THE BOOK OF
HEBREWS
King James Version
1 ¶ God, who at sundry times and in divers
manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets,
2
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also
he made the worlds;
3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express
image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he
had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on
high;
4 ¶ Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath
by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
5
For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I
begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father,
and he shall be to me a Son?
6
And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten
into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of
God worship him.
7 And of the angels he saith, Who
maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame
of fire.
8
But unto the Son he saith, Thy
throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of
righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;
therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above
thy fellows.
10
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation
of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
11
They shall perish; but thou remainest;
and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
12
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall
be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
13
But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy
footstool?
14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to
minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
1 ¶ Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to
the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
2
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast,
and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
3
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation;
which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by
them that heard him;
4
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and
wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the
Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
5 ¶ For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the
world to come, whereof we speak.
6
But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of
man, that thou visitest him?
7 Thou madest
him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst
him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the
works of thy hands:
8
Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For
in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put
under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the
angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour;
that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
10 ¶ For it became him, for whom are all things, and by
whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of
their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11
For both he that sanctifieth and
they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause
he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
12
Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the
midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
13
And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I
and the children which God hath given me.
14 ¶ Forasmuch then as the
children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part
of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of
death, that is, the devil;
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And deliver them who through fear of death were all their
lifetime subject to bondage.
16
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he
took on him the seed of Abraham.
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Wherefore in all things it behoved
him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful
high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of
the people.
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For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is
able to succour them that are tempted.
1 ¶ Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly
calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses
was faithful in all his house.
3
For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses,
inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
4
For every house is builded by
some man; but he that built all things is God.
5
And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a
servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
6
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are
we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the
end.
7 ¶ Wherefore (as the Holy
Ghost saith, To day if ye
will hear his voice,
8
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day
of temptation in the wilderness:
9
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works
forty years.
10
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart;
and they have not known my ways.
11
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil
heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the
deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we are made partakers of
Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast
unto the end;
15
While it is said, To
day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation.
16
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not
all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with
them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the
wilderness?
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And to whom sware he that they
should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19
So we see that they could not enter in because of
unbelief.
1 ¶ Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us
of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2
For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them:
but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them
that heard it.
3
For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said,
As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the
works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4
For he spake in a certain place
of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his
works.
5
And in this place again, If they
shall enter into my rest.
6
Seeing therefore it remaineth
that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered
not in because of unbelief:
7 Again, he limiteth
a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long
a time; as it is said, To day
if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
8
For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not
afterward have spoken of another day.
9
There remaineth therefore a rest
to the people of God.
10
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased
from his own works, as God did from his.
11 ¶ Let us labour therefore to
enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper
than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his
sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we
have to do.
14 Seeing then that we have a
great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let
us hold fast our profession.
15
For we have not an high priest
which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all
points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace,
that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
1 ¶ For every high priest taken from among men is
ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and
sacrifices for sins:
2
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that
are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
3
And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also
for himself, to offer for sins.
4
And no man taketh this honour
unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
5
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I
begotten thee.
6
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for
ever after the order of Melchisedec.
7 Who in the days of his flesh,
when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears
unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8
Though he were a Son, yet learned
he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal
salvation unto all them that obey him;
10 ¶ Called of God an high
priest after the order of Melchisedec.
11
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be
uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
12
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have
need that one teach you again which be the first
principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and
not of strong meat.
13
For every one that useth milk is
unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a
babe.
14
But strong meat belongeth to
them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern both good and evil.
1 ¶ Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of
Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of
repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands,
and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3
And this will we do, if God permit.
4
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,
and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy
Ghost,
5
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of
the world to come,
6
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto
repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put
him to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth
forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth
blessing from God:
8
But that which beareth thorns
and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
9 ¶ But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you,
and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
10
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in
that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same
diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
12
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through
faith and patience inherit the promises.
13
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could
swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
14 Saying, Surely
blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
15
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the
promise.
16
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for
confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
17
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the
heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
18
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible
for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to
lay hold upon the hope set before us:
19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and
stedfast, and which entereth
into that within the veil;
20
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made
an high priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.
1 ¶ For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter
of the kings, and blessed him;
2
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being
by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem,
which is, King of peace;
3
Without father, without mother, without descent, having
neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
4
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the
patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
5
And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive
the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people
according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the
loins of Abraham:
6
But he whose descent is not counted from them received
tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
7 And without all contradiction
the less is blessed of the better.
8
And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
9
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth
tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
10
For he was yet in the loins of his father, when
Melchisedec met him.
11 ¶ If therefore perfection were by the Levitical
priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was
there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not
be called after the order of Aaron?
12
For the priesthood being changed, there is made of
necessity a change also of the law.
13
For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth
to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
14 For
it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
15
And it is yet far more evident: for that after the
similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another
priest,
16
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment,
but after the power of an endless life.
17
For he testifieth, Thou art a
priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
18
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment
going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
19
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a
better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
20
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
21 (For those priests were made
without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after
the order of Melchisedec:)
22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
23
And they truly were many priests, because they were not
suffered to continue by reason of death:
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But this man, because he continueth
ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost
that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to
make intercession for them.
26
For such an high priest became
us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher
than the heavens;
27
Who needeth not daily, as those
high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the
people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
28
For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity;
but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.