& Or. shall have I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son? 6And when he again 'bringeth in the firstborn into 'the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels "winds, And his ministers a flame of fire: brought but of the Son he saith, in e Gr. the Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; "Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee inhabited 10 And, earth. Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the And the heavens are the works of thy hands: And thy years shall not fail. 13But of which of the angels hath he said at any time, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet? "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation? II. a Gr. dis Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply tributions. we drift away from them. For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; 3how shall we escape, if we neglect sor, Holy so great salvation? which having at the first been Spirit: spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us this by them that heard; 'God also bearing witness with book. them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by "gifts of the 'Holy Ghost, according to his own will. and so through inhabited earth. 5 For not unto angels did he subject the world Gr the to come, whereof we speak. But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him? "Thou madest him a little lower than the or, for angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honour, And didst set him over the works of thy Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. a little while lower Many authorities omit .....hands. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left And didst nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him. But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honour, that by the ring, grace of God he should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings. "For both he that sancti- 29%, fieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for I brought captain which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, church saying, a Or, Gr. flesh. 12 I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the "congregation will I sing thy praise. blood and And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children which God hath given me. 14Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner parO may took of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. "For verily not of angels doth he take hold, but he taketh hold of the seed Or, For of Abraham. "Wherefore it behoved him in all himself things to be made like unto his brethren, that he in that might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things & Or, hath having been tempted wherein suffered he hath pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. fOr, wherein # Gr. made. III. Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus; who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he That is, that built the house hath more honour than the house. For every house is 'builded by some one; but he that built all things is God. And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken; but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness Gd's hase. See Num. XII. 7. 10 es tatlished and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end. "Wherefore, even as the Holy Ghost saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, derness, 94Wherewith your ing me, fathers tempted me by prov And saw my works forty years. 10Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, "As I sware in my wrath, "They shall not enter into my rest. "Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God: but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin : for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end: while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, « Or, Where & Gr. If they shall enter. Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. Or, with For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses? "And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose "carcases fell in the wilderness? 19And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient? 19And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief. IV. Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one Gr of you should seem to have come short of it. For limbs. @ Or, indeed we have had "good tidings preached unto us, a gospel even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because 'they were not united by faith with them that heard. 3 For we which have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, Some ancient authorities read it was. "They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works; and in this place ties read again, < Some ancient authori We there jore. d Gr. If they shall enter. Or, the امه فردا 7043 Or. To day say ing on "They shall not enter into my rest. 'Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should To-day if ye shall hear his voice, For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not There repeople of God. For he that is entered into his rest hath Did himself also rested from his works, as God did teas from his. "Let us therefore give diligence to enter en, etc. into that rest, that no man fall after the same ex it hath Gr. I ample of disobedience. For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and Jesus. spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature that is not manifest in his Orto sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Gr. in. |