For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,

He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.

And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.

They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.

then he says, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.”

And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!

and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.”

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

When he says above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them” (which are offered according to the law),

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.