For the one who enters God&#8217;s<n id="1" /> rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.

<p class="bodytext">See to it,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> that none of you has<n id="3" /> an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes<n id="4" /> the living God.<n id="5" />

Greetings to all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: &#8220;<b><i>And God rested on the seventh day from all his worksi>b>,&#8221;<n id="1" />

To him<n id="1" /> also <b><i>Abraham apportioned a tithei>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>of everythingi>b>.<n id="3" /> His name first means<n id="4" /> king of righteousness, then <b><i>king of Salemi>b>, that is, king of peace.

For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings,<n id="1" /> because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience<n id="2" /> and our bodies washed in pure water.

quenched raging fire,<n id="1" /> escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness,<n id="2" /> became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, &#8220;<i><b>As I swore in my angerb>,i> &#8216;<b><i>They will never enter my rest!i>b>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" /> And yet God&#8217;s works<n id="2" /> were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

During his earthly life<n id="1" /> Christ<n id="2" /> offered<n id="3" /> 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.

<p class="bodytext">Therefore we must progress beyond<n id="1" /> the elementary<n id="2" /> instructions about Christ<n id="3" /> and move on<n id="4" /> to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on<n id="1" /> it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now this <b><i>Melchizedeki>b>, <b><i>king of Salemi>b>, <b><i>priest of the most high Godi>b>, <b><i>met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kingsi>b> and <b><i>blessed himi>b>.<n id="1" />

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>And there will be no need at alli>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother sayingb>,i> &#8216;<i><b>Know the Lordb>,i>&#8217; <i><b>since they will all know meb>, <b>from the least to the greatestb>.i><n id="2" />p>

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our<n id="1" /> consciences from dead works to worship the living God.p>

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like <i>a bitter rooti> <i>springing upi><n id="1" /> and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.