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

accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

For by it the people of old received God’s commendation.

At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.

But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these.

Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs.

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

but to repeat the text cited earlier: “They will never enter my rest!”

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one.

and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.”

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.

I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.