Hebrews 3:8

3:8 “Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

Hebrews 6:12

6:12 so that you may not be sluggish, ¹  but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

Hebrews 7:6

7:6 But Melchizedek ²  who does not share their ancestry ³  collected a tithe ⁴  from Abraham and blessed ⁵  the one who possessed the promise.

Hebrews 8:12

8:12 “For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.” ⁶ 

Hebrews 11:3

11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds ⁷  were set in order at God’s command, ⁸  so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. ⁹ 

Hebrews 11:27

11:27 By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.

Hebrews 12:13

12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, ¹⁰  so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

Hebrews 12:16

12:16 And see to it that no one becomes ¹¹  an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. ¹² 

Hebrews 12:27

12:27 Now this phrase “once more” indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.

Hebrews 13:16

13:16 And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, ¹³  for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

[6:12]  ¹ tn Or “dull.”

[7:6]  ¹ tn Grk “the one”; in the translation the referent (Melchizedek) has been specified for clarity.

[7:6]  ² tn Grk “is not descended from them.”

[7:6]  ³ tn Or “a tenth part.”

[7:6]  ⁴ sn The verbs “collected…and blessed” emphasize the continuing effect of the past actions, i.e., Melchizedek’s importance.

[8:12]  ¹ sn A quotation from Jer 31:31-34.

[11:3]  ¹ tn Grk “ages.” The temporal (ages) came to be used of the spatial (what exists in those time periods). See Heb 1:2 for same usage.

[11:3]  ² tn Grk “by God’s word.”

[11:3]  ³ sn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that what is seen did not come into being from things that are visible.”

[12:13]  ¹ sn A quotation from Prov 4:26. The phrase make straight paths for your feet is figurative for “stay on God’s paths.”

[12:16]  ¹ tn Grk “that there not be any,” continuing from v. 15.

[12:16]  ² sn An allusion to Gen 27:34-41.

[13:16]  ¹ tn Grk “neglect doing good and fellowship.”