Ezekiel 18:24

18:24 “But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die. ¹ 

Hebrews 6:4-6

6:4 For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 6:5 tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age, 6:6 and then have committed apostasy, ²  to renew them again to repentance, since ³  they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again ⁴  and holding him up to contempt.

Hebrews 10:32-39

10:32 But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened. 10:33 At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way. 10:34 For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, ⁵  and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly ⁶  had a better and lasting possession. 10:35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it ⁷  has great reward. 10:36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised. ⁸  10:37 For just a little longer ⁹  and he who is coming will arrive and not delay. ¹⁰  10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I ¹¹  take no pleasure in him. ¹²  10:39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls. ¹³ 

Hebrews 10:2

10:2 For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have ¹⁴  no further consciousness of sin?

Hebrews 2:1-2

Warning Against Drifting Away

2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2:2 For if the message spoken through angels ¹⁵  proved to be so firm that every violation ¹⁶  or disobedience received its just penalty,

Hebrews 1:8

1:8 but of ¹⁷  the Son he says, ¹⁸ 

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, ¹⁹ 

and a righteous scepter ²⁰  is the scepter of your kingdom.

[18:24]  ¹ tn Heb “because of them he will die.”

[6:6]  ² tn Or “have fallen away.”

[6:6]  ³ tn Or “while”; Grk “crucifying…and holding.” The Greek participles here (“crucifying…and holding”) can be understood as either causal (“since”) or temporal (“while”).

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “recrucifying the son of God for themselves.”

[10:34]  ⁵ tc Most witnesses, including some important ones (א D² 1881 Ï), read δεσμοῖς μου (desmoi" mou, “my imprisonment”) here, a reading that is probably due to the widespread belief in the early Christian centuries that Paul was the author of Hebrews (cf. Phil 1:7; Col 4:18). It may have been generated by the reading δεσμοῖς without the μου (so Ì⁴⁶ Ψ 104 pc), the force of which is so ambiguous (lit., “you shared the sufferings with the bonds”) as to be virtually nonsensical. Most likely, δεσμοῖς resulted when a scribe made an error in copying δεσμίοις (desmioi"), a reading which makes excellent sense (“[of] those in prison”) and is strongly supported by early and significant witnesses of the Alexandrian and Western texttypes (A D* H 6 33 81 1739 lat sy co). Thus, δεσμίοις best explains the rise of the other readings on both internal and external grounds and is strongly preferred.

[10:34]  ⁶ tn Grk “you yourselves.”

[10:35]  ⁷ tn Grk “which,” but showing the reason.

[10:36]  ⁸ tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.

[10:37]  ⁹ sn A quotation from Isa 26:20.

[10:37]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Hab 2:3.

[10:38]  ¹¹ tn Grk “my soul.”

[10:38]  ¹² sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.

[10:39]  ¹³ tn Grk “not…of shrinking back to perdition but of faith to the preservation of the soul.”

[10:2]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the worshipers, having been purified once for all, would have.”

[2:2]  ¹⁵ 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]).

[2:2]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”

[1:8]  ¹⁷ tn Or “to.”

[1:8]  ¹⁸ tn The verb “he says” (λέγει, legei) is implied from the λέγει of v. 7.

[1:8]  ¹⁹ tn Or possibly, “Your throne is God forever and ever.” This translation is quite doubtful, however, since (1) in the context the Son is being contrasted to the angels and is presented as far better than they. The imagery of God being the Son’s throne would seem to be of God being his authority. If so, in what sense could this not be said of the angels? In what sense is the Son thus contrasted with the angels? (2) The μέν…δέ (men…de) construction that connects v. 7 with v. 8 clearly lays out this contrast: “On the one hand, he says of the angels…on the other hand, he says of the Son.” Thus, although it is grammatically possible that θεός (qeos) in v. 8 should be taken as a predicate nominative, the context and the correlative conjunctions are decidedly against it. Hebrews 1:8 is thus a strong affirmation of the deity of Christ.

[1:8]  ²⁰ tn Grk “the righteous scepter,” but used generically.