1 F or every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

Every Jewish religious leader is chosen from among men. He is a helper standing between God and men. He gives gifts on the altar in worship to God from the people. He gives blood from animals for the sins of the people.

2 w ho can bear gently with the ignorant and erring, for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity;

A Jewish religious leader is weak in many ways because he is just a man himself. He knows how to be gentle with those who know little. He knows how to help those who are doing wrong.

3 a nd by reason thereof is bound, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

Because he is weak himself, he must give gifts to God for his own sins as well as for the sins of the people.

4 A nd no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron.

A Jewish religious leader does not choose this honor for himself. God chooses a man for this work. Aaron was chosen this way. Christ Is Our Religious Leader Who Has Made the Way for Man to Go to God

5 S o Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:

It is the same way with Christ. He did not choose the honor of being a Religious Leader Who has made the way for man to go to God. Instead, God said to Christ, “You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father.”

6 a s he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

God says in another part of His Word, “You will be a Religious Leader forever. You will be like Melchizedek.”

7 W ho in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

During the time Jesus lived on earth, He prayed and asked God with loud cries and tears. Jesus’ prayer was to God Who was able to save Him from death. God heard Christ because Christ honored God.

8 t hough he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

Even being God’s Son, He learned to obey by the things He suffered.

9 a nd having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

And having been made perfect, He planned and made it possible for all those who obey Him to be saved from the punishment of sin.

10 n amed of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

In God’s plan He was to be a Religious Leader Who made the way for man to go to God. He was like Melchizedek. Do Not Fall Back Into Sin

11 O f whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.

There is much we could say about this, but it is hard to make you understand. It is because you do not want to hear well.

12 F or when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

By now you should be teachers. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the first things you need to know from God’s Word. You still need milk instead of solid food.

13 F or every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe.

Anyone who lives on milk cannot understand the teaching about being right with God. He is a baby.

14 B ut solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

Solid food is for full-grown men. They have learned to use their minds to tell the difference between good and bad.