Hebrews 10:35

10:35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it ¹  has great reward.

Hebrews 10:25

10:25 not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day ²  drawing near. ³ 

Hebrews 6:1

6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond ⁴  the elementary ⁵  instructions about Christ ⁶  and move on ⁷  to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

Hebrews 13:5

13:5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.” ⁸ 

¹ tn Grk “which,” but showing the reason.

² sn The day refers to that well-known time of Christ’s coming and judgment in the future; see a similar use of “day” in 1 Cor 3:13.

³ tn This paragraph (vv. 19-25) is actually a single, skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments for English idiom. It begins with several subordinate phrases (since we have confidence and a great priest), has three parallel exhortations as its main verbs (let us draw near, hold, and take thought), and concludes with several subordinate phrases related to the final exhortation (not abandoning but encouraging).

³ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

⁴ tn Or “basic.”

⁵ tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

⁶ tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

⁴ sn A quotation from Deut 31:6, 8.