⁷In the days of his flesh, uJesus1 offered up prayers and supplications, vwith loud cries and tears, to him wwho was able to save him from death, and xhe was heard because of his reverence. ⁸Although yhe was a son, zhe learned obedience through what he suffered. ⁹And abeing made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, ¹⁰being designated by God a high priest bafter the order of Melchizedek.

Warning Against Apostasy

¹¹About this we have much to say, and it is chard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. ¹²For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again dthe basic principles of the oracles of God. You need emilk, not solid food, ¹³for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is fa child. ¹⁴But solid food is for gthe mature, for those who have their powers hof discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

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¹Therefore ilet us leave jthe elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance kfrom dead works and of faith toward God, ²and of linstruction about washings,1 mthe laying on of hands, nthe resurrection of the dead, and oeternal judgment. ³And this we will do pif God permits.

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