006:015 And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather
obtained what God had promised.
006:016 For men swear by what is greater than themselves; and with them
an oath in confirmation of a statement always puts an end
to a dispute.
006:017 In the same way, since it was God's desire to display more
convincingly to the heirs of the promise how unchangeable
His purpose was,
006:018 He added an oath, in order that, through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for Him to prove false, we may possess mighty encouragement—we who, for safety, have hastened to lay hold of the hope set before us.
006:019 That hope we have as an anchor of the soul—an anchor that can
neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil,
006:020 where Jesus has entered as a forerunner on our behalf,
having become, like Melchizedek, a High Priest for ever.
007:001 For this man, Melchizedek, King of Salem and priest of
the Most High God—he who when Abraham was returning after
defeating the kings met him and pronounced a blessing on him—
007:002 to whom also Abraham presented a tenth part of all—
being first, as his name signifies, King of righteousness,
and secondly King of Salem, that is, King of peace:
007:003 with no father or mother, and no record of ancestry: having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made a type of the Son of God—this man Melchizedek remains a priest for ever.
007:004 Now think how great this priest-king must have been to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth part of the best of the spoil.