Hebrews 2

A Warning against Drifting Away

1So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. 2For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished. 3So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak? 4And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose.

Jesus, the Man

5And furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we are talking about. 6For in one place the Scriptures say,

“What are mere mortals that you should think about them,

or a son of man#2:6 Or the Son of Man. that you should care for him?

7Yet for a little while you made them a little lower than the angels

and crowned them with glory and honor.#2:7 Some manuscripts add You gave them charge of everything you made.

8You gave them authority over all things.”#2:6-8 Ps 8:4-6 (Greek version).

Now when it says “all things,” it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all things put under their authority. 9What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while was given a position “a little lower than the angels”; and because he suffered death for us, he is now “crowned with glory and honor.” Yes, by God’s grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone. 10God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation.

11So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.#2:11 Greek brothers; also in 2:12. 12For he said to God,

“I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters.

I will praise you among your assembled people.”#2:12 Ps 22:22.

13He also said,

“I will put my trust in him,”

that is, “I and the children God has given me.”#2:13 Isa 8:17-18.

14Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had#2:14 Or has. the power of death. 15Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.

16We also know that the Son did not come to help angels; he came to help the descendants of Abraham. 17Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters,#2:17 Greek like the brothers. so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people. 18Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.

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Hebrews 2

Do Not Neglect Salvation

1Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2For if the word #Deut. 33:2; Acts 7:53; Gal. 3:19spoken through angels proved steadfast, and #Num. 15:30every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3#Heb. 10:28how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, #Matt. 4:17which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was #Mark 16:20; Luke 1:2; 1 John 1:1confirmed to us by those who heard Him, 4#Mark 16:20God also bearing witness #Acts 2:22, 43; 2 Cor. 12:2both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and #1 Cor. 12:4, 7, 11; Eph. 4:7gifts of the Holy Spirit, #Eph. 1:5, 9according to His own will?

The Son Made Lower than Angels

5For He has not put #(2 Pet. 3:13)the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. 6But one testified in a certain place, saying:

#Job 7:17; Ps. 8:4–6“What is man that You are mindful of him,

Or the son of man that You take care of him?

7You have made him a little lower than the angels;

You have crowned him with glory and honor,

And set him over the works of Your hands.

8#Matt. 28:18You have put all things in subjection under his feet.”

For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now #Ps. 8:6; 1 Cor. 15:25, 27we do not yet see all things put under him. 9But we see Jesus, #Phil. 2:7–9; Heb. 1:9who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death #Acts 2:33; 3:13; 1 Pet. 1:21crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death #Is. 53:12; (John 3:16)for everyone.

Bringing Many Sons to Glory

10For it was fitting for Him, #Col. 1:16for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation #Heb. 5:8, 9; 7:28perfect through sufferings. 11For #Heb. 10:10both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified #Acts 17:26are all of one, for which reason #Matt. 28:10He is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12saying:

#Ps. 22:22“I will declare Your name to My brethren;

In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.”

13And again:

#2 Sam. 22:3; Is. 8:17“I will put My trust in Him.”

And again:

#Is. 8:18“Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.”

14Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He #John 1:14Himself likewise shared in the same, #Col. 2:15that through death He might destroy him who had the power of #(1 Cor. 15:54–57); 2 Tim. 1:10death, that is, the devil, 15and release those who #Ps. 68:18; Is. 42:7; 45:13; 49:9; 61:1; (Luke 1:74)through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham. 17Therefore, in all things He had #Phil. 2:7; Heb. 2:14to be made like His brethren, that He might be #(Heb. 4:15; 5:1–10)a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18#(Heb. 4:15, 16)For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

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