For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,

how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

Be Faithful

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice,

For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,

while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”

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

And this we will do if God permits.

if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

Need for a New Priesthood

Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?

And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest

For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;

A New Covenant

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,

The Just Live by Faith

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”

And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return.

If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

(For they could not endure what was commanded: “And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow.”

Hear the Heavenly Voice

See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,

Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.

Know that our brother Timothy has been set free, with whom I shall see you if he comes shortly.