Hebrews 1:5

The Son Is Superior to Angels

1:5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? And in another place he says,I will be his father and he will be my son.”

Hebrews 5:12

5:12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.

Hebrews 6:15

6:15 And so by persevering, Abraham 10  inherited the promise.

Hebrews 7:22

7:22 accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee 11  of a better covenant.

Hebrews 9:16

9:16 For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven. 12 

Hebrews 10:6

10:6Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in.

Hebrews 10:31

10:31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.


tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Grk “I have begotten you.”

tn Grk “And again,” quoting another OT passage.

tn The words “he says” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to make a complete English sentence. In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but English does not normally employ such long and complex sentences.

tn Grk “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to me.”

tn Grk “because of the time.”

tn Grk “the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God.”

tn Grk “you have come to have a need for.”

tc ‡ Most texts, including some early and important ones (א2 A B* D Ψ 0122 0278 1881 Ï sy Cl), have καί (kai, “and”) immediately preceding οὐ (ou, “not”), but other equally significant witnesses (Ì46 א* B2 C 33 81 1739 lat Or Did) lack the conjunction. As it was a natural tendency for scribes to add a coordinating conjunction, the καί appears to be a motivated reading. On balance, it is probably best to regard the shorter reading as authentic. NA27 has καί in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

11 tn Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (Abraham) has been specified for clarity.

16 tn Or “surety.”

21 tn Grk “there is a necessity for the death of the one who made it to be proven.”