Instead someone testified somewhere: “What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?

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

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.

And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,”

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

To him also Abraham apportioned a tithe of everything. His name first means king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

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,

Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

(the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.

Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

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

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot’s inclination directs.

So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.