Our Salvation Is Great

2 ·So [For this reason] we must ·be more careful to follow [pay even closer attention to] what we ·were taught [have heard]. Then we will not ·stray [drift] away from the truth. ² ·The teaching [^LIf/Since the message/word…] God spoke through angels [Acts 7:53] was shown to be ·true [firm; reliable], and ·anyone who did not follow it or obey it [every violation/transgression and disobedience] received the punishment that ·was earned [it deserved; was just]. ³ ·So surely we also will be punished [^LHow will we escape…?] if we ignore ·this [such a] great salvation. The Lord himself first ·told about [announced] this salvation, and those who heard him ·testified [confirmed to us] it was true. ⁴ God also ·testified to the truth of the message [joined in/confirmed their testimony] by using great signs, wonders, many kinds of ·miracles [acts of power], and by ·giving people [^Lthe distribution/apportioning of] gifts through the Holy Spirit, ·just as he wanted [or however he desired].

Christ Became like Us

⁵ [^LFor] God did not ·choose angels to be the rulers of the new world that was coming [^Lsubject the world to come to angels], which is what we have been talking about. ⁶ ·It is written in the Scriptures [^LSomeone has testified somewhere],

[^LFor] When God ·put everything under their control [^Lsubjected everything to him], there was nothing left ·that they did not rule [uncontrolled; not subjected]. Still, [^Lnow; at the present time] we do not yet see ·them [or him; ^Creferring to humanity] ruling over everything. ⁹ But we see Jesus, who for a short time was made lower than the angels. This was so that, by God’s grace, he could ·die [^Ltaste death] for everyone. And now, because he suffered and died, he is ·wearing a crown of [^Lcrowned with] glory and honor. [^CJesus fulfills humanity’s destiny: to be crowned with glory and honor; Ps. 8 (cited above).]

¹⁰ God is the One ·who made all things, and all things are for his glory [^Lthrough whom and for whom all things exist]. He wanted to ·have many children share his [lead/bring many children/sons to] glory, so [^Lit was fitting/appropriate that] he made the ·One who leads people to [Leader/Pioneer/Source of their] salvation perfect through suffering.

¹¹ [^LFor indeed] ·Jesus, [^Lthe one] who makes people holy, and those who are made holy ·are from the same family [or have the same Father; or have one origin; ^Lare all from one]. ·So [For this reason] he is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters. ¹² He says,

¹³ He also says,

And he also says,

¹⁴ [^LTherefore] Since these children ·are people with physical bodies [have in common their flesh and blood], Jesus himself ·became like them [shared their humanity; ^Llikewise shared the same things]. He did this so that, by dying, he could destroy the one who has the power of death—the devil— ¹⁵ and free those who were ·like slaves [held in slavery] all their lives because of their fear of death. ¹⁶ [^LFor] Clearly, it is not angels that Jesus helps, but the ·people who are from [seed/descendants of] Abraham [^Cthe father of the Jewish nation; Gen. 12—25]. ¹⁷ For this reason Jesus had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every way so he could ·be their [^Lbecome a] merciful and faithful high priest in ·service [^Lthe things pertaining] to God. Then Jesus could ·die in their place to take away [make atonement for; be the sacrifice that pays for; be the sacrifice that appeases God’s wrath against] ·their sins [^Lthe sins of the people]. ¹⁸ And now he can help those who are ·tempted [or tested], because he himself suffered and ·was tempted [or was tested; or passed the test].