For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

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

They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment,

For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!

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

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.

And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

For he was still in his ancestor Abraham’s loins when Melchizedek met him.

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

but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!

The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

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.”

For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.