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Hebrews 1-10
Christian Standard Bible
Hebrews 1-10
Christian Standard Bible
The Nature of the Son
1 Long ago God spoke(A) to our ancestors by the prophets(B) at different times and in different ways.(C) 2 In these last days,(D) he has spoken to us by his Son. God has appointed him heir of all things(E) and made the universe[a](F) through him. 3 The Son is the radiance[b] of God’s glory and the exact expression[c] of his nature,(G) sustaining all things by his powerful word.(H) After making purification for sins,[d] he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.[e](I) 4 So he became superior to the angels, just as the name he inherited is more excellent than theirs.(J)
The Son Superior to Angels
5 For to which of the angels did he ever say,
or again,
6 Again, when he[i] brings his firstborn into the world,(L) he says,
7 And about the angels he says:
8 but to[n] the Son:
Your throne, God,
is forever and ever,
and the scepter of your kingdom
is a scepter of justice.(O)
9 You have loved righteousness
and hated lawlessness;
this is why God, your God,
has anointed you
with the oil of joy(P)
beyond your companions.[o][p]
10 And:
In the beginning, Lord,
you established the earth,
and the heavens are the works of your hands;(Q)
11 they will perish, but you remain.
They will all wear out like clothing;(R)
12 you will roll them up like a cloak,[q]
and they will be changed like clothing.
But you are the same,
and your years will never end.[r](S)
13 Now to which of the angels has he ever said:
14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?(U)
Warning against Neglect
2 For this reason, we must pay attention all the more to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.(V) 2 For if the message spoken through angels was legally binding[t](W) and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment,(X) 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?(Y) This salvation had its beginning when it was spoken of by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us by those who heard him.(Z) 4 At the same time, God also testified by signs and wonders, various miracles, and distributions of gifts from the Holy Spirit according to his will.(AA)
Jesus and Humanity
5 For he has not subjected to angels the world to come that we are talking about. 6 But someone somewhere has testified:
What is man that you remember him,
or the son of man that you care for him?
7 You made him lower than the angels
for a short time;
you crowned him with glory and honor[u]
8 and subjected everything under his feet.[v]
For in subjecting everything to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. As it is, we do not yet see everything subjected to him.(AB) 9 But we do see Jesus—made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace he might taste death(AC) for everyone—crowned with glory and honor(AD) because he suffered death.(AE)
10 For in bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God—for whom and through whom all things exist—should make the pioneer[w] of their salvation perfect through sufferings.(AF) 11 For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father.[x] That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,(AG) 12 saying:
I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
I will sing hymns to you in the congregation.[y](AH)
13 Again, I will trust in him.[z] And again, Here I am with the children God gave me.[aa](AI)
14 Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the devil(AJ)— 15 and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.(AK) 16 For it is clear that he does not reach out to help angels, but to help Abraham’s offspring.(AL) 17 Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters[ab] pertaining to God, to make atonement[ac](AM) for the sins of the people.(AN) 18 For since he himself has suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
Our Apostle and High Priest
3 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.(AO) 2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was in all God’s household. 3 For Jesus is considered worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder has more honor than the house. 4 Now every house is built by someone, but the one who built everything is God.(AP) 5 Moses was faithful as a servant(AQ) in all God’s household, as a testimony to what would be said in the future. 6 But Christ was faithful as a Son over his household. And we are that household if we hold on to our confidence and the hope in which we boast.[ad](AR)
Warning against Unbelief
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:
Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,
9 where your ancestors tested me, tried me,
and saw my works 10 for forty years.
Therefore I was provoked to anger with that generation
and said, “They always go astray in their hearts,
and they have not known my ways.”
11 So I swore in my anger,
“They will not enter my rest.”[ae](AS)
12 Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away(AT) from the living God. 13 But encourage each other daily,(AU) while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened(AV) by sin’s deception.(AW) 14 For we have become participants in Christ if we hold firmly until the end the reality[af] that we had at the start.(AX) 15 As it is said:
16 For who heard and rebelled? Wasn’t it all who came out of Egypt under Moses?(AZ) 17 With whom was God angry for forty years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?(BA) 18 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, if not to those who disobeyed? 19 So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.
