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!’” ¹  And yet God’s works ²  were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

Hebrews 5:7

5:7 During his earthly life ³  Christ ⁴  offered ⁵  both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

Hebrews 6:1

6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond ⁶  the elementary ⁷  instructions about Christ ⁸  and move on ⁹  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 ¹⁰  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. ¹¹ 

Hebrews 8:11

8:11 “And there will be no need at all ¹²  for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest. ¹³ 

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 ¹⁴  consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

Hebrews 11:12

11:12 So in fact children ¹⁵  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 ¹⁶  on the seashore. ¹⁷ 

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 ¹⁸  and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.

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?

[4:3]  ¹ sn A quotation from Ps 95:11.

[4:3]  ² tn Grk “although the works,” continuing the previous reference to God. The referent (God) is specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:7]  ³ tn Grk “in the days of his flesh.”

[5:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “who…having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5-6.

[6:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

[6:1]  ⁶ tn Or “basic.”

[6:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

[6:1]  ⁸ tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

[6:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “comes upon.”

[7:1]  ⁹ sn A series of quotations from Gen 14:17-19.

[8:11]  ¹¹ tn Grk “they will not teach, each one his fellow citizen…” The Greek makes this negation emphatic: “they will certainly not teach.”

[8:11]  ¹² tn Grk “from the small to the great.”

[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.

[11:12]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

[11:12]  ¹⁶ tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

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

[12:15]  ¹⁷ 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).