6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond 1 the elementary 2 instructions about Christ 3 and move on 4 to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,
12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 5 we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
1:10 And,
“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, 7
and the heavens are the works of your hands.
1 tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.
2 tn Or “basic.”
3 tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”
4 tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”
1 tn Grk “having such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us.”
1 tn Grk “have taken refuge”; the basis of that refuge is implied in the preceding verse.
1 sn You founded the earth…your years will never run out. In its original setting Ps 102:25-27 refers to the work of God in creation, but here in Hebrews 1:10-12 the writer employs it in reference to Christ, the Lord, making a strong argument for the essential deity of the Son.