and since we have a great priest ¹  over the house of God,

but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever.

He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,

Therefore, brothers and sisters, ¹  since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

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

On this topic we have much to say ¹  and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish ²  in hearing.

Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer ¹  the gifts prescribed by the law.

So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive.

where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. ¹ 

And since ¹  this was not done without a sworn affirmation – for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have ¹  no further consciousness of sin?

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.

But ¹  now Jesus ²  has obtained a superior ministry, since ³  the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted ⁴  on better promises. ⁵ 

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in ¹  their humanity, ²  so that through death he could destroy ³  the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, ¹  we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

and then have committed apostasy, ¹  to renew them again to repentance, since ²  they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again ³  and holding him up to contempt.

And so he is the mediator ¹  of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, ²  since he died ³  to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.