5: 1 For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
5: 2 who can bear gently with the ignorant and erring, for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity;
5: 3 and by reason thereof is bound, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
5: 4 And no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron.
5: 5 So Christ also glorified not himself to become a high priest, but he that spake unto him, ⁵⁹Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:
⁵⁹Ps 2:7.

5: 6 as he saith also in another place, ⁶⁰Thou art a priest for ⁶¹ever After the order of Melchizedek.
⁶⁰Ps 110:4.
⁶¹Gk. the age

5: 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him ⁶²out of death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
⁶²Or, from

5: 8 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;
5: 9 and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the ⁶³author of eternal salvation;
⁶³Gk. cause

5: 10 named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
5: 11 Of ⁶⁴whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.
⁶⁴Or, which

5: 12 For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again ⁶⁵that some one teach you the rudiments of the ⁶⁶first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.
⁶⁵Or, that one teach you which are the rudiments
⁶⁶Gk. beginning (also in ch. 6:1)

5: 13 For every one that partaketh of milk is ⁶⁷without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe.
⁶⁷Or, inexperienced in the word of righteousness;

5: 14 But solid food is for ⁶⁸fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
⁶⁸Or, perfect men,