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1 For every high priest is appointed to officiate for men in religious matters, offering gifts and sacrifices for their sins: being chosen from among the people, that as he himself is surrounded with infirmities, 2 he might have the greater compassion for those who sin through ignorance or mistake, and for the same reason 3 he is obliged to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for those of the people, besides, no man can assume 4 to himself the honour of the priesthood: he must be called thereto by God, as Aaron was. 5 Wherefore Christ himself did not assume the character of an high priest; but it was confirm'd by him that said, "thou art my son, to-day have I begotten thee." 6 as he saith too in another place, "thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." Hebrews 5:1-6, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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