Warning against Neglect
1For this reason, we must pay attention all the more to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.2:1 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 binding2:2 Or valid, or reliable2:2 Dt 33:2; Ac 7:53; Heb 1:1 and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment,2:2 Nm 15:30; Heb 10:28
Jesus and Humanity
5For he has not subjected to angels the world to come that we are talking about.
6But someone somewhere has testified:
What is man that you remember him,
or the son of man that you care for him?
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You made him lower than the angels
for a short time;
you crowned him with glory and honor
2:7
Other mss add and set him over the works of your hands
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.2:6–8 Jb 7:17; Ps 8:4–6; Mt 22:44; Ac 2:35; 1Co 15:25–27; Eph 1:22; Heb 10:13
10For 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 pioneer2:10 Or source, or leader of their salvation perfect through sufferings.2:10 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.2:11 Or father, or origin; lit all are of one That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,2:11 Mt 28:10; Jn 20:17; Ac 17:28; Heb 10:10
12saying:
I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
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 devil2:14 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.2:15 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.2:16 Lk 19:9; Jn 8:39; Rm 4:16; Gl 3:7–9,29
17Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters2:17 Lit things pertaining to God, to make atonement2:17 Or propitiation2:17 2Co 5:21 for the sins of the people.2:17 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 has suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
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