Hebrews 2:9

2:9 but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, ¹  now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, ²  so that by God’s grace he would experience ³  death on behalf of everyone.

Hebrews 2:17

2:17 Therefore he had ⁴  to be made like his brothers and sisters ⁵  in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement ⁶  for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 4:12

4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

Hebrews 6:1

6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond ⁷  the elementary ⁸  instructions about Christ ⁹  and move on ¹⁰  to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

Hebrews 6:7

6:7 For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on ¹¹  it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

Hebrews 6:10

6:10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

Hebrews 7:27

7:27 He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.

Hebrews 9:14

9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our ¹²  consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

Hebrews 10:29

10:29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for ¹³  the Son of God, and profanes ¹⁴  the blood of the covenant that made him holy, ¹⁵  and insults the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 11:4-5

11:4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith ¹⁶  he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith ¹⁷  he still speaks, though he is dead. 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.

Hebrews 11:7

11:7 By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard ¹⁸  constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 11:12

11:12 So in fact children ¹⁹  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand ²⁰  on the seashore. ²¹ 

Hebrews 12:15

12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up ²²  and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.

[2:9]  ¹ tn Or “who was made a little lower than the angels.”

[2:9]  ² tn Grk “because of the suffering of death.”

[2:9]  ³ tn Grk “would taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2).

[2:17]  ⁴ tn Or “he was obligated.”

[2:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[2:17]  ⁶ tn Or “propitiation.”

[6:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

[6:1]  ⁸ tn Or “basic.”

[6:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

[6:1]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

[6:7]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “comes upon.”

[9:14]  ¹³ tc The reading adopted by the translation is attested by many authorities (A D* K P 365 1739* al). But many others (א D² 0278 33 1739^c 1881 Ï lat sa) read “your” instead of “our.” The diversity of evidence makes this a difficult case to decide from external evidence alone. The first and second person pronouns differ by only one letter in Greek, as in English, also making this problem difficult to decide based on internal evidence and transcriptional probability. In the context, the author’s description of sacrificial activities seems to invite the reader to compare his own possible participation in OT liturgy as over against the completed work of Christ, so the second person pronoun “your” might make more sense. On the other hand, TCGNT 599 argues that “our” is preferable because the author of Hebrews uses direct address (i.e., the second person) only in the hortatory sections. What is more, the author seems to prefer the first person in explanatory remarks or when giving the logical grounds for an assertion (cf. Heb 4:15; 7:14). It is hard to reach a definitive conclusion in this case, but the data lean slightly in favor of the first person pronoun.

[10:29]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “tramples under foot.”

[10:29]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “regarded as common.”

[10:29]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “by which he was made holy.”

[11:4]  ¹⁹ tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through which.”

[11:4]  ²⁰ tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through it.”

[11:7]  ²² tn Cf. BDAG 407 s.v. εὐλαβέομαι 2, “out of reverent regard (for God’s command).”

[11:12]  ²⁵ tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

[11:12]  ²⁶ tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

[11:12]  ²⁷ sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).

[12:15]  ²⁸ tn Grk “that there not be any root of bitterness,” but referring figuratively to a person who causes trouble (as in Deut 29:17 [LXX] from which this is quoted).