We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,

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

For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.

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

So when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

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 we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.

In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said, “I shudder with fear.”

We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

May grace and peace be lavished on you as you grow in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!

For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you.

Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have.

But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.