yet hath no roots in himself, and therefore dureth but a season: for as soon as tribulation or persecution ariseth be cause of the word, by and by he falleth.
If now therefore perfection came by the priesthood of the levites (for under that priesthood the people received the law) what needed it furthermore that another priest should rise, after the order of Melchisedech, and not after the order of Aaron?
without father, without mother, without kin, and hath neither beginning of his time, neither yet end of his life: but is likened unto the son of God, and remaineth a priest for ever.