The Promised Rest
4 Therefore, since the promise to enter his rest remains, let us beware[ah] that none of you be found to have fallen short.[ai] 2 For we also have received the good news just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith.[aj](BB) 3 For we who have believed enter the rest, in keeping with what[ak] he has said,
even though his works have been finished since the foundation of the world. 4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in this way: And on the seventh day God rested from all his works.[am](BD) 5 Again, in that passage he says, They will never enter my rest.[an] 6 Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience,(BE) 7 he again specifies a certain day—today. He specified this speaking through David after such a long time:
8 For if Joshua(BG) had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9 Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people. 10 For the person who has entered his rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from his.(BH) 11 Let us, then, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.
12 For the word of God is living and effective(BI) and sharper than any double-edged sword,(BJ) penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.(BK) 13 No creature is hidden from him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom(BL) we must give an account.
Our Great High Priest
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to our confession.(BM) 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are,(BN) yet without sin.(BO) 16 Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.
Christ, a High Priest
5 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed in matters pertaining to God for the people, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also clothed with weakness.(BP) 3 Because of this, he must make an offering for his own sins as well as for the people.(BQ) 4 No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.(BR) 5 In the same way, Christ did not exalt himself to become a high priest, but God who said to him,
6 also says in another place,
7 During his earthly life,[as] he offered prayers and appeals(BU) with loud cries and tears(BV) to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8 Although he was the Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered.(BW) 9 After he was perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, 10 and he was declared by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
The Problem of Immaturity
11 We have a great deal to say about this, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand. 12 Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.(BX) 13 Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant. 14 But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.(BY)
Warning against Falling Away
6 Therefore, let us leave the elementary teaching about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God,(BZ) 2 teaching about ritual washings,[at] laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.(CA) 3 And we will do this if God permits.
4 For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who shared in the Holy Spirit,(CB) 5 who tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age, 6 and who have fallen away. This is because,[au] to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding him up to contempt.(CC) 7 For the ground that drinks the rain that often falls on it and that produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God. 8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and at the end will be burned.(CD)
9 Even though we are speaking this way, dearly loved friends, in your case we are confident of things that are better and that pertain to salvation. 10 For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love[av] you demonstrated for his name by serving the saints—and by continuing to serve them.(CE) 11 Now we desire each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of your hope until the end, 12 so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.(CF)
Inheriting the Promise
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself: 14 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you.[aw](CG) 15 And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise. 16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute. 17 Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,(CH) 18 so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.(CI) 19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.(CJ) 20 Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner,(CK) because he has become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.(CL)
The Greatness of Melchizedek
7 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, met Abraham and blessed him as he returned from defeating the kings, 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means king of righteousness, then also, king of Salem, meaning king of peace. 3 Without father, mother, or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God,(CM) he remains a priest forever.
4 Now consider how great this man was: even Abraham the patriarch(CN) gave a tenth of the plunder to him. 5 The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people(CO)—that is, from their brothers and sisters—though they have also descended from Abraham. 6 But one without this[ax] lineage collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.(CP) 7 Without a doubt, the inferior is blessed by the superior. 8 In the one case, men who will die receive a tenth, but in the other case, Scripture testifies that he lives.(CQ) 9 And in a sense Levi himself, who receives a tenth, has paid a tenth through Abraham, 10 for he was still within his ancestor[ay] when Melchizedek met him.
A Superior Priesthood
11 Now if perfection came through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the law(CR)), what further need was there for another priest to appear, said to be according to the order of Melchizedek and not according to the order of Aaron?(CS) 12 For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must be a change of law as well. 13 For the one these things are spoken about belonged to a different tribe. No one from it has served at the altar. 14 Now it is evident that our Lord came from Judah,(CT) and Moses said nothing about that tribe concerning priests.
