So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

“As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’”

Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? And in another place he says, “I will be his father and he will be my son.”

saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.”

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

Again he says, “I will be confident in him,” and again, “Here I am, with the children God has given me.”

For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

saying, “Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”

But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.

For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

“Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.’

Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.

So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,”

“Then I said, ‘Here I am: I have come – it is written of me in the scroll of the book – to do your will, O God.’”

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” And yet God’s works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

And this is what we intend to do, if God permits.