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3 1 Now he showeth how far inferior Moses is to Christ, 5, 6 even so much as the servant to the Master: and so he bringeth in certain exhortations and threatenings taken out of David, 8 against such as either stubbornly resist, 12 or else are very slow to obey.
1 Therefore, [a]holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly vocation, consider the [b]Apostle and high Priest of our [c]profession Christ Jesus:
2 [d]Who was faithful to him that hath [e]appointed him, [f]even as (A)Moses was in all his house.
3 [g]For this man is counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he which hath builded the house, hath more honor than the house.
4 For every house is builded of some man, and he that hath built all things, is God.
5 [h]Now Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a witness of the things which should be spoken after.
6 But Christ is as the Son, over his own house, [i]whose [j]house we are, if we hold fast that [k]confidence and that rejoicing of that hope unto the end.
7 Wherefore, as the holy Ghost saith, (B)Today if ye [l]shall hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the [m]provocation, according to the day of the temptation in the wilderness,
9 Where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years long.
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They [n]err ever in their heart, neither have they known my ways.
11 Therefore I swear in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.
12 [o]Take heed brethren, lest at any time there be in any of you an evil heart, and unfaithful, to depart away from the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily, [p]while it is called today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 [q]For we are made partakers of Christ, if we keep sure unto the end that [r]beginning, wherewith we are upholden,
15 [s]So long as it is said, Today if ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16 For some when they heard, provoked him to anger: howbeit, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 But with whom was he displeased forty years? Was he not displeased with them that sinned, (C)whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom swear he that they should not enter into his rest, but unto them that obeyed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter in, because of unbelief.
4 1 He joineth exhortation with threatening, lest they, even as their fathers were be deprived of the rest offered unto them, 11 but that they endeavor to enter into it. 14 And so he beginneth to entreat of Christ’s Priesthood.
1 Let us fear therefore, lest at any time by forsaking the promise of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to be deprived.
2 [t]For unto us was the Gospel preached as also unto them: but the word that they heard, profited not them, because it was not [u]mixed with faith in those that heard it.
3 [v]For we which have believed, do enter into rest, as he said to the other, (D)As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, (E)And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter thereinto, and they to whom it was first preached, entered not therein for unbelief’s sake:
7 Again he appointed in David a certain day, by Today, after so long a time, saying, as it is said, (F)This day, if ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
8 For if [w]Jesus had given them rest, then would he not after this have spoken of another day.
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 [x]For he that is entered into his rest, hath also ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 [y]Let us study therefore to enter into that rest, lest [z]any man fall after the same example of disobedience.
12 [aa]For the [ab]word of God is [ac]lively, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edged sword, and entereth through, even unto the dividing asunder of the [ad]soul and the [ae]spirit, and of the joints, and the marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts, and the intents of the heart.
13 Neither is there any creature, which is not manifest in [af]his sight: but all things are naked and open unto his eyes, with whom we have to do.
14 [ag]Seeing then that we have a great high Priest, which is entered into heaven, even Jesus the Son of God, let us [ah]hold fast our profession.
15 [ai]For we have not an high Priest, which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all things tempted in like sort, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore go boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
5 1 First he showeth the duty of the high Priest: 5 Secondly, that Christ is appointed of God to be our high Priest, 7 and that he hath fulfilled all things belonging thereunto.
1 For [aj]every high Priest is taken from among men, and is ordained for men, in things pertaining to God, [ak]that he may offer both [al]gifts and [am]sacrifices for sins.
2 Which is [an]able sufficiently to have compassion [ao]on them that are ignorant, and that are out of the way, because that he also is [ap]compassed with infirmity,
3 And for the same sake he is bound to offer for sins, as well for his own part, as for the peoples.
4 (G)[aq]And no man taketh this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
5 So likewise Christ took not to himself this honor to be made the high Priest, but he that said unto him, (H)Thou art my son, this day begat I thee, gave it him.
6 As he also in another place speaketh, (I)Thou art a Priest forever, after the [ar]order of Melchizedek,
7 [as]Who in the [at]days of his flesh did offer up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears unto him, that was able to [au]save him from death, and was also heard in that which he feared.
8 And though he were the Son, yet [av]learned he obedience, by the things which he suffered.
9 [aw]And being [ax]consecrated, was made the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him:
10 And is called of God an high Priest after the order of Melchizedek.
11 [ay]Of whom we have many things to say, which are hard to be uttered, because ye are dull of hearing.
12 [az]For when as concerning the time ye ought to be teachers, yet have ye need again that we teach you what are the first principles of the word of God: and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For everyone that useth milk, is inexpert in the [ba]word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of age, which through long custom have their [bb]wits exercised, to discern both good and evil.
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