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 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 5:12

5:12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, ⁴  you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. ⁵  You have gone back to needing ⁶  milk, not ⁷  solid food.

Hebrews 6:7

6:7 For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on ⁸  it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

Hebrews 7:1

The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood

7:1 Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him. ⁹ 

Hebrews 10:29

10:29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for ¹⁰  the Son of God, and profanes ¹¹  the blood of the covenant that made him holy, ¹²  and insults the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 11:4

11:4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith ¹³  he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith ¹⁴  he still speaks, though he is dead.

Hebrews 12:2

12:2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. ¹⁵ 

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 ¹⁶  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).

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “because of the time.”

[5:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God.”

[5:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “you have come to have a need for.”

[5:12]  ⁷ tc ‡ Most texts, including some early and important ones (א² A B* D Ψ 0122 0278 1881 Ï sy Cl), have καί (kai, “and”) immediately preceding οὐ (ou, “not”), but other equally significant witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א* B² C 33 81 1739 lat Or Did) lack the conjunction. As it was a natural tendency for scribes to add a coordinating conjunction, the καί appears to be a motivated reading. On balance, it is probably best to regard the shorter reading as authentic. NA²⁷ has καί in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[6:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “comes upon.”

[7:1]  ¹⁰ sn A series of quotations from Gen 14:17-19.

[10:29]  ¹³ tn Grk “tramples under foot.”

[10:29]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “regarded as common.”

[10:29]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “by which he was made holy.”

[11:4]  ¹⁶ tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through which.”

[11:4]  ¹⁷ tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through it.”

[12:2]  ¹⁹ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1.

[12:15]  ²² 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).