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Hebrews 2 Berean Standard Bible
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1 We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
1 Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
1 Διὰ τοῦτο δεῖ περισσοτέρως ἡμᾶς προσέχειν τοῖς ἀκουσθεῖσι, μή ποτε παραρρυῶμεν.
2 For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,
2 εἰ γὰρ ὁ δι᾽ ἀγγέλων λαληθεὶς λόγος ἐγένετο βέβαιος, καὶ πᾶσα παράβασις καὶ παρακοὴ ἔλαβεν ἔνδικον μισθαποδοσίαν,
3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,
3 πῶς ἡμεῖς ἐκφευξόμεθα τηλικαύτης ἀμελήσαντες σωτηρίας; ἥτις ἀρχὴν λαβοῦσα λαλεῖσθαι διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, ὑπὸ τῶν ἀκουσάντων εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐβεβαιώθη,
4 and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
4 God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
4 συνεπιμαρτυροῦντος τοῦ Θεοῦ σημείοις τε καὶ τέρασι καὶ ποικίλαις δυνάμεσι καὶ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου μερισμοῖς κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ θέλησιν.
5 For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
5 For he didn’t subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels.
5 Οὐ γὰρ ἀγγέλοις ὑπέταξε τὴν οἰκουμένην τὴν μέλλουσαν, περὶ ἧς λαλοῦμεν,
6 But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
6 But one has somewhere testified, saying, “What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?
6 διεμαρτύρατο δέ πού τις λέγων· τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μιμνήσκῃ αὐτοῦ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν;
7 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
7 You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.
7 ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ᾽ ἀγγέλους, δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας αὐτόν,
8 and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don’t yet see all things subjected to him.
8 πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ· ἐν γὰρ τῷ ὑποτάξαι αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα οὐδὲν ἀφῆκεν αὐτῷ ἀνυπότακτον. νῦν δὲ οὔπω ὁρῶμεν αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ὑποτεταγμένα·
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.
9 But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
9 τὸν δὲ βραχύ τι παρ᾽ ἀγγέλους ἠλαττωμένον βλέπομεν Ἰησοῦν διὰ τὸ πάθημα τοῦ θανάτου δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφανωμένον, ὅπως χάριτι Θεοῦ ὑπὲρ παντὸς γεύσηται θανάτου.
10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
10 For it became him, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
10 ἔπρεπε γὰρ αὐτῷ, δι᾽ ὃν τὰ πάντα καὶ δι᾽ οὗ τὰ πάντα, πολλοὺς υἱοὺς εἰς δόξαν ἀγαγόντα, τὸν ἀρχηγὸν τῆς σωτηρίας αὐτῶν διὰ παθημάτων τελειῶσαι.
11 For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
11 For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
11 ὅ τε γὰρ ἁγιάζων καὶ οἱ ἁγιαζόμενοι ἐξ ἑνὸς πάντες· δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίαν οὐκ ἐπαισχύνεται ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοὺς καλεῖν,
12 He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”
12 saying, “I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the congregation I will sing your praise.”
12 λέγων· ἀπαγγελῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου, ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας ὑμνήσω σε·
13 And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
13 Again, “I will put my trust in him.” Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.”
13 καὶ πάλιν· ἐγὼ ἔσομαι πεποιθὼς ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ· καὶ πάλιν· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ καὶ τὰ παιδία ἅ μοι ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεός.
14 Now 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,
14 Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
14 ἐπεὶ οὖν τὰ παιδία κεκοινώνηκε σαρκὸς καὶ αἵματος, καὶ αὐτὸς παραπλησίως μετέσχε τῶν αὐτῶν, ἵνα διὰ τοῦ θανάτου καταργήσῃ τὸν τὸ κράτος ἔχοντα τοῦ θανάτου, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι τὸν διάβολον,
15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
15 and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
15 καὶ ἀπαλλάξῃ τούτους, ὅσοι φόβῳ θανάτου διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν ἔνοχοι ἦσαν δουλείας.