15 And this becomes clearer if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16 who did not become a priest based on a legal regulation about physical[az] descent but based on the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it has been testified:
18 So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable(CV) 19 (for the law perfected(CW) nothing), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.(CX)
20 None of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath, 21 but he became a priest with an oath made by the one who said to him:
22 Because of this oath, Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.(CZ)
23 Now many have become Levitical priests, since they are prevented by death from remaining in office. 24 But because he remains forever, he holds his priesthood permanently. 25 Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede(DA) for them.
26 For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.(DB) 27 He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all time when he offered himself.(DC) 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son,(DD) who has been perfected(DE) forever.
A Heavenly Priesthood
8 Now the main point of what is being said is this: We have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,(DF) 2 a minister of the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not man.(DG) 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts(DH) and sacrifices; therefore, it was necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. 4 Now if he were on earth, he wouldn’t be a priest, since there are those[bc] offering the gifts prescribed by the law. 5 These serve as a copy and shadow(DI) of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.[bd](DJ) 6 But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator(DK) of a better covenant,(DL) which has been established on better promises.(DM)
A Superior Covenant
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one. 8 But finding fault with his people,[be] he says:[bf]
See, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah—
9 not like the covenant
that I made with their ancestors
on the day I took them by the hand
to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
I showed no concern for them, says the Lord,
because they did not continue in my covenant.
10 For this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.(DN)
11 And each person will not teach his fellow citizen,[bg]
and each his brother or sister, saying, “Know the Lord,”
because they will all know me,
from the least to the greatest of them.(DO)
12 For I will forgive their wrongdoing,
and I will never again remember their sins.[bh][bi] (DP)
13 By saying a new covenant, he has declared that the first is obsolete. And what is obsolete and growing old is about to pass away.(DQ)
Old Covenant Ministry
9 Now the first covenant also had regulations for ministry and an earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tabernacle was set up, and in the first room, which is called the holy place, were the lampstand, the table, and the presentation loaves.(DR) 3 Behind the second curtain was a tent called the most holy place.(DS) 4 It had the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which was a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.(DT) 5 The cherubim of glory were above the ark overshadowing the mercy seat. It is not possible to speak about these things in detail right now.(DU)
6 With these things prepared like this, the priests enter the first room repeatedly, performing their ministry.(DV) 7 But the high priest alone enters the second room, and he does that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.(DW) 8 The Holy Spirit was making it clear that the way into the most holy place had not yet been disclosed while the first tabernacle was still standing.(DX) 9 This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper’s conscience.(DY) 10 They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of the new order.(DZ)
New Covenant Ministry
11 But Christ has appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come.[bj] In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation(EA)), 12 he entered the most holy place once for all time, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.(EB) 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,(EC) 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit(ED) offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our[bk] consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?(EE)
15 Therefore, he is the mediator(EF) of a new covenant,[bl](EG) so that those who are called might receive the promise(EH) of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.(EI) 16 Where a will exists, the death of the one who made it must be established. 17 For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in effect while the one who made it is living. 18 That is why even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. 19 For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats,[bm] along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,(EJ) 20 saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God has ordained for you.[bn](EK) 21 In the same way, he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the articles of worship with blood.(EL) 22 According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.(EM)
23 Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.(EN) 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model[bo] of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that he might now appear in the presence of God for us.(EO) 25 He did not do this to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary yearly with the blood of another.(EP) 26 Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared one time, at the end of the ages,(EQ) for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of himself.(ER) 27 And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment(ES)— 28 so also Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many,(ET) will appear a second time,(EU) not to bear sin, but[bp] to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.(EV)
The Perfect Sacrifice
10 Since the law has only a shadow of the good things(EW) to come, and not the reality itself of those things, it can never perfect the worshipers by the same sacrifices they continually offer year after year. 2 Otherwise, wouldn’t they have stopped being offered, since the worshipers, purified once and for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But in the sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year. 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Therefore, as he was coming into the world, he said:
You did not desire sacrifice and offering,
but you prepared a body for me.
6 You did not delight
in whole burnt offerings and sin offerings.
