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 3:6

3:6 But Christ ⁴  is faithful as a son over God’s ⁵  house. We are of his house, ⁶  if in fact we hold firmly ⁷  to our confidence and the hope we take pride in. ⁸ 

Hebrews 4:2

4:2 For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in ⁹  with those who heard it in faith. ¹⁰ 

Hebrews 6:18

6:18 so that we who have found refuge in him ¹¹  may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

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 8:1

The High Priest of a Better Covenant

8:1 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: ¹²  We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, ¹³ 

Hebrews 9:28

9:28 so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, ¹⁴  to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin ¹⁵  but to bring salvation. ¹⁶ 

Hebrews 10:8

10:8 When he says above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them” ¹⁷  (which are offered according to the law),

Hebrews 10:22

10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, ¹⁸  because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience ¹⁹  and our bodies washed in pure water.

Hebrews 11:5

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 11:8

11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

Hebrews 12:11

12:11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. ²⁰  But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness ²¹  for those trained by it.

Hebrews 12:17

12:17 For you know that ²²  later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing ²³  with tears.

Hebrews 13:5

13:5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.” ²⁴ 

[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).

[3:6]  ⁴ sn The Greek makes the contrast between v. 5 and v. 6a more emphatic and explicit than is easily done in English.

[3:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:6]  ⁶ tn Grk “whose house we are,” continuing the previous sentence.

[3:6]  ⁷ tc The reading adopted by the translation is found in Ì^13,46 B sa, while the vast majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï latt) add μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν (mecri telou" bebaian, “secure until the end”). The external evidence for the omission, though minimal, has excellent credentials. Considering the internal factors, B. M. Metzger (TCGNT 595) finds it surprising that the feminine adjective βεβαίαν should modify the neuter noun καύχημα (kauchma, here translated “we take pride”), a fact that suggests that even the form of the word was borrowed from another place. Since the same phrase occurs at Heb 3:14, it is likely that later scribes added it here at Heb 3:6 in anticipation of Heb 3:14. While these words belong at 3:14, they seem foreign to 3:6.

[3:6]  ⁸ tn Grk “the pride of our hope.”

[4:2]  ⁷ tn Or “they were not united.”

[4:2]  ⁸ tc A few mss (א and a few versional witnesses) have the nominative singular participle συγκεκερασμένος (sunkekerasmeno", “since it [the message] was not combined with faith by those who heard it”), a reading that refers back to the ὁ λόγος (Jo logo", “the message”). There are a few other variants here (e.g., συγκεκεραμμένοι [sunkekerammenoi] in 104, συγκεκεραμένους [sunkekeramenou"] in 1881 Ï), but the accusative plural participle συγκεκερασμένους (sunkekerasmenou"), found in Ì^13vid,46 A B C D* Ψ 0243 0278 33 81 1739 2464 pc, has by far the best external credentials. This participle agrees with the previous ἐκείνους (ekeinou", “those”), a more difficult construction grammatically than the nominative singular. Thus, both on external and internal grounds, συγκεκερασμένους is preferred.

[6:18]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “have taken refuge”; the basis of that refuge is implied in the preceding verse.

[8:1]  ¹³ tn Grk “the main point of the things being said.”

[8:1]  ¹⁴ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1; see Heb 1:3, 13.

[9:28]  ¹⁶ sn An allusion to Isa 53:12.

[9:28]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “without sin,” but in context this does not refer to Christ’s sinlessness (as in Heb 4:15) but to the fact that sin is already dealt with by his first coming.

[9:28]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “for salvation.” This may be construed with the verb “await” (those who wait for him to bring them salvation), but the connection with “appear” (as in the translation) is more likely.

[10:8]  ¹⁹ sn Various phrases from the quotation of Ps 40:6 in Heb 10:5-6 are repeated in Heb 10:8.

[10:22]  ²² tn Grk “in assurance of faith.”

[10:22]  ²³ sn The phrase our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience combines the OT imagery of the sprinkling with blood to give ritual purity with the emphasis on the interior cleansing provided by the new covenant: It is the heart that is cleansed and the conscience made perfect (cf. Heb 8:10; 9:9, 14; 10:2, 16).

[12:11]  ²⁵ tn Grk “all discipline at the time does not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow.”

[12:11]  ²⁶ tn Grk “the peaceful fruit of righteousness.”

[12:17]  ²⁸ tn Or a command: “for understand that.”

[12:17]  ²⁹ tn Grk “it,” referring either to the repentance or the blessing. But the account in Gen 27:34-41 (which the author appeals to here) makes it clear that the blessing is what Esau sought. Thus in the translation the referent (the blessing) is specified for clarity.

[13:5]  ³¹ sn A quotation from Deut 31:6, 8.