Therefore,since we havea greathigh priestwhohas passed throughthe heavens,Jesusthe Sonof God,let us hold fastour confession.
For Christdid not entera holy placemade with hands,a [mere] copyof the true one,but into heavenitself,nowto appearin the presenceof Godfor us;
fixing our eyeson Jesus,the authorand perfecterof faith,whofor the joyset beforeHim enduredthe cross,despisingthe shame,and has sat downat the right handof the throneof God.
Let us hold fastthe confessionof our hopewithout wavering,for He who promisedis faithful;
and not throughthe bloodof goatsand calves,but throughHis ownblood,He enteredthe holy placeonce for all,having obtainedeternalredemption.
whereJesushas enteredas a forerunnerfor us, having becomea high priestforeveraccordingto the orderof Melchizedek.
He who descendedis HimselfalsoHe who ascendedfar aboveallthe heavens,sothat He might fillall things.)
whois the one who condemns?ChristJesusis He who died,yes,ratherwho was raised,whois at the right handof God,whoalsointercedesfor us.
For we have becomepartakersof Christ,ifwe hold fastthe beginningof our assurancefirmuntilthe end,
Therefore,He hadto be made likeHis brethrenin all things,sothat He might becomea mercifuland faithfulhigh priestin things pertainingto God,to make propitiationfor the sinsof the people.
but He, having offeredonesacrificefor sinsfor all time,SAT DOWNAT THE RIGHT HANDOF GOD,
Nowthe main pointin what has been said[is this]: we havesucha high priest,whohas taken His seatat the right handof the throneof the Majestyin the heavens,
They alsosaid,"Menof Galilee,whydo you standlookinginto the sky?ThisJesus,who has been takenup from you into heaven,will comein justthe same wayas you have watchedHim gointo heaven."
But of the Son[He says], "YOUR THRONE,O GOD,IS FOREVERAND EVER,AND THE RIGHTEOUSSCEPTERIS THE SCEPTEROF HIS KINGDOM.
whomheavenmustreceiveuntil[the] periodof restorationof all thingsabout whichGodspokeby the mouthof His holyprophetsfrom ancient time.
WhileHe was blessingthem, He parted from them and was carriedup into heaven.
So then,when the LordJesushad spokento them, He was receivedup into heavenand sat downat the right handof God.
For thisreasonwe mustpaymuch closerattentionto what we have heard,sothat we do not drift away[from it].
The beginningof the gospelof JesusChrist,the Sonof God.
And the temptercameand saidto Him, "IfYou are the Sonof God,commandthat thesestonesbecomebread."
Becauseof the proofgiven by thisministry,they will glorifyGodfor [your] obedienceto your confessionof the gospelof Christand for the liberalityof your contributionto them and to all,
I knowa manin Christwho fourteenyearsago--whetherin the bodyI do not know,orout of the bodyI do not know,Godknows--such a manwas caughtup to the thirdheaven.
Therefore,holybrethren,partakersof a heavenlycalling,considerJesus,the Apostleand High Priestof our confession;
and [then] have fallen away,it is impossibleto renewthem againto repentance,since they again crucifyto themselvesthe Sonof Godand put Him to open shame.
Without father,without mother,without genealogy,havingneitherbeginningof daysnorendof life,but made likethe Sonof God,he remainsa priestperpetually.
How muchsevererpunishmentdo you thinkhe will deservewho has trampled under footthe Sonof God,and has regardedas uncleanthe bloodof the covenantby whichhe was sanctified,and has insultedthe Spiritof grace?
whois at the right handof God,having goneinto heaven,after angelsand authoritiesand powershad been subjectedto Him.
"When they goin, the princeshall goin amongthem; and when they goout, he shall goout.
