Hebrews 2:2

2:2 For if the message spoken through angels ¹  proved to be so firm that every violation ²  or disobedience received its just penalty,

Hebrews 2:12

2:12 saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers; ³  in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.” ⁴ 

Hebrews 3:8-9

3:8 “Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

3:9 “There your fathers tested me and tried me, ⁵  and they saw my works for forty years.

Hebrews 3:14

3:14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence ⁶  firm until the end.

Hebrews 4:1

God’s Promised Rest

4:1 Therefore we must be wary ⁷  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Hebrews 4:6

4:6 Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

Hebrews 5:11

The Need to Move on to Maturity

5:11 On this topic we have much to say ⁸  and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish ⁹  in hearing.

Hebrews 6:12

6:12 so that you may not be sluggish, ¹⁰  but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

Hebrews 6:20

6:20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. ¹¹ 

Hebrews 7:4

7:4 But see how great he must be, if ¹²  Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe ¹³  of his plunder.

Hebrews 10:5

10:5 So when he came into the world, he said,

“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

Hebrews 10:36

10:36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised. ¹⁴ 

Hebrews 11:29

11:29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.

Hebrews 11:33

11:33 Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, ¹⁵  gained what was promised, ¹⁶  shut the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 12:7

12:7 Endure your suffering ¹⁷  as discipline; ¹⁸  God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

¹ sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).

² tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”

³ tn Here, because of its occurrence in an OT quotation, τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς (tois adelfois) has been translated simply as “brothers” rather than “brothers and sisters” (see the note on the latter phrase in the previous verse).

⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 22:22.

⁵ tn Grk “tested me by trial.”

⁷ tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”

⁹ tn Grk “let us fear.”

¹¹ tn Grk “concerning which the message for us is great.”

¹² tn Or “dull.”

¹³ tn Or “dull.”

¹⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 110:4, picked up again from Heb 5:6, 10.

¹⁷ tn Grk “to whom.”

¹⁸ tn Or “a tenth part.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.

²¹ tn This probably refers to the righteous rule of David and others. But it could be more general and mean “did what was righteous.”

²² tn Grk “obtained promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

²³ tn Grk “endure,” with the object (“your suffering”) understood from the context.

²⁴ tn Or “in order to become disciplined.”