4:1 Therefore we must be wary 6 that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.
12:7 Endure your suffering 10 as discipline; 11 God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?
“What is man that you think of him 14 or the son of man that you care for him?
7:11 So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis 15 the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?
1 tn Grk “zeal,” recalling God’s jealous protection of his holiness and honor (cf. Exod 20:5).
2 tn Grk “the enemies.”
3 tn Grk “dies.”
4 sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.
5 tn Grk “that there not be any root of bitterness,” but referring figuratively to a person who causes trouble (as in Deut 29:17 [LXX] from which this is quoted).
7 tn Grk “let us fear.”
9 sn Honor refers here to the honor of the high priesthood.
10 tn Grk “by himself, on his own.”
11 tn Grk “being called by God.”
11 tn Grk “endure,” with the object (“your suffering”) understood from the context.
12 tn Or “in order to become disciplined.”
13 tn Grk “that there not be any,” continuing from v. 15.
14 sn An allusion to Gen 27:34-41.
15 tn Grk “remember him.”
17 tn Grk “based on it.”