Hebrews 1:12

1:12 and like a robe you will fold them up

and like a garment ¹  they will be changed,

but you are the same and your years will never run out.” ² 

Hebrews 2:11

2:11 For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, ³  and so ⁴  he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, ⁵ 

Hebrews 11:16

11:16 But as it is, ⁶  they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

[1:12]  ¹ tc The words “like a garment” (ὡς ἱμάτιον, Jw" Jimation) are found in excellent and early mss (Ì⁴⁶ א A B D* 1739) though absent in a majority of witnesses (D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 Ï lat sy bo). Although it is possible that longer reading was produced by overzealous scribes who wanted to underscore the frailty of creation, it is much more likely that the shorter reading was produced by scribes who wanted to conform the wording to that of Ps 102:26 (101:27 LXX), which here lacks the second “like a garment.” Both external and internal considerations decidedly favor the longer reading, and point to the author of Hebrews as the one underscoring the difference between the Son and creation.

[1:12]  ² sn A quotation from Ps 102:25-27.

[2:11]  ³ tn Grk “are all from one.”

[2:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “for which reason.”

[2:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited). The context here also indicates both men and women are in view; note especially the collective τὰ παιδία (ta paidia) in v. 14.

[11:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “now.”