7 Then I said, “See—
it is written about me
in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, God.”[bq](EX)
8 After he says above, You did not desire or delight in sacrifices and offerings, whole burnt offerings and sin offerings (which are offered according to the law(EY)), 9 he then says, See, I have come to do your will.[br] He takes away the first to establish the second. 10 By this will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all time.(EZ)
11 Every priest stands day after day ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins.(FA) 12 But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.[bs](FB) 13 He is now waiting until his enemies are made his footstool.(FC) 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are sanctified. 15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. For after he says:
16 This is the covenant I will make with them
after those days,
the Lord says,
I will put my laws on their hearts
and write them on their minds,
17 and I will never again remember
18 Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
Exhortations to Godliness
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus(FE)— 20 he has inaugurated[bu] for us a new and living way through the curtain (that is, through his flesh(FF))— 21 and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,(FG) 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.(FH) 23 Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful.(FI) 24 And let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works, 25 not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other,(FJ) and all the more as you see the day approaching.
Warning against Deliberate Sin
26 For if we deliberately go on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,(FK) 27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire about to consume the adversaries.(FL) 28 Anyone who disregarded the law of Moses died without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(FM) 29 How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, who has regarded as profane[bv] the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?(FN) 30 For we know the one who has said,
and again,
31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.(FP)
32 Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.(FQ) 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way.(FR) 34 For you sympathized with the prisoners[bz] and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.[ca](FS) 35 So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.(FT) 36 For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised.(FU)
37 For yet in a very little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.
38 But my righteous one[cb] will live by faith;
and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure[cc] in him.[cd](FV)
39 But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and are saved.
Footnotes
- 1:2 Lit ages
- 1:3 Or reflection
- 1:3 Or representation, or copy, or reproduction
- 1:3 Other mss read for our sins by himself
- 1:3 Or he sat down on high at the right hand of the Majesty
- 1:5 Or have begotten you
- 1:5 Ps 2:7
- 1:5 2Sm 7:14; 1Ch 17:13
- 1:6 Or When he again
- 1:6 Dt 32:43 LXX; Ps 97:7
- 1:7 Or spirits
- 1:7 Or ministers
- 1:7 Ps 104:4
- 1:8 Or about
- 1:9 Or associates
- 1:8–9 Ps 45:6–7
- 1:12 Other mss omit like a cloak
- 1:10–12 Ps 102:25–27
- 1:13 Ps 110:1
- 2:2 Or valid, or reliable
- 2:7 Other mss add and set him over the works of your hands
- 2:6–8 Ps 8:4–6 LXX
- 2:10 Or source, or leader
- 2:11 Or father, or origin; lit all are of one
- 2:12 Ps 22:22
- 2:13 2Sm 22:3 LXX; Is 8:17 LXX; 12:2 LXX
- 2:13 Is 8:18 LXX
- 2:17 Lit things
- 2:17 Or propitiation
- 3:6 Other mss add firm to the end
- 3:7–11 Ps 95:7–11
- 3:14 Or confidence
- 3:15 Ps 95:7–8
- 4:1 Lit fear
- 4:1 Or that any of you might seem to have missed it
- 4:2 Other mss read since it was not united by faith in those who heard
- 4:3 Or rest, just as
- 4:3 Ps 95:11
- 4:4 Gn 2:2
- 4:5 Ps 95:11
- 4:7 Ps 95:7–8
- 5:5 Lit I have begotten you
- 5:5 Ps 2:7
- 5:6 Gn 14:18–20; Ps 110:4
- 5:7 Lit In the days of his flesh
- 6:2 Or about baptisms
- 6:6 Or while
- 6:10 Other mss read labor of love
- 6:14 Gn 22:17
- 7:6 Lit their
- 7:10 Lit still in his father’s loins
- 7:16 Or fleshly
- 7:17 Ps 110:4
- 7:21 Ps 110:4
- 8:4 Other mss read priests
- 8:5 Ex 25:40
- 8:8 Lit with them
- 8:8 Other mss read finding fault, he says to them
- 8:11 Other mss read neighbor
- 8:12 Other mss add and their lawless deeds
- 8:8–12 Jr 31:31–34
- 9:11 Other mss read that are to come
- 9:14 Other mss read your
- 9:15 The Gk word used here can be translated covenant, will, or testament, also in vv. 16,17,18.
