blood of bulls and of goats
should take away sins.
10:5 Therefore when he comes into the
world, he says, Sacrifice and
offering you would not, but a body have
you prepared me:
10:6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices
for sin you have had no
pleasure.
10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the
volume of the book it is written
of me,) to do your will, O God.
10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and
offering and burnt offerings
and offering for sin you would not, neither
had pleasure in it; which
are offered by the law;
10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do your
will, O God. He takes away
the first, that he may establish the
second.
10:10 By the which will we are sanctified
through the offering of the
body of Jesus Christ once for all.
10:11 And every priest stands daily ministering
and offering
oftentimes the same sacrifices, which
can never take away sins:
10:12 But this man, after he had offered
one sacrifice for sins
forever, sat down on the right hand of
God;
10:13 From now on expecting till his
enemies be made his footstool.
10:14 For by one offering he has perfected
forever them that are
sanctified.
10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is
a witness to us: for after that
he had said before,
10:16 This is the covenant that I will
make with them after those
days, says the Lord, I will put my laws
into their hearts, and in
their minds will I write them;
10:17 And their sins and iniquities will
I remember no more.
10:18 Now where remission of these is,
there is no more offering for
sin.
10:19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness
to enter into the holiest
by the blood of Jesus,
10:20 By a new and living way, which
he has consecrated for us,
through the veil, that is to say, his
flesh;
10:21 And having a high priest over the
house of God;
10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart
in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience, and our bodies
washed with pure water.
10:23 Let us hold fast the profession
of our faith without wavering;
(for he is faithful that promised;)
10:24 And let us consider one another
to provoke unto love and to good
works:
10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as the
manner of some is; but exhorting one
another: and so much the more, as
you see the day approaching.
10:26 For if we sin willfully after we
have received the knowledge of
the truth, there remains no more sacrifice
for sins,
10:27 But a certain fearful looking for
of judgment and fiery
indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
10:28 He that looked down upon Moses'
law died without mercy under two
or three witnesses:
10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose
you, shall he be thought
worthy, 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 done despite unto the Spirit
of grace?
10:30 For we know him that has said,
Vengeance belongs unto me, I will
recompense, says the Lord. And again,
The Lord shall judge his people.
10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into
the hands of the living God.
10:32 But call to remembrance the former
days, in which, after you
were illuminated, you endured a great
fight of afflictions;
10:33 Partly, while you were made a gazingstock
both by reproaches and
afflictions; and partly, while you became
companions of them that were
so used.
10:34 For you had compassion of me in
my bonds, and took joyfully the
plundering of your goods, knowing in
yourselves that you have in
heaven a better and an enduring substance.
10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence,
which has great
recompense of reward.
10:36 For you have need of patience,
that, after you have done the
will of God, you might receive the promise.
10:37 For yet a little while, and he
that shall come will come, and
will not tarry.
10:38 Now the just shall live by faith:
but if any man draw back, my
soul shall have no pleasure in him.
10:39 But we are not of them who draw
back unto perdition; but of them
that believe to the saving of the soul.
11:1 Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.
11:2 For by it the elders obtained a
good report.
11:3 Through faith we understand that
the worlds were framed by the
word of God, so that things which are
seen were not made of things
which do appear.
11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a
more excellent sacrifice than
Cain, by which he obtained witness that
he was righteous, God
testifying of his gifts: and by it he
being dead yet speaks.
11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that
he should not see death; and
was not found, because God had translated
him: for before his
translation he had this testimony, that
he pleased God.
11:6 But without faith it is impossible
to please him: for he that
comes to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of
them that diligently seek him.
11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God
of things not seen as yet,
moved with fear, prepared an ark to the
saving of his house; by the
which he condemned the world, and became
heir of the righteousness
which is by faith.
11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called
to go out into a place which
he should after receive for an inheritance,
obeyed; and he went out,
not knowing to where he went.
11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land
of promise, as in a strange
country, dwelling in tabernacles with
Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with
him of the same promise:
11:10 For he looked for a city which
has foundations, whose builder
and maker is God.
