Hebrews 9:11

Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary

9:11 But now Christ has come ¹  as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

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.” ² 

Hebrews 13:9

13:9 Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. ³  For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, ⁴  which have never benefited those who participated in them.

[9:11]  ¹ tn Grk “But Christ, when he came,” introducing a sentence that includes all of Heb 9:11-12. The main construction is “Christ, having come…, entered…, having secured…,” and everything else describes his entrance.

[13:5]  ² sn A quotation from Deut 31:6, 8.

[13:9]  ³ tn Grk “by diverse and strange teachings.”

[13:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “foods,” referring to the meals associated with the OT sacrifices (see the contrast with the next verse; also 9:9-10; 10:1, 4, 11).