2.1. Since our Saviour has such great
humanity
Heb.
2:5 It
is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are
speaking. 6 But there is a place
where someone has testified:
“What
is man that you are mindful of him,
the
son of man that you care for him?
Heb.
2:7 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 him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet
at present we do not see everything subject to him. 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the
angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by
the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
2.2. And since our Saviour shares in our
humanity
Heb.
2:10 In
bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom
everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through
suffering. 11 Both the one who
makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is
not ashamed to call them brothers.
12 He says,
“I
will declare your name to my brothers;
in
the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises.”
13 And
again,
“I
will put my trust in him.” And
again he says,
“Here
am I, and the children God has given me.”
2.3. And since our Saviour’s humanity has
liberated us from the devil and death itself
Heb.
2:14 Since
the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by
his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the
devil— 15 and free those who all
their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
2.4. And since our Saviour’s humanity means
he can truly empathise with us and pray for us
16 For
surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17 For this reason he had to be made
like his brothers 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. 18 Because
he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being
tempted.
2.5. And since our Saviour is greater than
Moses in His work
Heb. 3:1
Therefore,
holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus,
the apostle and high priest whom we confess. 2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as
Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
3 Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the
builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. 4 For every house is built by someone,
but God is the builder of everything.
2.6. And since our Saviour is greater than
Moses in His person
5 Moses was
faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be said in
the future. 6 But Christ is
faithful as a son over God’s house. And we are his house, if we hold on to our
courage and the hope of which we boast.
2.7. Therefore we should not neglect such a
great salvation
Heb.
3:7 So,
as the Holy Spirit says:
“Today,
if you hear his voice,
8 do
not harden your hearts
as
you did in the rebellion,
during
the time of testing in the desert,
9 where
your fathers tested and tried me
and
for forty years saw what I did.
Heb.
3:10 That
is why I was angry with that generation,
and
I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray,
and
they have not known my ways.’
Heb.
3:11 So
I declared on oath in my anger,
‘They
shall never enter my rest.’”
Heb.
3:12 See
to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns
away from the living God. 13 But
encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you
may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the
confidence we had at first. 15 As
has just been said:
“Today,
if you hear his voice,
do
not harden your hearts
as
you did in the rebellion.”
Heb.
3:16 Who
were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of
Egypt? 17 And with whom was he
angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in
the desert? 18 And to whom did God
swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? 19 So we see that they were not able to
enter, because of their unbelief.
2.8. Instead we should rest in such a great
salvation
Heb. 4:1
Therefore,
since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that
none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2 For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as
they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who
heard did not combine it with faith.
3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,
“So
I declared on oath in my anger,
‘They
shall never enter my rest.’”
And
yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world.
4 For
somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “And on the
seventh day God rested from all his work.” 5 And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never
enter my rest.”
Heb.
4:6 It
still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the
gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience. 7 Therefore God again set a certain
day, calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke through David, as was
said before:
“Today,
if you hear his voice,
do
not harden your hearts.”
8 For if
Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another
day. 9 There remains, then, a
Sabbath-rest for the people of God;
10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just
as God did from his. 11 Let us,
therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by
following their example of disobedience.
Heb.
4:12 For
the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it
penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the
thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is
uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
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