- 1For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
- 2Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
- 3And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
- 4And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
- 5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
- 6As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
- 7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
- 8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
- 9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
- 10Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
- 11Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
- 12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
- 13For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
- 14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
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HEBREWS 5
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Hebrews 5 — Christ learned obedience through suffering and became the source of eternal salvation, a High Priest called after the order of Melchizedek.
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Jesus’s tearful prayer anchors the chapter’s reference to His days in the flesh. The distant priestly service and disciples sharing solid food combine the chapter’s compassion, calling, and growth toward mature discernment.
Scripture basis: Hebrews 5:1–14King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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