teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

“This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,”

For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.

God had told him, “Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”

where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”

Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

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

For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,

By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.

But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff.

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,

These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.

Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.