Hebrews 5
1 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:
Every high priest, taken from among the people, is appointed as their representative in their relations with God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices in expiation of sins.
2 who can have due compassion on the ignorant and those that are going astray; seeing he himself also is surrounded with infirmity:
And he is able to sympathize with the ignorant and deluded, since he is himself subject to weakness,
3 and for this reason he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifice for sins.
and is therefore bound to offer sacrifices for sins, not only for the people, but equally so for himself.
4 And no one taketh this honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron was.
Nor does anyone take that high office on themselves, until they have been called to do so by God, as Aaron was.
5 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."
In the same way, even the Christ did not take the honor of the high priesthood on himself, but he was appointed by him who said to him – ‘You are my Son; this day I have become your Father’;
6 As He saith also in another place, "Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." (aiōn g165)
and on another occasion also – ‘You are a priest for all time of the order of Melchizedek.’ (aiōn g165)
7 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;
Jesus, in the days of his earthly life, offered prayers and supplications, with earnest cries and with tears, to him who was able to save him from death; and he was heard because of his devout submission.
8 but though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered: and being thus perfected,
Son though he was, he learned obedience from his sufferings;
and, being made perfect, he became to all those who obey him the source of eternal salvation, (aiōnios g166)
10 having been declared by God an high-priest after the order of Melchisedec.
while God himself pronounced him a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.
11 Concerning whom we have much to say and difficult to be explained, since ye are become dull of hearing.
Now on this subject I have much to say, but it is difficult to explain it to you, because you have shown yourselves so slow to learn.
12 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.
For whereas, considering the time that has elapsed, you ought to be teaching others, you still need someone to teach you the alphabet of the divine revelation, and need again to be fed with milk instead of with ‘solid food.’
13 For every one that wanteth milk, is unacquainted with the doctrine of justification; for he is an infant:
For everyone who still has to take milk knows nothing of the teaching of righteousness; they are a mere infant.
14 but firm food is for persons come to age, who by habit have their senses exercised to a discernment both of good and evil.
But solid food is for Christians of mature faith – those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish right from wrong.
