We have a great high priest. He has gone up into heaven. He is Jesus the Son of God. So let us hold firmly to what we say we believe.

我们既然有一位已经升入高天尊荣的大祭司，就是神的儿子耶稣，便当持定所承认的道。

既然我们有一位伟大、进入高天的大祭司，就是耶稣—上帝的儿子，我们应当持定所宣认的道。

既然我们有一位伟大、进入高天的大祭司，就是耶稣—神的儿子，我们应当持定所宣认的道。

我们既然有一位已经升上高天的尊贵大祭司——上帝的儿子耶稣，就应当持守我们所认定的信仰。

我们既然有一位伟大的、经过了众天的大祭司，就是神的儿子耶稣，就应该坚持所宣认的信仰。

所以，我们既然有一位已经越过了诸天的、尊贵的大祭司——神的儿子耶稣，我们就要持守信仰告白；

我們既然有一位已經升入高天尊榮的大祭司，就是神的兒子耶穌，便當持定所承認的道。

既然我們有一位偉大、進入高天的大祭司，就是耶穌－上帝的兒子，我們應當持定所宣認的道。。

既然我們有一位偉大、進入高天的大祭司，就是耶穌－神的兒子，我們應當持定所宣認的道。

我們既然有一位已經升上高天的尊貴大祭司——上帝的兒子耶穌，就應當持守我們所認定的信仰。

我們既然有一位偉大的、經過了眾天的大祭司，就是神的兒子耶穌，就應該堅持所宣認的信仰。

那麼我們既有一位尊大的、經過了諸天的大祭司、上帝的兒子耶穌，我們就該執守這信認。

所以，我們既然有一位已經越過了諸天的、尊貴的大祭司——神的兒子耶穌，我們就要持守信仰告白；

我儕既有大祭司上帝子耶穌、經行諸天、則宜固守所承奉者、

既有大祭司長、上帝子耶穌、直造乎天之極、則我儕宜固守其教、

我儕既有大祭司長已升天者、即天主子耶穌、則當持守所奉之教、

夫既有上徹諸天之天主聖子耶穌、作吾人之大司祭、豈可不堅守教義、始終不渝乎？

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.

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.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let’s hold firmly to our confession.

Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens— Jesus the Son of God— let us hold fast to the confession.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast[ our] profession.

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.

Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession.

That is where Jesus has gone. He went there to open the way ahead of us. He has become a high priest forever, just like Melchizedek.

Let us keep looking to Jesus. He is the one who started this journey of faith. And he is the one who completes the journey of faith. He paid no attention to the shame of the cross. He suffered there because of the joy he was looking forward to. Then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Christ did not enter a sacred tent made with human hands. That tent was only a copy of the true one. He entered heaven itself. He did it to stand in front of God for us. He is there right now.

He did not enter by spilling the blood of goats and calves. He entered the Most Holy Room by spilling his own blood. He did it once and for all time. In this way, he paid the price to set us free from sin forever.

The one who came down is the same one who went up. He went up higher than all the heavens. He did it in order to fill all creation.

People now come to God through him. And he is able to save them completely and for all time. Jesus lives forever. He prays for them.A high priest like that really meets our need. He is holy, pure and without blame. He isn’t like other people. He does not sin. He is lifted high above the heavens.

But in these last days, he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one whom God appointed to receive all things. God also made everything through him.The Son is the shining brightness of God’s glory. He is the exact likeness of God’s being. He uses his powerful word to hold all things together. He provided the way for people to be made pure from sin. Then he sat down at the right hand of the King, the Majesty in heaven.

So he had to be made like people, fully human in every way. Then he could serve God as a kind and faithful high priest. And then he could pay for the sins of the people by dying for them.He himself suffered when he was tempted. Now he is able to help others who are being tempted.Holy brothers and sisters, God chose you to be his people. So keep thinking about Jesus. We embrace him as our apostle and our high priest.

Here is the main point of what we are saying. We have a high priest like that. He sat down at the right hand of the throne of the King, the Majesty in heaven.

Let us hold firmly to the hope we claim to have. The God who promised is faithful.

Heaven must receive him until the time when God makes everything new. He promised this long ago through his holy prophets.

Jesus our priest offered one sacrifice for sins for all time. Then he sat down at the right hand of God.

“ Moses was faithful as one who serves in the house of God.”( Numbers 12:7) He was a witness to what God would say in days to come.But Christ is faithful as the Son over the house of God. And we are his house if we hold tightly to what we are certain about. We must also hold tightly to the hope we boast in.

Then who can sentence us to death? No one. Christ Jesus is at the right hand of God and is also praying for us. He died. More than that, he was raised to life.

This is the beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.

But here is what he says about the Son.“ You are God. Your throne will last for ever and ever. Your kingdom will be ruled by justice.

We belong to Christ if we hold tightly to the faith we had at first. But we must hold it tightly until the end.

While he was blessing them, he left them. He was taken up into heaven.

“ Men of Galilee,” they said,“ why do you stand here looking at the sky? Jesus has been taken away from you into heaven. But he will come back in the same way you saw him go.”

So we must pay the most careful attention to what we have heard. Then we will not drift away from it.

When the Lord Jesus finished speaking to them, he was taken up into heaven. He sat down at the right hand of God.