Epistle

Hebrews 4:14-5:6

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. ¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. ¹⁶ So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.

¹ Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. ² He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness ³ and so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. ⁴ No one takes this honor upon himself but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. ⁵ In the same way, it was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest, but rather the one who said to him:

“You are my son;
    this day I have begotten you”;

⁶ just as he says in another place: