Hebrews 1:9

1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.

So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions ¹  with the oil of rejoicing.” ² 

Hebrews 1:13

1:13 But to which of the angels ³  has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? ⁴ 

Hebrews 7:25

7:25 So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

Hebrews 9:13

9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity, ⁵ 

Hebrews 11:35

11:35 and women received back their dead raised to life. ⁶  But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life. ⁷ 

Hebrews 12:9

12:9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from ⁸  our earthly fathers ⁹  and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? ¹⁰ 

[1:9]  ¹ sn God…has anointed you over your companions. God’s anointing gives the son a superior position and authority over his fellows.

[1:9]  ² sn A quotation from Ps 45:6-7.

[1:13]  ³ sn The parallel phrases to which of the angels in vv. 5 and 13 show the unity of this series of quotations (vv. 5-14) in revealing the superiority of the Son over angels (v. 4).

[1:13]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 110:1.

[9:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “for the purifying of the flesh.” The “flesh” here is symbolic of outward or ritual purity in contrast to inner purity, that of the conscience (cf. Heb 9:9).

[11:35]  ⁷ tn Grk “received back their dead from resurrection.”

[11:35]  ⁸ tn Grk “to obtain a better resurrection.”

[12:9]  ⁹ tn Grk “we had our earthly fathers as discipliners.”

[12:9]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the fathers of our flesh.” In Hebrews, “flesh” is a characteristic way of speaking about outward, physical, earthly life (cf. Heb 5:7; 9:10, 13), as opposed to the inward or spiritual dimensions of life.

[12:9]  ¹¹ tn Grk “and live.”