11:11 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.
11:12 Therefore sprang there even of
one, and him as good as dead, so
many as the stars of the sky in multitude,
and as the sand which is by
the sea shore innumerable.
11:13 These all died in faith, not having
received the promises, but
having seen them afar off, and were persuaded
of them, and embraced
them, and confessed that they were strangers
and pilgrims on the
earth.
11:14 For they that say such things declare
plainly that they seek a
country.
11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful
of that country from where
they came out, they might have had opportunity
to have returned.
11:16 But now they desire a better country,
that is, a heavenly:
therefore God is not ashamed to be called
their God: for he has
prepared for them a city.
11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried,
offered up Isaac: and he
that had received the promises offered
up his only begotten son,
11:18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac
shall your seed be called:
11:19 Accounting that God was able to
raise him up, even from the
dead; from whence also he received him
in a figure.
11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and
Esau concerning things to come.
11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying,
blessed both the sons of
Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon
the top of his staff.
11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died,
made mention of the departing of
the children of Israel; and gave commandment
concerning his bones.
11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born,
was hid three months of his
parents, because they saw he was a proper
child; and they were not
afraid of the king's commandment.
11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come
to years, refused to be called
the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction
with the people of God,
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for
a season;
11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ
greater riches than the
treasures in Egypt: for he had respect
unto the recompense of the
reward.
11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not
fearing the wrath of the king:
for he endured, as seeing him who is
invisible.
11:28 Through faith he kept the passover,
and the sprinkling of blood,
lest he that destroyed the firstborn
should touch them.
11:29 By faith they passed through the
Red sea as by dry land: which
the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell
down, after they were
compassed about seven days.
11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished
not with them that believed
not, when she had received the spies
with peace.
11:32 And what shall I more say? for
the time would fail me to tell of
Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson,
and of Jephthae; of David also,
and Samuel, and of the prophets:
11:33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms,
wrought righteousness,
obtained promises, stopped the mouths
of lions.
11:34 Quenched the violence of fire,
escaped the edge of the sword,
out of weakness were made strong, grown
valiant in fight, turned to
flight the armies of the aliens.
11:35 Women received their dead raised
to life again: and others were
tortured, not accepting deliverance;
that they might obtain a better
resurrection:
11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings
and scourgings, yes,
moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn
asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about
in sheepskins and goatskins;
being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:)
they wandered in deserted
places, and in mountains, and in dens
and caves of the earth.
11:39 And these all, having obtained
a good report through faith,
received not the promise:
11:40 God having provided some better
thing for us, that they without
us should not be made perfect.
12:1 Therefore seeing we also are surrounded
by so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight,
and the sin which does so
easily beset us, and let us run with
patience the race that is set
before us,
12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and
finisher of our faith; who for
the joy that was set before him endured
the cross, despising the
shame, and is set down at the right hand
of the throne of God.
12:3 For consider him that endured such
contradiction of sinners
against himself, lest you be wearied
and faint in your minds.
12:4 You have not yet resisted unto blood,
striving against sin.
12:5 And you have forgotten the exhortation
which speaks unto you as
unto children, My son, despise not you
the chastening of the Lord, nor
faint when you are rebuked of him:
12:6 For whom the Lord loves he chastens,
and scourges every son whom
he receives.
12:7 If you endure chastening, God deals
with you as with sons; for
what son is he whom the father chastens
not?
12:8 But if you be without chastisement,
whereof all are partakers,
then are you bastards, and not sons.
12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers
of our flesh which corrected us,
and we gave them respect: shall we not
much rather be in subjection
unto the Father of spirits, and live?
12:10 For they truthfully for a few days
chastened us after their own
pleasure; but he for our profit, that
we might be partakers of his
holiness.
12:11 Now no chastening for the present
seems to be joyous, but
grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields
the peaceable fruit of
righteousness unto those who are exercised
thereby.