16 For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.
16 For most certainly, he doesn’t give help to angels, but he gives help to the offspring of Abraham.
16 οὐ γὰρ δήπου ἀγγέλων ἐπιλαμβάνεται, ἀλλὰ σπέρματος Ἀβραὰμ ἐπιλαμβάνεται.
17 For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
17 ὅθεν ὤφειλε κατὰ πάντα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ὁμοιωθῆναι, ἵνα ἐλεήμων γένηται καὶ πιστὸς ἀρχιερεὺς τὰ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, εἰς τὸ ἱλάσκεσθαι τὰς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ λαοῦ.
18 Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
18 For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
18 ἐν ᾧ γὰρ πέπονθεν αὐτὸς πειρασθείς, δύναται τοῖς πειραζομένοις βοηθῆσαι.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 8:15; 2 Peter 1:12–13; Proverbs 7:1–2; Proverbs 2:1–6; Deuteronomy 4:9
- 2 Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 10:28; Jude 5; Deuteronomy 27:26
- 3 Hebrews 10:28–29; Hebrews 12:25; Hebrews 5:9; Acts 4:12; 1 Peter 4:17–18
- 4 Acts 14:3; Ephesians 1:5; Mark 16:20; Ephesians 4:8–11; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11
- 5 Revelation 11:15; 2 Peter 3:13; Hebrews 6:5
- 6 Psalm 8:4–8; Psalm 144:3; Job 7:17–18; Isaiah 51:12; Job 15:14
- 7 Psalm 8:5; Philippians 2:6–7
- 8 John 13:3; 1 Corinthians 15:27; Psalm 8:6; 1 Peter 3:22; Daniel 7:14
- 9 Philippians 2:7–9; Revelation 5:9; Romans 5:18; 1 John 4:9–10; 1 John 2:2
- 10 Romans 11:36; Colossians 1:16–17; Hebrews 5:8–9; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Acts 5:31
- 11 Romans 8:29; Hebrews 10:10; Hebrews 10:14; Hebrews 13:12; John 20:17
- 12 Psalm 22:22; Psalm 40:10; John 18:20; Psalm 111:1; Psalm 22:25
- 13 Isaiah 8:17–18; Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 91:2; Genesis 48:9; John 10:29
- 14 2 Timothy 1:10; Romans 8:3; Colossians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 15:54–57; John 1:14
- 15 Romans 8:15; 2 Timothy 1:7; Luke 1:74–75; Romans 8:21; Psalm 55:4
- 16 Galatians 3:29; Romans 4:16–25; Galatians 3:16; Genesis 22:18; Hebrews 12:10
- 17 Hebrews 2:14; Hebrews 4:14–5:2; Philippians 2:7–8; Romans 5:10; Hebrews 7:26
- 18 1 Corinthians 10:13; Hebrews 4:15–16; Hebrews 7:25–26; Jude 24; Hebrews 5:2
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
I could have wished to know for certain whether any hear with fitting earnestness the things that are said, whether we are not casting the seeds by the wayside: for in that case I should have made my instructions with more cheerfulness.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
… before His passion and after His resurrection, but also after their death by their successors, amid the horrible persecutions, diverse torments and deaths of the martyrs, God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and divers miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost, that the people of the nations, believing in Him who was crucified for their redemption, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… beside the waters of comfort, He hath converted my soul:--that Angels also may share your joy, and Christ Himself the great High Priest, having accepted your resolve, may present you all to the Father, saying, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given Me.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
I mean "In that He hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted." But God will be all in all in the time of restitution; not in the sense that the Father alone will Be; and the Son be wholly resolved into Him, like a torch into a great pyre, from which it was reft …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… which put all things under Him." And to the Hebrews he uses this very testimony from this Psalm, when he would have it to be understood that all things are in such sort put under our Lord Jesus Christ, as that nothing should be excepted. And yet he does not seem, as it were, to subjoin any great thing, when …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)