Hebrews 1-4

Hebrews 1

¹God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,

²hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

³who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

⁴having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

⁵For 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?

⁶And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

⁷And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels winds, And his ministers a flame of fire:

⁸but of the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

⁹Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

¹⁰And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:

¹¹They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

¹²And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, 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?

¹⁴Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?

Hebrews 2

¹Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.

²For 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 so great salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;

⁴God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will.

⁵For not unto angels did he subject the world to come, whereof we speak.

⁶But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

⁷Thou 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:

⁸Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him.

⁹But 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 grace of God he should taste death for every man.

¹⁰For 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.

¹¹For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

¹²saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise.

¹³And 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 partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

¹⁵and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

¹⁶For verily not of angels doth he take hold, but he taketh hold of the seed of Abraham.

¹⁷Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

¹⁸For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Hebrews 3

¹Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus;

²who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.

³For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honour than the house.

⁴For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God.

⁵And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken;

⁶but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

⁷Wherefore, even as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye shall hear his voice,

⁸Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,

⁹Wherewith your fathers tempted me by proving me, And saw my works forty years.

¹⁰Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do alway err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;

¹¹As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

¹²Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:

¹³but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called Today; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:

¹⁴for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:

¹⁵while it is said, Today if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

¹⁶For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?

¹⁷And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

¹⁸And 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.

Hebrews 4

¹Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.

²For indeed we have had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because they were not united by faith with them that heard.

³For we which have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

⁴For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;

⁵and in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest.

⁶Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,

⁷he again defineth a certain day, saying in David, after so long a time, Today, as it hath been before said, Today if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts.

⁸For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

⁹There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.

¹⁰For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

¹¹Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

¹²For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

¹³And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

¹⁴Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

¹⁵For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

¹⁶Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.