Hebrews 5

1 For every chief priest taken out of men is set in things [pertaining] to God in behalf of men, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

For every high-priest taken from among men, is appointed for the sake of men in things relating to God, that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins:

2 being able to be gentle to those being ignorant and going astray, since he is also surrounded with weakness;

who can have due compassion on the ignorant and those that are going astray; seeing he himself also is surrounded with infirmity:

3 and because of this [weakness] he ought, just as for the people, so also for himself, to bring forward [sacrifices] for sins;

and for this reason he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifice for sins.

4 and no one takes the honor to himself, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron.

And no one taketh this honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron was.

5 So also the Christ did not glorify Himself to become Chief Priest, but He who spoke to Him: “You are My Son, today I have begotten You”;

So also Christ did not glorify himself to be made an high-priest; but He that said unto Him, "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee."

6 just as He also says in another [place], “You [are] a priest throughout the age, according to the order of Melchizedek”; (aiōn g165)

As He saith also in another place, "Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." (aiōn g165)

7 who in the days of His flesh having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and having been heard in respect to that which He feared,

Who in the days of his flesh, offered prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears, to Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in what He feared;

8 though being a Son, [He] learned obedience by the things which He suffered,

but though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered: and being thus perfected,

9 and having been made perfect, He became the cause of continuous salvation to all those obeying Him, (aiōnios g166)

He became the author of eternal salvation to all that obey Him: (aiōnios g166)

10 having been called by God a Chief Priest according to the order of Melchizedek,

having been declared by God an high-priest after the order of Melchisedec.

11 concerning the Word, of whom we have much [to speak], and of hard explanation to say, since you have become dull of hearing,

Concerning whom we have much to say and difficult to be explained, since ye are become dull of hearing.

12 for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again you have need that one teach you what [are] the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and you have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

For whereas ye ought for the time to be teachers of others, ye have need again of some one to teach you the first rudiments of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk and not of solid food.

13 for everyone who is partaking of milk [is] unskilled in the word of righteousness—for he is an infant,

For every one that wanteth milk, is unacquainted with the doctrine of justification; for he is an infant:

14 and the strong food is of perfect men, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, to both the discernment of good and of evil.

but firm food is for persons come to age, who by habit have their senses exercised to a discernment both of good and evil.