- 9:19 Some mss omit and goats
- 9:20 Ex 24:8
- 9:24 Or antitype, or figure
- 9:28 Lit time, apart from sin,
- 10:5–7 Ps 40:6–8
- 10:9 Other mss add God
- 10:12 Or offering one sacrifice for sins, sat down forever at the right hand of God
- 10:16–17 Jr 31:33–34
- 10:20 Or opened
- 10:29 Or ordinary
- 10:30 Other mss add says the Lord
- 10:30 Dt 32:35
- 10:30 Dt 32:36
- 10:34 Other mss read sympathized with my imprisonment
- 10:34 Other mss add in heaven
- 10:38 Other mss read the righteous one
- 10:38 Lit my soul has no pleasure
- 10:37–38 Is 26:20 LXX; Hab 2:3–4
Hebrews 1-10
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Hebrews 1-10
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God’s Final Word: His Son
1 In the past God spoke(A) to our ancestors through the prophets(B) at many times and in various ways,(C) 2 but in these last days(D) he has spoken to us by his Son,(E) whom he appointed heir(F) of all things, and through whom(G) also he made the universe.(H) 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory(I) and the exact representation of his being,(J) sustaining all things(K) by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins,(L) he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.(M) 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.(N)
The Son Superior to Angels
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,
Or again,
6 And again, when God brings his firstborn(Q) into the world,(R) he says,
7 In speaking of the angels he says,
8 But about the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;(U)
a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions(V)
by anointing you with the oil(W) of joy.”[e](X)
10 He also says,
“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.(Y)
11 They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.(Z)
12 You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,(AA)
and your years will never end.”[f](AB)
13 To which of the angels did God ever say,
14 Are not all angels ministering spirits(AF) sent to serve those who will inherit(AG) salvation?(AH)
Warning to Pay Attention
2 We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.(AI) 2 For since the message spoken(AJ) through angels(AK) was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,(AL) 3 how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?(AM) This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord,(AN) was confirmed to us by those who heard him.(AO) 4 God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles,(AP) and by gifts of the Holy Spirit(AQ) distributed according to his will.(AR)
Jesus Made Fully Human
5 It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. 6 But there is a place where someone(AS) has testified:
“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
a son of man that you care for him?(AT)
7 You made them a little[h] lower than the angels;
you crowned them with glory and honor
8 and put everything under their feet.”[i][j](AU)
In putting everything under them,[k] God left nothing that is not subject to them.[l] Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.[m] 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor(AV) because he suffered death,(AW) so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.(AX)
10 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists,(AY) should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.(AZ) 11 Both the one who makes people holy(BA) and those who are made holy(BB) are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.[n](BC) 12 He says,
“I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;
in the assembly I will sing your praises.”[o](BD)
13 And again,
And again he says,
14 Since the children have flesh and blood,(BG) he too shared in their humanity(BH) so that by his death he might break the power(BI) of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil(BJ)— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear(BK) of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.(BL) 17 For this reason he had to be made like them,[r](BM) fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful(BN) and faithful high priest(BO) in service to God,(BP) and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.(BQ) 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.(BR)
Jesus Greater Than Moses
3 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters,(BS) who share in the heavenly calling,(BT) fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge(BU) as our apostle and high priest.(BV) 2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.(BW) 3 Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses,(BX) just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. 4 For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.(BY) 5 “Moses was faithful as a servant(BZ) in all God’s house,”[s](CA) bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. 6 But Christ is faithful as the Son(CB) over God’s house. And we are his house,(CC) if indeed we hold firmly(CD) to our confidence and the hope(CE) in which we glory.
Warning Against Unbelief
7 So, as the Holy Spirit says:(CF)
“Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts(CG)
as you did in the rebellion,
during the time of testing in the wilderness,
9 where your ancestors tested and tried me,
though for forty years they saw what I did.(CH)
10 That is why I was angry with that generation;
I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray,
and they have not known my ways.’
