Study Desk

For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in this way: And on the seventh day God rested from all his works.

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

For the person who has entered his rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from his.

For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to our confession.

For every high priest taken from among men is appointed in matters pertaining to God for the people, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.

In the same way, Christ did not exalt himself to become a high priest, but God who said to him,

and he was declared by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

Therefore, let us leave the elementary teaching about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God,

And we will do this if God permits.

and who have fallen away. This is because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding him up to contempt.

For the ground that drinks the rain that often falls on it and that produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you demonstrated for his name by serving the saints—and by continuing to serve them.

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself:

Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, met Abraham and blessed him as he returned from defeating the kings,

Without father, mother, or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

(for the law perfected nothing), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.