1Every high priest is selected from among men and is appointed for their sake in matters pertaining to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for [their] sins. 2The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray since he himself is also subject to weakness. 3Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for the sins of the people, as well as for himself. 4Moreover, nobody assumes this honor by himself but one is called by God, just as Aaron was. 5Likewise, Christ did not glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was God who said to him:
You are my Son:
Today I have become your father.2162
6As he says also in another place:
You are a priest forever,
According to the order of Melchizedek.2163
7During his life on earth, Christ2164 offered prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could deliver2165 him from death, and he was heard because of his godly fear.2166 8Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through suffering. 9Having been made perfect, he became to all those who obey him the cause of eternal salvation, 10appointed by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
Beyond the basics
11We have much to say about these things but it is hard to explain because you have become slow at understanding. 12For although by this time you should be teachers, you still need to have someone teach you [even] the basic principles of God’s oracles. You have come to need milk, and not solid food! 13Everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness; such a person is a baby. 14But solid food is for those who are fully grown, who have trained their senses to discern good and evil.
- Psalm 2:7
- Psalm 110:4/109 LXX
- Greek “he”
- Or “save/rescue”
- Or “reverent submission”
Text: The Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible, New Testament (EOB). Used with permission.