11 So I declared on oath in my anger,(CI)
‘They shall never enter my rest.’ (CJ)”[t](CK)
12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.(CL) 13 But encourage one another daily,(CM) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.(CN) 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold(CO) our original conviction firmly to the very end.(CP) 15 As has just been said:
16 Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?(CR) 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?(CS) 18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest(CT) if not to those who disobeyed?(CU) 19 So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.(CV)
A Sabbath-Rest for the People of God
4 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.(CW) 2 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.[v](CX) 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,
And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world. 4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”[x](CZ) 5 And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”(DA)
6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience,(DB) 7 God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:
8 For if Joshua had given them rest,(DD) God would not have spoken(DE) later about another day. 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,[z](DF) just as God did from his.(DG) 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.(DH)
12 For the word of God(DI) is alive(DJ) and active.(DK) Sharper than any double-edged sword,(DL) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.(DM) 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.(DN) Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Jesus the Great High Priest
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest(DO) who has ascended into heaven,[aa](DP) Jesus the Son of God,(DQ) let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.(DR) 15 For we do not have a high priest(DS) who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are(DT)—yet he did not sin.(DU) 16 Let us then approach(DV) God’s throne of grace with confidence,(DW) so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
5 Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God,(DX) to offer gifts and sacrifices(DY) for sins.(DZ) 2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray,(EA) since he himself is subject to weakness.(EB) 3 This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.(EC) 4 And no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was.(ED)
5 In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory(EE) of becoming a high priest.(EF) But God said(EG) to him,
6 And he says in another place,
7 During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions(EK) with fervent cries and tears(EL) to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard(EM) because of his reverent submission.(EN) 8 Son(EO) though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered(EP) 9 and, once made perfect,(EQ) he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was designated by God to be high priest(ER) in the order of Melchizedek.(ES)
Warning Against Falling Away(ET)
11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. 12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths(EU) of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!(EV) 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant,(EW) is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature,(EX) who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.(EY)
6 Therefore let us move beyond(EZ) the elementary teachings(FA) about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death,[ad](FB) and of faith in God, 2 instruction about cleansing rites,[ae](FC) the laying on of hands,(FD) the resurrection of the dead,(FE) and eternal judgment. 3 And God permitting,(FF) we will do so.
4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened,(FG) who have tasted the heavenly gift,(FH) who have shared in the Holy Spirit,(FI) 5 who have tasted the goodness(FJ) of the word of God(FK) and the powers of the coming age 6 and who have fallen[af] away, to be brought back to repentance.(FL) To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God(FM) all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace. 7 Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. 8 But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed.(FN) In the end it will be burned.
9 Even though we speak like this, dear friends,(FO) we are convinced of better things in your case—the things that have to do with salvation. 10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.(FP) 11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope(FQ) for may be fully realized. 12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate(FR) those who through faith and patience(FS) inherit what has been promised.(FT)
The Certainty of God’s Promise
13 When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,(FU) 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”[ag](FV) 15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.(FW)
16 People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.(FX) 17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging(FY) nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised,(FZ) he confirmed it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie,(GA) we who have fled to take hold of the hope(GB) set before us may be greatly encouraged. 19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,(GC) 20 where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf.(GD) He has become a high priest(GE) forever, in the order of Melchizedek.(GF)
Melchizedek the Priest
7 This Melchizedek was king of Salem(GG) and priest of God Most High.(GH) He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,(GI) 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” 3 Without father or mother, without genealogy,(GJ) without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God,(GK) he remains a priest forever.
