Hebrews 3:8

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

Hebrews 6:12

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

Hebrews 7:6

7:6 But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

Hebrews 8:12

8:12For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.

Hebrews 11:3

11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.

Hebrews 11:27

11:27 By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.

Hebrews 12:13

12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, 10  so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

Hebrews 12:16

12:16 And see to it that no one becomes 11  an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. 12 

Hebrews 12:27

12:27 Now this phrase “once more” indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.

Hebrews 13:16

13:16 And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, 13  for God is pleased with such sacrifices.


tn Or “dull.”

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

tn Grk “is not descended from them.”

tn Or “a tenth part.”

sn The verbs “collected…and blessed” emphasize the continuing effect of the past actions, i.e., Melchizedek’s importance.

sn A quotation from Jer 31:31-34.

tn Grk “ages.” The temporal (ages) came to be used of the spatial (what exists in those time periods). See Heb 1:2 for same usage.

tn Grk “by God’s word.”

sn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that what is seen did not come into being from things that are visible.”

sn A quotation from Prov 4:26. The phrase make straight paths for your feet is figurative for “stay on God’s paths.”

tn Grk “that there not be any,” continuing from v. 15.

sn An allusion to Gen 27:34-41.

tn Grk “neglect doing good and fellowship.”