Bible Reading Plan

Chapter 3

Jesus Our High Priest

¹ Therefore, ^(C1)holy brothers and sisters, partakers of a ^(C2)heavenly calling, consider ^(C3)the Apostle and ^(C4)High Priest of our ^(C5)confession: Jesus;^2 (F1)He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as ^(C1)Moses also was in all His house.^3 (C1)For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.⁴ For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.⁵ Now ^(C1)Moses was faithful in all ^(F1)God's house as ^(C2)a servant, ^(C3)for a testimony of those things ^(C4)which were to be spoken later;⁶ but Christ was faithful as ^(C1)a Son over His house—^(C2)whose house we are, ^(C3)if we hold firmly to our ^(C4)confidence and the boast of our ^(F1)(C5)hope.

⁷ Therefore, just as ^(C1)the Holy Spirit says,

"^(C2)TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,

^8 (C1)DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS ^(F1)WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME,
AS ON THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS,

^9 (C1)WHERE YOUR FATHERS PUT ME TO THE TEST,
AND SAW MY WORKS FOR ^(C2)FORTY YEARS.

¹⁰ "^(C1)THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION,
AND SAID, 'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART,
AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS';

^11 (C1)AS I SWORE IN MY ANGER,
'THEY CERTAINLY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.'"

The Danger of Unbelief

Chapter 4

The Believer's Rest

¹ Therefore, we must fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have ^(C1)come short of it.² For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also did; but ^(C1)the word ^(F1)they heard did not benefit them, because ^(F2)they were not united with those who listened with faith.³ For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said,

"^(C1)AS I SWORE IN MY ANGER,
THEY CERTAINLY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST,"
although His works were finished ^(C2)from the foundation of the world.

Chapter 5

The Perfect High Priest

¹ For every high priest ^(C1)taken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in ^(C2)things pertaining to God, in order to ^(C3)offer both gifts and sacrifices ^(C4)for sins;^2 (F1)(C1)he can deal gently with the ^(C2)ignorant and ^(C3)misguided, since he himself also is ^(F2)(C4)clothed in weakness;³ and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices ^(C1)for sins for himself, ^(C2)as well as for the people.⁴ And ^(C1)no one takes the honor for himself, but receives it when he is called by God, just ^(C2)as Aaron also was.

⁵ So too Christ ^(C1)did not glorify Himself in becoming a ^(C2)high priest, but it was He who ^(C3)said to Him,

"^(C4)YOU ARE MY SON,
TODAY I HAVE FATHERED YOU";

Chapter 6

The Danger of Falling Away

¹ Therefore ^(C1)leaving ^(C2)the ^(F1)elementary teaching about the ^(F2)Christ, let us press on to ^(F3)(C3)maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from ^(C4)dead works and of faith toward God,² of ^(C1)instruction about ^(F1)washings and ^(C2)laying on of hands, and about the ^(C3)resurrection of the dead and ^(C3)eternal judgment.³ And this we will do, ^(C1)if God permits.⁴ For it is ^(C1)impossible, in the case of those who have once been ^(C1)enlightened and have tasted of ^(C2)the heavenly gift and have been made ^(C3)partakers of the Holy Spirit,⁵ and ^(C1)have tasted the good ^(C2)word of God and the powers of ^(C3)the age to come,⁶ and then have ^(F1)fallen away, to ^(C1)restore them again to repentance, ^(F2)(C2)since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.⁷ For ground that drinks the rain which often ^(F1)falls on it and produces vegetation useful to those ^(C1)for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;⁸ but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and ^(F1)(C1)close to being cursed, and ^(F2)it ends up being burned.

Better Things for You

⁹ But, ^(C1)beloved, we are convinced of better things regarding you, and things that ^(F1)accompany salvation, even though we are speaking in this way.¹⁰ For ^(C1)God is not unjust so as to forget ^(C2)your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, by having ^(C3)served and by still serving the ^(F1)saints.¹¹ And we desire that each one of you demonstrate the same diligence ^(F1)so as to realize the ^(C1)full assurance of ^(C2)hope until the end,¹² so that you will not be sluggish, but ^(C1)imitators of those who through ^(C2)faith and endurance ^(C3)inherit the promises.

¹³ For ^(C1)when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear an oath by no one greater, He ^(C2)swore by Himself,¹⁴ saying, "^(C1)INDEED I WILL GREATLY BLESS YOU AND I WILL GREATLY MULTIPLY YOU."¹⁵ And so, ^(C1)having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.^16 (C1)For people swear an oath by ^(F1)one greater than themselves, and with them ^(C2)an oath serving as confirmation is an end of every dispute.^17 (F1)In the same way God, desiring even more to demonstrate to ^(C1)the heirs of the promise ^(F2)(C2)the fact that His purpose is unchangeable, ^(F3)confirmed it with an oath,¹⁸ so that by two unchangeable things in which ^(C1)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to hold firmly to ^(C2)the hope set before us.^19 (F1)This ^(C1)hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and reliable and one which ^(C2)enters ^(F2)within the veil,^20 (C1)where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a ^(C2)high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.