Hebrews 5

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The Perfect High Priest

¹Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

¹For every high priest being taken from among men is appointed for men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

²He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.

²being able to deal gently with those being ignorant and going astray, since he himself also is encompassed by weakness;

³That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

³and because of this, he is obligated, just as concerning the people, to offer for sins so also concerning himself.

⁴No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.

⁴And no one takes upon himself the honor, but is being called by God, just as Aaron also.

⁵So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him:

“You are My Son;

today I have become Your Father.”^a

⁵So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but the One having said to Him: “You are My Son, today I have begotten You.”

⁶And in another passage God says:

“You are a priest forever

in the order of Melchizedek.”^a

⁶Just as that, He also says in another place: “You are a priest to the age, according to the order of Melchizedek.”

⁷During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

⁷He in the days of His flesh having offered both supplications and entreaties with strong crying and tears to the One being able to save Him from death, and having been heard from reverence,

⁸Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.

⁸although being a Son, He learned obedience from the things He suffered,

⁹And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

⁹and having been perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation to all those obeying Him,

¹⁰and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

¹⁰having been designated by God as high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

Milk and Solid Food

¹¹We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

¹¹Concerning this there is much speech from us, and difficult in interpretation to speak, since you have become dull in hearing.

¹²Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word.^a You need milk, not solid food!

¹²For even by the time you ought to be teachers, you have need of one to teach you again what is the beginning of the elements of the oracles of God; and you have become those having need of milk, and not of solid food.

¹³For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.

¹³For everyone partaking of milk is inexperienced in the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.

¹⁴But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

¹⁴But solid food is for the mature, the ones by constant use having trained the senses for distinguishing both good and evil.