1 F or every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating 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 b eing able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed 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, on account of this, he ought, even 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 one takes the honour to himself but called by God, even as Aaron also.

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 T hus the Christ also has not glorified himself to be made a high priest; but he who had said to him, Thou art my Son, I have to-day 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 E ven as also in another he says, Thou a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.

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 both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;)

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 were Son, he learned obedience from the things which he suffered;

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

9 a nd having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, 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 a ddressed by God high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.

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 C oncerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking, since ye are become dull in 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 for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that should teach you what the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, 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 partakes of milk unskilled in 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 belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both 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.