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For much greater is the glory of this man, than that of Moses; just as the glory of the builder of a house, is greater than that of the edifice.

For every house is built by some man; but he who buildeth all things is God.

And Moses, as a servant, was faithful in all the house, for an attestation to those things that were to be spoken by him:

For we have part with the Messiah, if we persevere in this firm confidence, from the beginning to the end:

For to us also is the announcement, as well as to them: but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not mingled with the faith of those who heard it.

But we, who have believed, do enter into rest. But as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, that they shall not enter into my rest: for lo, the works of God existed from the foundation of the world.

For if Joshua, the son of Nun, had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterwards of another day.

For he who had entered into his rest, hath also rested from his works, as God did from his.

For the word of God is living, and all-efficient, and sharper than a two-edged sword, and entereth even to the severance of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints and the marrow and the bones, and judgeth the thoughts and reasonings of the heart:

For we have not a high priest, who cannot sympathize with our infirmity; but [fn] who was tempted in all respects like us, aside from sin.

Let us, therefore, approach with assurance to the throne of his grace, that we may obtain mercy, and may find grace for assistance in the time of affliction.

For every high priest, who is from among men, is established over the things of God, in behalf of men, that he may present the offering and the sacrifices for sin:

And, therefore, he is obliged as for the people, so also for himself, to present an offering for his sins.

As he said also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, after the likeness of Melchisedec.

For ye ought to be teachers, seeing ye have been long in the doctrine. But now ye need to learn again the first lines of the commencement of the oracles of God: and ye have need of milk, and not of strong food.

For every one whose food is milk, is unversed in the language of righteousness, because he is a child.

Therefore let us leave the commencement of the word of the Messiah, and let us proceed to the completion. Or will ye again lay another foundation for the repentance which is from dead works, and for the faith in God,

and for the doctrine of baptism, and for the laying on of a hand, and for the resurrection from the dead, and for the eternal judgment?

For the earth that drinketh the rain which cometh often upon it, and produceth the herb that is of use to those for whom it is cultivated, receiveth a blessing from God.

For God is not unrighteous, to forget your works, and your charity which ye have shown in his name, in that ye have ministered and do minister to the saints.