For no where doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold.
And if you be Christ's, then are you the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
To Abraham were the promises made and to his seed. He saith not, And to his seeds, as of many: but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
And they indeed for a few days, according to their own pleasure, instructed us: but he, for our profit, that we might receive his sanctification.
For men swear by one greater than themselves: and an oath for confirmation is the end of all their controversy.
Circumcision profiteth indeed, if thou keep the law; but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last times for you,
And might deliver them, who through the fear of death were all their lifetime subject to servitude.
Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful priest before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people.