Hebrews 5
5
1Every high priest is chosen from among men. He is given the work of going before God for them. He must offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2He himself is weak. So he is able to be gentle with those who do not understand and who are doing wrong things. 3Because he is weak the high priest must offer sacrifices for his own sins. And then he offers sacrifices for the sins of the people.
4To be a high priest is an honor. But no one chooses himself for this work. He must be called by God as Aaron# Moses’ brother and the first Jewish high priest. was. 5So also Christ did not choose himself to have the honor of being a high priest. But God chose him. God said to him,
“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.” Psalm 2:7
6And in another Scripture God says,
“You are a priest forever,
a priest like Melchizedek.”# A priest and king who lived in the time of Abraham. (Read Genesis 14:17–24.) Psalm 110:4
7While Jesus lived on earth, he prayed to God and asked God for help. He prayed with loud cries and tears to the One who could save him from death. And his prayer was heard because he left it all up to God. 8Even though Jesus was the Son of God, he learned to obey by what he suffered. 9And he became our perfect high priest. He gives eternal salvation to all who obey him. 10And God made Jesus high priest, a priest like Melchizedek.
Warning Against Falling Away
11We have much to say about this. But it is hard to explain because you are so slow to understand. 12You have had enough time so that by now you should be teachers. But you need someone to teach you again the first lessons of God’s message. You still need the teaching that is like milk. You are not ready for solid food. 13Anyone who lives on milk is still a baby. He knows nothing about right teaching. 14But solid food is for those who are grown up. They are mature enough to know the difference between good and evil.
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Hebrews 5
5
A High Priest Like Melchizedek
1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in the things relating to God, in order that he can offer both gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins, 2being able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and led astray, since he himself also is surrounded by weakness, 3and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins for himself also, as well as for the people#Literally “as for the people so also for himself”. 4And someone does not take for himself the honor, but is called by God, just as Aaron also was. 5Thus also Christ did not glorify himself to become high priest, but the one who said to him,
“You are my Son, today I have begotten you,”#A quotation from Ps 2:7
6just as also in another place he says,
“You are a priest forever#Literally “for the age” according to the order of Melchizedek,”#A quotation from Ps 110:4
7who in the days of his flesh offered up both prayers and supplications, with loud crying and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard as a result of his reverence. 8Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered, 9and being perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who obey him, 10being designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
Advanced Teaching Hindered by Immaturity
11Concerning this#Literally “which” we have much to say and it is difficult to explain#Literally “great for us the message and hard to explain to say”, since you have become sluggish in hearing. 12For indeed, although you#*Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“ought”) which is understood as concessive ought to be teachers by this time#Literally “because of the time”, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and you have need of#Literally “you are having need of” milk, not#Some manuscripts have “and not” solid food. 13For everyone who partakes of milk is unacquainted with the message of righteousness, because he is an infant. 14But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained their faculties for the distinguishing of both good and evil.
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