Hebrews 2
2
Warning against Neglect
1We must, therefore, pay even more attention to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away. # Jos 24:27; Mc 5:13; 1Co 9:27; 10:6; 11:34; Ti 3:14 2For if the message spoken through angels was legally binding # Or valid, or reliable # Dt 33:2; Ac 7:53; Heb 1:1 and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment, # Nm 15:30; Heb 10:28 3how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? # Is 45:17 It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him. # Lk 1:2; Heb 1:2; 10:29 4At the same time, God also testified by signs and wonders, various miracles, and distributions of gifts from the Holy Spirit according to His will. # Jn 4:48; Ac 2:22,43; 5:12; 8:13; 14:3; 15:12; Rm 12:3-8; 15:19; 1Co 12:4; 2Co 12:12; Eph 1:5; 4:8
Jesus and Humanity
5For He has not subjected to angels the world to come that we are talking about. 6But one has somewhere testified:
What is man that You remember him,
or the son of man that You care for him?
7You made him lower than the angels
for a short time;
You crowned him with glory and honor # Other mss add and set him over the works of your hands
8and subjected everything under his feet. # Ps 8:5-7 LXX
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. # Jb 7:17; Ps 8:4-6; Mt 22:44; Ac 2:35; 1Co 15:25-27; Eph 1:22; Heb 10:13 9But we do see Jesus — made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace He might taste death # Jn 8:52; 1Co 15:54-56; Php 2:8; Col 1:22; Heb 9:15; 1Pt 3:18 for everyone — crowned with glory and honor # Ac 2:33; 3:13 because of His suffering in death. # Jn 3:16; 2Co 5:15; Php 2:9
10For in bringing many sons to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God — all things exist for Him and through Him — should make the source # Or pioneer, or leader of their salvation perfect through sufferings. # Lk 13:32; 24:26; Rm 11:36; Heb 7:28 11For the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. # Or father, or origin, or all are of one That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers, # Mt 28:10; Jn 20:17; Ac 17:28; Heb 10:10 12saying:
I will proclaim Your name to My brothers;
I will sing hymns to You in the congregation. # Ps 22:22; Heb 12:23 # Ps 22:22
13Again, I will trust in Him. # 2Sm 22:3 LXX; Is 8:17 LXX; 12:2 LXX And again, Here I am with the children God gave Me. # Ps 18:2; Is 8:17-18; 12:2; Jn 10:29; 17:6 # Is 8:18 LXX
14Now 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 # Jn 1:14; 1Co 15:54-56; Col 2:15; 2Tm 1:10; 1Jn 3:8 — 15and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. # Rm 8:15; 2Tm 1:7 16For it is clear that He does not reach out to help angels, but to help Abraham’s offspring. # Lk 19:9; Jn 8:39; Rm 4:16; Gl 3:7-9,29 17Therefore, He had to be like His brothers in every way, so that He could become a merciful and faithful high priest in service # Lit things to God, to make propitiation # 2Co 5:21 for the sins of the people. # Lk 18:13; Rm 3:25; Php 2:7; Heb 4:15; 5:1-2; 7:26-28; 1Jn 2:2; 4:10 18For since He Himself was tested and has suffered, He is able to help those who are tested.
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Hebrews 2
2
Our Salvation Is Greater Than the Law
1So we must be more careful to follow what we were taught. We must be careful so that we will not be pulled away from the true way. 2The teaching that God spoke through angels was shown to be true. And every time his people did something against that teaching, they were punished for what they did. They were punished when they did not obey that teaching. 3So surely we also will be punished if we don’t pay attention to the salvation we have that is so great. It was the Lord Jesus who first told people about it. And those who heard him proved to us that it is true. 4God also proved it by using miraculous signs, wonders, and all kinds of miracles. And he proved it by giving people various gifts through the Holy Spirit in just the way he wanted.
Christ Became Like People to Save Them
5God did not choose angels to be the rulers over the new world that was coming. That future world is the world we have been talking about. 6It is written some place in the Scriptures,
“Why are people so important to you?
Why do you even think about them?
Why do you care about the son of man#2:6 son of man This can mean any human, but the name “Son of Man” (see “Son of Man” in the Word List) is often used to mean Jesus, who showed what God planned for all people to be.?
Is he so important?
7For a short time you made him lower than the angels.
You crowned him with glory and honor.
8You put everything under his control.#2:8 control Literally, “feet.”” Psalm 8:4-6
If God put everything under his control, then there was nothing left that he did not rule. But we don’t yet see him ruling over everything. 9For a short time Jesus was made lower than the angels, but now we see him wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. Because of God’s grace, Jesus died for everyone.
10God—the one who made all things and for whose glory all things exist—wanted many people to be his children and share his glory. So he did what he needed to do. He made perfect the one who leads those people to salvation. He made Jesus a perfect Savior through his suffering.
11Jesus, the one who makes people holy, and those who are made holy are from the same family. So he is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters. 12He says,
“God, I will tell my brothers and sisters about you.
Before all your people I will sing your praises.” Psalm 22:22
13He also says,
“I will trust in God.” Isaiah 8:17
And he says,
“I am here, and with me are the children God has given me.” Isaiah 8:18
14These children are people with physical bodies. So Jesus himself became like them and had the same experiences they have. Jesus did this so that, by dying, he could destroy the one who has the power of death—the devil. 15Jesus became like these people and died so that he could free them. They were like slaves all their lives because of their fear of death. 16Clearly, it is not angels that Jesus helps. He helps the people who are from Abraham. 17For this reason, Jesus had to be made like us, his brothers and sisters, in every way. He became like people so that he could be their merciful and faithful high priest in service to God. Then he could bring forgiveness for the people’s sins. 18And now he can help those who are tempted. He is able to help because he himself suffered and was tempted.
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