Hebrews 2
2
Warning to Pay Attention
1We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, 3how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. 4God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
Jesus Made Fully Human
5It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. 6But there is a place where someone has testified:
“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
a son of man that you care for him?
7You made them a little#2:7 Or them for a little while lower than the angels;
you crowned them with glory and honor
8and put everything under their feet.”#2:6-8 Psalm 8:4-6#2:7,8 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.”
In putting everything under them,#2:8 Or him God left nothing that is not subject to them.#2:8 Or him Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.#2:8 Or him 9But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
10In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. 11Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.#2:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of Godʼs family; also in verse 12; and in 3:1, 12; 10:19; 13:22. 12He says,
“I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;
in the assembly I will sing your praises.”#2:12 Psalm 22:22
13And again,
“I will put my trust in him.”#2:13 Isaiah 8:17
And again he says,
“Here am I, and the children God has given me.”#2:13 Isaiah 8:18
14Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death — that is, the devil — 15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abrahamʼs descendants. 17For this reason he had to be made like them,#2:17 Or like his brothers fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
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Hebrews 2
2
Warning Against Neglecting Salvation
1Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2For since #See Acts 7:53 the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and #[ch. 10:28; Num. 15:30, 31; Deut. 4:3; 17:2, 5, 12; 27:26] every transgression or disobedience received a just #ch. 10:35; 11:26retribution, 3#[ch. 10:28, 29; 12:25] how shall we escape if we #Matt. 22:5 (Gk.) neglect such a great salvation? It was #ch. 1:2 declared at first by the Lord, and it was #Mark 16:20; [Acts 5:32] attested to us #[Luke 1:2]by those who heard, 4#[See ver. 3 above] while God also bore witness #Acts 2:22, 43 by signs and wonders and various miracles and by #[1 Cor. 12:4, 11] gifts of the Holy Spirit #[Eph. 1:5]distributed according to his will.
The Founder of Salvation
5For it was not to angels that God subjected the world #ch. 6:5to come, of which we are speaking. 6It has been testified somewhere,
# Cited from Ps. 8:4-6 “What is man, that you are mindful of him,
or the son of man, that you care for him?
7You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
you have crowned him with glory and honor,#2:7 Some manuscripts insert and set him over the works of your hands
8putting everything in subjection under his feet.”
Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, #[1 Cor. 15:25]we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. 9But we see him #ver. 7 who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, #Acts 3:13; 1 Pet. 1:21; See Acts 2:33 crowned with glory and honor #Phil. 2:7-9; See John 10:17 because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might #Matt. 16:28; John 8:52 taste death #See John 12:32for everyone.
10For it #[Luke 24:26] was fitting that he, #Rom. 11:36 for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons #[ch. 3:1; Rom. 8:30] to glory, should make the #[ch. 5:9] founder of their salvation #ch. 5:9; 7:28; Luke 13:32; [Phil. 3:12]perfect through suffering. 11For #ch. 13:12 he who sanctifies and #ch. 10:10, 14, 29 those who are sanctified #Acts 17:28 all have one source.#2:11 Greek all are of one That is why he is not ashamed to call them #Matt. 25:40brothers,#2:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 12 12saying,
# Cited from Ps. 22:22 “I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the #ch. 12:23congregation I will sing your praise.”
13And again,
# [Ps. 18:2; Isa. 8:17; 12:2] “I will put my trust in him.”
And again,
# Cited from Isa. 8:18 “Behold, I and the children #See John 17:2God has given me.”
14Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise #See John 1:14 partook of the same things, that #See 1 Cor. 15:54-56 through death he might #[Col. 2:15; 2 Tim. 1:10] destroy #1 John 3:8; [John 16:11]the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15and deliver all those who #See Rom. 8:15through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. 16For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he #Isa. 41:8, 9; [ch. 8:9]helps the offspring of Abraham. 17Therefore he had #Phil. 2:7 to be made like his brothers in every respect, #ch. 4:15, 16; [ch. 5:2, 7, 8] so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest #ch. 5:1; Rom. 15:17in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18For because he himself has suffered #ch. 4:15; Luke 22:28when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
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