12:12 Therefore lift up the hands which
hang down, and the feeble
knees;
12:13 And make straight paths for your
feet, lest that which is lame
be turned out of the way; but let it
rather be healed.
12:14 Follow peace with all men, and
holiness, without which no man
shall see the Lord:
12:15 Looking diligently lest any man
fail of the grace of God; lest
any root of bitterness springing up trouble
you, and thereby many be
defiled;
12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or
profane person, as Esau, who
for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
12:17 For you know that afterward, when
he would have inherited the
blessing, he was rejected: for he found
no place of repentance, though
he sought it anxiously with tears.
12:18 For you are not come unto the mount
that might be touched, and
that burned with fire, nor unto blackness,
and darkness, and tempest,
12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and
the voice of words; which voice
they that heard entreated that the word
should not be spoken to them
any more:
12:20 (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:
12:21 And so terrible was the sight,
that Moses said, I exceedingly
fear and quake:)
12:22 But you are come unto mount Sion,
and unto the city of the
living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and
to an innumerable company of
angels,
12:23 To the general assembly and church
of the firstborn, which are
written in heaven, and to God the Judge
of all, and to the spirits of
just men made perfect,
12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the
new covenant, and to the blood
of sprinkling, that speaks better things
that that of Abel.
12:25 See that you refuse not him that
speaks. For if they escaped not
who refused him that spoke on earth,
much more shall not we escape, if
we turn away from him that speaks from
heaven:
12:26 Whose voice then shook the earth:
but now he has promised,
saying, yet once more I shake not the
earth only, but also heaven.
12:27 And this word, yet once more, signifies
the removing of those
things that are shaken, as of things
that are made, that those things
which cannot be shaken may remain.
12:28 Therefore we receiving a kingdom
which cannot be moved, let us
have grace, whereby we may serve God
acceptably with respect and godly
fear:
12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
13:1 Let brotherly love continue.
13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers:
for thereby some have
entertained angels unawares.
13:3 Remember them that are in bonds,
as bound with them; and them
which suffer adversity, as being yourselves
also in the body.
13:4 Marriage is honorable in all, and
the bed undefiled: but
whoremongers and adulterers God will
judge.
13:5 Let your conduct be without covetousness;
and be content with
such things as you have: for he has said,
I will never leave you, nor
forsake you.
13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord
is my helper, and I will not
fear what man shall do unto me.
13:7 Remember those who have the rule
over you, who have spoken unto
you the word of God: whose faith follow,
considering the end of their
conduct.
13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday,
and today, and forever.
13:9 Be not carried about with different
and strange doctrines. For it
is a good thing that the heart be established
with grace; not with
foods, which have not profited them that
have been occupied in it.
13:10 We have an altar, whereof they
have no right to eat which serve
the tabernacle.
13:11 For the bodies of those beasts,
whose blood is brought into the
sanctuary by the high priest for sin,
are burned outside the camp.
13:12 Therefore Jesus also, that he might
sanctify the people with his
own blood, suffered outside the gate.
13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto
him outside the camp, bearing his
reproach.
13:14 For here have we no continuing
city, but we seek one to come.
13:15 By him therefore let us offer the
sacrifice of praise to God
continually, that is, the fruit of our
lips giving thanks to his name.
13:16 But to do good and to communicate
forget not: for with such
sacrifices God is well pleased.
13:17 Obey them that have the rule over
you, and submit 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.
13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have
a good conscience, in all
things willing to live honestly.
13:19 But I beseech you the rather to
do this, that I may be restored
to you the sooner.
13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought
again from the dead our Lord
Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep,
through the blood of the
everlasting covenant,
13:21 Make you perfect 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 glory forever and ever. Amen.
13:22 And I beseech you, brothers, suffer
the word of exhortation: for
I have written a letter unto you in few
words.
13:23 Know you that our brother Timothy
is set at liberty; with whom,
if he come shortly, I will see you.
13:24 Salute all them that have the rule
over you, and all the saints.
They of Italy salute you.
13:25 Grace be with you all. Amen.