1 The essential dignity of the Son, by whom God hath revealed himself in these last days: 4 his preeminence above the angels in office.
1 The obligation we are under to give more earnest heed to the gospel doctrine. 5 The dominion of the world to come was not granted to angels, but to the Son of man, whom it behoved to undergo a previous course of humiliation and suffering.
1 Christ is shewed to be more worthy than Moses: 7 we must be careful therefore not to follow the example of the obstinate and unbelieving Israelites in the wilderness.
1 The rest of Christians to be attained by faith. 12 The power of God's word. 14 Having Jesus the Son of God for our high priest, we must hold fast our profession, and come boldly unto the throne of grace.
1 Concerning the office of high priests taken from among men: 5 wherewith Christ's priesthood is compared, and its privileges set forth: 11 a further account of which is deferred, and for what reason.
1 The higher doctrines of Christianity are proposed to be treated of. 4 The guilt and danger of apostasy. 10 Charitable deeds will not be forgotten of God. 11 An exhortation diligently to imitate the faith and patience of those who inherit the promises. 13 The promise of God to Abraham a sure ground of hope.
Christ, a priest after the order of Melchisedec, is proved to be of a more excellent order than that of Aaron, 1 from the character of Melchisedec, and his confessed superiority to Abraham and Levi; 11 from the imperfection of the Levitical priesthood, which induced the necessity of a change to one more perfect; 20 from the confirmation of Christ's priesthood by an oath; 23 from the unchangeableness, 26 and spotless innocence, of the person.
1 Christ, our great high priest in the heavens, hath a more excellent ministry than the priests on earth: 6 as he is also the mediator of a better covenant than that which was given to Moses.
1 The service and sacrifices of the first tabernacle were far less perfect and efficacious to purge the conscience than the blood of Christ. 15 The necessity of Christ's death for the confirmation of the new covenant: 23 and of better sacrifices than those legal ones to purify the heavenly things. 25 Christ was offered once for all.
1 The sacrifices of the law, being often repeated, could not take away sins. 5 The abolition of them, and substitution of Christ's body in their stead, foretold by the Psalmist: 10 by the offering of which body once for all we obtain perfect remission. 19 An exhortation to stedfastness in the faith, and to love and good works. 26 The danger of a wilful relapse after having received the knowledge of the truth; 32 and of forfeiting the reward of a good beginning for want of perseverance.
The nature of faith, and its acceptableness with God, set forth in the examples of many excellent persons of old time.
1 An exhortation to patience and constancy enforced by the example of Christ. 5 The benefit of God's chastisements. 14 Exhortation to peace and holiness. 18 The dispensation of the law compared with the privileges of the gospel. 25 The danger of refusing the word from heaven.
1 Exhortations to charity, 2 hospitality, 3 pity for the afflicted, 4 chastity, 5 contentment; 7 to regard the preachers of God's word; 9 to avoid strange doctrines; 10 to confess Christ; 15 to offer up our praises to God by him; 16 to do good and to communicate; 17 to obey spiritual rulers; 18 and to pray for the apostle. 20 The epistle endeth with a prayer and salutations.