4 Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch(GL) Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!(GM) 5 Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people(GN)—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham. 6 This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed(GO) him who had the promises.(GP) 7 And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater. 8 In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.(GQ) 9 One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, 10 because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
Jesus Like Melchizedek
11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people(GR) established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come,(GS) one in the order of Melchizedek,(GT) not in the order of Aaron? 12 For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also. 13 He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe,(GU) and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.(GV) 14 For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah,(GW) and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. 15 And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is declared:
18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless(GY) 19 (for the law made nothing perfect),(GZ) and a better hope(HA) is introduced, by which we draw near to God.(HB)
20 And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, 21 but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:
22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.(HE)
23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.(HF) 25 Therefore he is able to save(HG) completely[aj] those who come to God(HH) through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.(HI)
26 Such a high priest(HJ) truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners,(HK) exalted above the heavens.(HL) 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices(HM) day after day, first for his own sins,(HN) and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all(HO) when he offered himself.(HP) 28 For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness;(HQ) but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son,(HR) who has been made perfect(HS) forever.
The High Priest of a New Covenant
8 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest,(HT) who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,(HU) 2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle(HV) set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.
3 Every high priest(HW) is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices,(HX) and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.(HY) 4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.(HZ) 5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy(IA) and shadow(IB) of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned(IC) when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”[ak](ID) 6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant(IE) of which he is mediator(IF) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(IG) 8 But God found fault with the people and said[al]:
“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant(IH)
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors(II)
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant(IJ) I will establish with the people of Israel
after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
and write them on their hearts.(IK)
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.(IL)
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(IM)
from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.(IN)”[am](IO)
13 By calling this covenant “new,”(IP) he has made the first one obsolete;(IQ) and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.
Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle
9 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.(IR) 2 A tabernacle(IS) was set up. In its first room were the lampstand(IT) and the table(IU) with its consecrated bread;(IV) this was called the Holy Place.(IW) 3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,(IX) 4 which had the golden altar of incense(IY) and the gold-covered ark of the covenant.(IZ) This ark contained the gold jar of manna,(JA) Aaron’s staff that had budded,(JB) and the stone tablets of the covenant.(JC) 5 Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory,(JD) overshadowing the atonement cover.(JE) But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
6 When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly(JF) into the outer room to carry on their ministry. 7 But only the high priest entered(JG) the inner room,(JH) and that only once a year,(JI) and never without blood,(JJ) which he offered for himself(JK) and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.(JL) 8 The Holy Spirit was showing(JM) by this that the way(JN) into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. 9 This is an illustration(JO) for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered(JP) were not able to clear the conscience(JQ) of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food(JR) and drink(JS) and various ceremonial washings(JT)—external regulations(JU) applying until the time of the new order.
The Blood of Christ
11 But when Christ came as high priest(JV) of the good things that are now already here,[an](JW) he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle(JX) that is not made with human hands,(JY) that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves;(JZ) but he entered the Most Holy Place(KA) once for all(KB) by his own blood,(KC) thus obtaining[ao] eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls(KD) and the ashes of a heifer(KE) sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit(KF) offered himself(KG) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences(KH) from acts that lead to death,[ap](KI) so that we may serve the living God!(KJ)
15 For this reason Christ is the mediator(KK) of a new covenant,(KL) that those who are called(KM) may receive the promised(KN) eternal inheritance(KO)—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.(KP)
16 In the case of a will,[aq] it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.(KQ) 19 When Moses had proclaimed(KR) every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves,(KS) together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people.(KT) 20 He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”[ar](KU) 21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood,(KV) and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.(KW)
