¹For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

²being able to deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness;[#5:2 Or subject to weakness]

³and because of it, he is obligated, just as for the people, to also offer sacrifices for sins in the same way for himself.

⁴And no one takes this honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even as Aaron was.

⁵In this way also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,

“You are My Son ,

Today I have begotten You ”;

⁶just as He says also in another passage ,

“You are a priest forever

According to the order of Melchizedek .”

⁷He, in the days of His flesh, offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.[#5:7 During Christ’s earthly life; #5:7 Lit who having offered up; #5:7 Or out of; #5:7 Lit having been heard]

⁸Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.

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

¹⁰being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

¹¹Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.[#5:11 Lit whom , which]

¹²For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.[#5:12 Lit because of the time; #5:12 Lit elementary principles of the beginning]

¹³For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.

¹⁴But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern both good and evil.[#5:14 Or perfect , cf. 5:9]