CHAPTERS 8-13
HEBREWS#8
1 ¶ Now of the things which we have spoken this is the
sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of
the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A minister of
the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
3 For every high
priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity
that this man have somewhat also to offer.
4 For if he were
on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer
gifts according to the law:
5 Who serve unto
the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when
he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all
things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
6 ¶ But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,
by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established
upon better promises.
7 For if that first covenant had been
faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
8 For finding
fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will
make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
9 Not according
to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by
the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in
my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10 For this is
the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith
the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts:
and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
11 And they shall
not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the
Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
12 For I will be
merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I
remember no more.
13 In that he
saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and
waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
1 ¶ Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of
divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a
tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the
shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the
second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
4 Which had the
golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold,
wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the
tables of the covenant;
5 And over it the
cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak
particularly.
6 Now when these
things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle,
accomplishing the service of God.
7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year,
not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the
people:
8 ¶ The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the
holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet
standing:
9 Which was a
figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and
sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining
to the conscience;
10 Which stood
only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed
on them until the time of reformation.
11 But Christ
being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12 Neither by the
blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the
holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13 For if the
blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean,
sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your
conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15 ¶ And for this cause he is the mediator of the new
testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions
that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise
of eternal inheritance.
16 For where a
testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17 For a
testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all
while the testator liveth.
18 Whereupon neither
the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19 For when Moses
had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the
blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and
sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20 Saying, This
is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the
tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22 And almost all
things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no
remission.
23 ¶ It was therefore necessary that the patterns of
things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things
themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24 For Christ is
not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
25 Nor yet that
he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place
every year with blood of others;
26 For then must
he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the
end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 And as it is
appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28 So Christ was
once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he
appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
1 ¶ For the law having a shadow of good things to come,
and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which
they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2 For then would
they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged
should have had no more conscience of sins.
3 But in those
sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
4 For it is not
possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5 Wherefore when
he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not,
but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt
offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 ¶ Then said I, Lo, I
come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he
said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou
wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo,
I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish
the second.
10 By the which
will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once
for all.
11 And every
priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices,
which can never take away sins:
12 But this man,
after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right
hand of God;
13 From
henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for
ever them that are sanctified.
15 Whereof the
Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the
covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will
put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins
and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where
remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 ¶ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into
the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and
living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say,
his flesh;
21
And having an high priest over the house of God;
22 Let us draw
near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold
fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that
promised;)
24 And let us
consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking
the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting
one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin
wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there
remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain
fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the
adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without
mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much
sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden
under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant,
wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the
Spirit of grace?
30 For we know
him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the
Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
31 It is a
fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But call to
remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a
great fight of afflictions;
33 Partly, whilst
ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly,
whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
34 For ye had
compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods,
knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring
substance.
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence,
which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For ye have
need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive
the promise.
37 For yet a
little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just
shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure
in him.
39 But we are not
of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of
the soul.
1 ¶ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the
elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith
we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things
which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4 ¶ By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent
sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God
testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch
was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had
translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he
pleased God.
6 But without
faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe
that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things
not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house;
by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which
is by faith.
8 By faith
Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after
receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he
went.
9 By faith he
sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in
tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For he looked
for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11 Through faith
also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a
child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
12 Therefore
sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the
sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
13 These all died
in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and
were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 For they that say such things declare plainly
that they seek a country.
15 And truly, if
they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might
have had opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they
desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to
be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
17 By faith Abraham,
when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises
offered up his only begotten son,
18 Of whom it was
said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19 Accounting
that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he
received him in a figure.
20 By faith Isaac
blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed
both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph,
when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave
commandment concerning his bones.
23 By faith
Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw
he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
24 By faith
Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter;
25 Choosing
rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures
of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the
reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had
respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he
forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him
who is invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the
sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they
passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do
were drowned.
30 By faith the
walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
31 By faith the
harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received
the spies with peace.
32 ¶ And what shall I more say? for the time would fail
me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David
also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
33 Who through
faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the
mouths of lions,
34 Quenched the
violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made
strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
35 Women received their dead raised to life
again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might
obtain a better resurrection:
36 And others had
trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and
imprisonment:
37 They were
stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they
wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted,
tormented;
38 (Of whom the
world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens
and caves of the earth.
39 And these all,
having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having
provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made
perfect.
1 ¶ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which
doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set
before us,
2 Looking unto
Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before
him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand
of the throne of God.
3 For consider
him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be
wearied and faint in your minds.
4 ¶ Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against
sin.
5 And ye have forgotten
the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not
thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 For whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you
as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be
without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not
sons.
9 Furthermore we
have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence:
shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they
verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our
profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Now no
chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless
afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are
exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift
up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make
straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way;
but let it rather be healed.
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness,
without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 Looking
diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness
springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
16 Lest there be
any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his
birthright.
17 For ye know
how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected:
for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
18 ¶ For ye are not come unto the mount that might be
touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and
tempest,
19 And the sound
of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated
that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
20 (For they
could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the
mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses
said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
22 But ye are
come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general
assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God
the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus
the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh
better things than that of Abel.
25 See that ye
refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that
spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that
speaketh from heaven:
26 Whose voice
then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake
not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word,
Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of
things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot
be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence
and godly fear:
29 For our God is
a consuming fire.
1 ¶ Let brotherly love continue.
2 Be not
forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels
unawares.
3 Remember them
that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as
being yourselves also in the body.
4 Marriage is
honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God
will judge.
5 Let your
conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye
have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may
boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto
me.
7 Remember them which have the rule over you,
who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the
end of their conversation.
8 Jesus Christ
the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
9 Be not carried
about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart
be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that
have been occupied therein.
10 We have an
altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
11 For the bodies
of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest
for sin, are burned without the camp.
12 Wherefore
Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered
without the gate.
13 Let us go
forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 For here have we no continuing city, but we
seek one to come.
15 By him
therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the
fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16 But to do good
and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17 Obey them that
have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls,
as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with
grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
18 ¶ Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience,
in all things willing to live honestly.
19 But I beseech
you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
20 Now the God of
peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of
the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21 Make you perfect in every good work to do
his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus
Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
22 And I beseech
you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto
you in few words.
23 Know ye that
our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will
see you.
24 Salute all
them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
25 Grace be with
you all. Amen. <<Written to the Hebrews from Italy, by Timothy.>>