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Hebrews 1 |
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God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the
prophets at many times and in various ways,
has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he
appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the
worlds.
His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his
substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power,
when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down
on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
having become so much better than the angels, as he has
inherited a more excellent name than they have.
For to which of the angels did he say at any time,
“You are my Son.
Today have I become your father?”*
and again,
“I will be to him a Father,
and he will be to me a Son?”*
Again, when he brings in the firstborn into the world he says,
“Let all the angels of God worship him.”
Of the angels he says,
“Who makes his angels winds,
and his servants a flame of fire.”*
But of the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.
You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of
gladness above your fellows.”*
And,
“You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the
earth.
The heavens are the works of your hands.
They will perish, but you continue.
They all will grow old like a garment does.
As a mantle, you will roll them up,
and they will be changed;
but you are the same.
Your years will not fail.”*
But which of the angels has he told at any time,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?”*
Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the
sake of those who will inherit salvation?
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1:5 Psalm 2:7
1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1
Chronicles 17:13
1:7 Psalm 104:4
1:9 Psalm 45:6-7
1:12 Psalm 102:25-27
1:13 Psalm 110:1
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Hebrews 2 |
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Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that
were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every
transgression and disobedience received a just recompense;
how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the
first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by
those who heard;
God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various
works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his
own will?
For he didn’t subject the world to come, of which we speak, to
angels.
But one has somewhere testified, saying,
“What is man, that you think of him?
Or the son of man, that you care for him?
You made him a little lower than the angels.
You crowned him with glory and honor.*
You have put all things in subjection under his feet.”*
For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that
is not subject to him. But now we don’t see all things subjected to
him, yet.
But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels,
Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and
honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for
everyone.
For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all
things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of
their salvation perfect through sufferings.
For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from
one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
saying,
“I will declare your name to my brothers.
In the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”*
Again, “I will put my trust in him.”*
Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.”*
Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also
himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he
might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the
devil,
and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all
their lifetime subject to bondage.
For most certainly, he doesn’t give help to angels, but he gives
help to the seed of Abraham.
Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his
brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest
in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the
people.
For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to
help those who are tempted.
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2:7 TR adds “and set him over
the works of your hands”
2:8 Psalm 8:4-6
2:11 The word for
“brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly
translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
2:12 Psalm 22:22
2:13 Isaiah 8:17
2:13 Isaiah 8:18
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Hebrews 3 |
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Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling,
consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;
who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all
his house.
For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as
he who built the house has more honor than the house.
For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is
God.
Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a
testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,
but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are,
if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to
the end.
Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says,
“Today if you will hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion,
like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
where your fathers tested me by proving me,
and saw my works for forty years.
Therefore I was displeased with that generation,
and said, ‘They always err in their heart,
but they didn’t know my ways;’
as I swore in my wrath,
‘They will not enter into my rest.’”*
Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil
heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;
but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today;”
lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the
beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
while it is said,
“Today if you will hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”*
For who, when they heard, rebelled? No, didn’t all those who came
out of Egypt by Moses?
With whom was he displeased forty years? Wasn’t it with those who
sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
To whom did he swear that they wouldn’t enter into his rest, but to
those who were disobedient?
We see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.
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3:11 Psalm 95:7-11
3:15 Psalm 95:7-8
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Hebrews 4 |
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Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to
have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also
did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t
mixed with faith by those who heard.
For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has
said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;”*
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on
the seventh day from all his works;”*
and in this place again, “They will not enter into my rest.”*
Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein, and they
to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because
of disobedience,
he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long
a time afterward (just as has been said),
“Today if you will hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts.”*
For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken
afterward of another day.
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from
his works, as God did from his.
Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone
fall after the same example of disobedience.
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any
two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and
spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the
thoughts and intentions of the heart.
There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things
are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to
do.
Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens,
Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the
feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points
tempted like we are, yet without sin.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace,
that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of
need.
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4:3 Psalm 95:11
4:4 Genesis 2:2
4:5 Psalm 95:11
4:7 Psalm 95:7-8
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