Hebrews 3:11

3:11 “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” ¹ 

Hebrews 4:5

4:5 but to repeat the text cited earlier: ²  “They will never enter my rest!”

Hebrews 4:8

4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God ³  would not have spoken afterward about another day.

Hebrews 6:14

6:14 saying, “Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.” ⁴ 

Hebrews 7:15

7:15 And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

Hebrews 8:7

8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one. ⁵ 

Hebrews 11:15

11:15 In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Hebrews 2:2

2:2 For if the message spoken through angels ⁶  proved to be so firm that every violation ⁷  or disobedience received its just penalty,

Hebrews 3:18

3:18 And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

Hebrews 6:9

6:9 But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

Hebrews 8:4

8:4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer ⁸  the gifts prescribed by the law.

Hebrews 12:8

12:8 But if you do not experience discipline, ⁹  something all sons ¹⁰  have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

Hebrews 1:12

1:12 and like a robe you will fold them up

and like a garment ¹¹  they will be changed,

but you are the same and your years will never run out.” ¹² 

Hebrews 5:5

5:5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, ¹³  who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,” ¹⁴ 

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, ¹⁵ 

Hebrews 1:5

The Son Is Superior to Angels

1:5 For to which of the angels did God ¹⁶  ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? ¹⁷  And in another place ¹⁸  he says, ¹⁹  “I will be his father and he will be my son.” ²⁰ 

Hebrews 4:3

4:3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” ²¹  And yet God’s works ²²  were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

Hebrews 7:11

Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek

7:11 So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis ²³  the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?

Hebrews 12:25

12:25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

[3:11]  ¹ tn Grk “if they shall enter my rest,” a Hebrew idiom expressing an oath that something will certainly not happen.

[4:5]  ² tn Grk “and in this again.”

[4:8]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “in blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply you,” the Greek form of a Hebrew idiom showing intensity.

[8:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “no occasion for a second one would have been sought.”

[2:2]  ⁶ sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).

[2:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”

[8:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “there are those who offer.”

[12:8]  ⁸ tn Grk “you are without discipline.”

[12:8]  ⁹ tn Grk “all”; “sons” is implied by the context.

[1:12]  ⁹ tc The words “like a garment” (ὡς ἱμάτιον, Jw" Jimation) are found in excellent and early mss (Ì⁴⁶ א A B D* 1739) though absent in a majority of witnesses (D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 Ï lat sy bo). Although it is possible that longer reading was produced by overzealous scribes who wanted to underscore the frailty of creation, it is much more likely that the shorter reading was produced by scribes who wanted to conform the wording to that of Ps 102:26 (101:27 LXX), which here lacks the second “like a garment.” Both external and internal considerations decidedly favor the longer reading, and point to the author of Hebrews as the one underscoring the difference between the Son and creation.

[1:12]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Ps 102:25-27.

[5:5]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:5]  ¹¹ tn Grk “I have begotten you”; see Heb 1:5.

[9:13]  ¹¹ 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).

[1:5]  ¹² tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:5]  ¹³ tn Grk “I have begotten you.”

[1:5]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “And again,” quoting another OT passage.

[1:5]  ¹⁵ tn The words “he says” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to make a complete English sentence. In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but English does not normally employ such long and complex sentences.

[1:5]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to me.”

[4:3]  ¹³ sn A quotation from Ps 95:11.

[4:3]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “although the works,” continuing the previous reference to God. The referent (God) is specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:11]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “based on it.”