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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrews/4.htm" title="Hebrews 4">◄</a> Hebrews 5 <a href="../hebrews/6.htm" title="Hebrews 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch65005" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn65005" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span id="v65005001" class="ver">1</span><a id="rfn65005001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn65005001-1">*</a> Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.<a id="rfn65005001-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn65005001-2">*</a> <span id="v65005002" class="ver">2</span>He is able to deal patiently<a id="rfn65005002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn65005002-1">*</a> with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness <span id="v65005003" class="ver">3</span>and so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.<a id="ren65005003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65005003-a">a</a> <span id="v65005004" class="ver">4</span>No one takes this honor upon himself but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.<a id="ren65005004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65005004-b">b</a> <span id="v65005005" class="ver">5</span>In the same way, it was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest, but rather the one who said to him:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“You are my son;</p> <p class="sl1l">this day I have begotten you”;<a id="ren65005005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65005005-c">c</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v65005006" class="ver">6</span>just as he says in another place:<a id="rfn65005006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn65005006-1">*</a></p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“You are a priest forever</p> <p class="sl1l">according to the order of Melchizedek.”<a id="ren65005006-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65005006-d">d</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v65005007" class="ver">7</span>In the days when he was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death,<a id="rfn65005007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn65005007-1">*</a> and he was heard because of his reverence.<a id="ren65005007-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65005007-e">e</a> <span id="v65005008" class="ver">8</span>Son though he was,<a id="rfn65005008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn65005008-1">*</a> he learned obedience from what he suffered;<a id="ren65005008-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65005008-f">f</a> <span id="v65005009" class="ver">9</span>and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,<a id="ren65005009-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65005009-g">g</a> <span id="v65005010" class="ver">10</span>declared by God high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.<a id="ren65005010-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65005010-h">h</a></p> <h1 class="bksect">IV. <span class="ac">Jesus’ Eternal Priesthood and Eternal Sacrifice</span></h1> <p class="paft"><span class="hemb">Exhortation to Spiritual Renewal.</span> <span id="v65005011" class="ver">11</span><a id="rfn65005011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn65005011-1">*</a> About this we have much to say, and it is difficult to explain, for you have become sluggish in hearing. <span id="v65005012" class="ver">12</span>Although you should be teachers by this time, you need to have someone teach you again the basic elements of the utterances of God. You need milk, [and] not solid food.<a id="ren65005012-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65005012-i">i</a> <span id="v65005013" class="ver">13</span>Everyone who lives on milk lacks experience of the word of righteousness, for he is a child. <span id="v65005014" class="ver">14</span>But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties are trained by practice to discern good and evil.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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