23 It was necessary, then, for the copies(KX) of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one;(KY) he entered heaven itself,(KZ) now to appear for us in God’s presence.(LA) 25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place(LB) every year with blood that is not his own.(LC) 26 Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world.(LD) But he has appeared(LE) once for all(LF) at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.(LG) 27 Just as people are destined to die once,(LH) and after that to face judgment,(LI) 28 so Christ was sacrificed once(LJ) to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time,(LK) not to bear sin,(LL) but to bring salvation(LM) to those who are waiting for him.(LN)
Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
10 The law is only a shadow(LO) of the good things(LP) that are coming—not the realities themselves.(LQ) For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect(LR) those who draw near to worship.(LS) 2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.(LT) 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.(LU) 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats(LV) to take away sins.(LW)
5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world,(LX) he said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;(LY)
6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll(LZ)—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”[as](MA)
8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”(MB)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”(MC) He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy(MD) through the sacrifice of the body(ME) of Jesus Christ once for all.(MF)
11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,(MG) which can never take away sins.(MH) 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins,(MI) he sat down at the right hand of God,(MJ) 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.(MK) 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect(ML) forever those who are being made holy.(MM)
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies(MN) to us about this. First he says:
16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”[at](MO)
17 Then he adds:
18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
A Call to Persevere in Faith
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence(MQ) to enter the Most Holy Place(MR) by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way(MS) opened for us through the curtain,(MT) that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest(MU) over the house of God,(MV) 22 let us draw near to God(MW) with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,(MX) having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience(MY) and having our bodies washed with pure water.(MZ) 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope(NA) we profess,(NB) for he who promised is faithful.(NC) 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,(ND) 25 not giving up meeting together,(NE) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another(NF)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(NG)
26 If we deliberately keep on sinning(NH) after we have received the knowledge of the truth,(NI) no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire(NJ) that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(NK) 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God(NL) underfoot,(NM) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant(NN) that sanctified them,(NO) and who has insulted the Spirit(NP) of grace?(NQ) 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[av](NR) and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[aw](NS) 31 It is a dreadful thing(NT) to fall into the hands(NU) of the living God.(NV)
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,(NW) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.(NX) 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution;(NY) at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.(NZ) 34 You suffered along with those in prison(OA) and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.(OB) 35 So do not throw away your confidence;(OC) it will be richly rewarded.
36 You need to persevere(OD) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(OE) 37 For,
38 And,
“But my righteous[ay] one will live by faith.(OH)
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”[az](OI)
39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 1:5 Psalm 2:7
- Hebrews 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13
- Hebrews 1:6 Deut. 32:43 (see Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint)
- Hebrews 1:7 Psalm 104:4
- Hebrews 1:9 Psalm 45:6,7
- Hebrews 1:12 Psalm 102:25-27
- Hebrews 1:13 Psalm 110:1
- Hebrews 2:7 Or them for a little while
- Hebrews 2:8 Psalm 8:4-6
- Hebrews 2:8 Or 7 You made him a little lower than the angels;/ you crowned him with glory and honor/ 8 and put everything under his feet.”
- Hebrews 2:8 Or him
- Hebrews 2:8 Or him
- Hebrews 2:8 Or him
- Hebrews 2:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 12; and in 3:1, 12; 10:19; 13:22.
- Hebrews 2:12 Psalm 22:22
- Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:17
- Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:18
- Hebrews 2:17 Or like his brothers
- Hebrews 3:5 Num. 12:7
- Hebrews 3:11 Psalm 95:7-11
- Hebrews 3:15 Psalm 95:7,8
- Hebrews 4:2 Some manuscripts because those who heard did not combine it with faith
- Hebrews 4:3 Psalm 95:11; also in verse 5
- Hebrews 4:4 Gen. 2:2
- Hebrews 4:7 Psalm 95:7,8
- Hebrews 4:10 Or labor
- Hebrews 4:14 Greek has gone through the heavens
- Hebrews 5:5 Psalm 2:7
- Hebrews 5:6 Psalm 110:4
- Hebrews 6:1 Or from useless rituals
- Hebrews 6:2 Or about baptisms
- Hebrews 6:6 Or age, 6 if they fall
- Hebrews 6:14 Gen. 22:17
- Hebrews 7:17 Psalm 110:4
- Hebrews 7:21 Psalm 110:4
- Hebrews 7:25 Or forever
- Hebrews 8:5 Exodus 25:40
- Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.
- Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:31-34
- Hebrews 9:11 Some early manuscripts are to come
- Hebrews 9:12 Or blood, having obtained
- Hebrews 9:14 Or from useless rituals
- Hebrews 9:16 Same Greek word as covenant; also in verse 17
- Hebrews 9:20 Exodus 24:8
- Hebrews 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
- Hebrews 10:16 Jer. 31:33
- Hebrews 10:17 Jer. 31:34
- Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:35
- Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:36; Psalm 135:14
- Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
- Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
- Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)
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