(for we who have believed enter the rest), in keeping with what He has said:

So I swore in My anger,
they will not enter My rest.

And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world,

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin.

But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.

For it has been testified:

You are a priest forever
in the order of Melchizedek.

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever.

But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree He is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been legally enacted on better promises.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one.

With these things set up this way, the priests enter the first room repeatedly, performing their ministry.

The Holy Spirit was making it clear that the way into the most holy place had not yet been disclosed while the first tabernacle was still standing.

For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,

so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.

By this will of God, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all.

Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.

By faith we understand that the universe was created by God’s command, so that what is seen has been made from things that are not visible.

If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return.

the one it had been said about, Your seed will be traced through Isaac.

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to God who is the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he comes soon enough, he will be with me when I see you.