Hebrews 1:6

1:6 But when he again brings ¹  his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!” ² 

Hebrews 6:8

6:8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; ³  its fate is to be burned.

Hebrews 12:6

12:6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.” ⁴ 

[1:6]  ¹ tn Or “And again when he brings.” The translation adopted in the text looks forward to Christ’s second coming to earth. Some take “again” to introduce the quotation (as in 1:5) and understand this as Christ’s first coming, but this view does not fit well with Heb 2:7. Others understand it as his exaltation/ascension to heaven, but this takes the phrase “into the world” in an unlikely way.

[1:6]  ² sn A quotation combining themes from Deut 32:43 and Ps 97:7.

[6:8]  ³ tn Grk “near to a curse.”

[12:6]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Prov 3:11-12.