Psalms 119:11

119:11 In my heart I store up ¹  your words, ² 

so I might not sin against you.

Proverbs 23:23

23:23 Acquire ³  truth and do not sell it –

wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

Luke 9:44

9:44 “Take these words to heart, ⁴  for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.” ⁵ 

John 15:7

15:7 If you remain ⁶  in me and my words remain ⁷  in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you. ⁸ 

Colossians 3:16

3:16 Let the word of Christ ⁹  dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace ¹⁰  in your hearts to God.

Hebrews 2:1

Warning Against Drifting Away

2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Hebrews 3:14

3:14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence ¹¹  firm until the end.

Hebrews 3:2

3:2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s ¹²  house. ¹³ 

Hebrews 1:2-3

1:2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, ¹⁴  whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world. ¹⁵  1:3 The Son is ¹⁶  the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, ¹⁷  and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. ¹⁸ 

Hebrews 1:3

1:3 The Son is ¹⁹  the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, ²⁰  and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. ²¹ 

Revelation 3:3

3:3 Therefore, remember what you received and heard, ²²  and obey it, ²³  and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never ²⁴  know at what hour I will come against ²⁵  you.

Revelation 3:11

3:11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away ²⁶  your crown. ²⁷ 

[119:11]  ¹ tn Or “hide.”

[119:11]  ² tn Heb “your word.” Some medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural, “your words.”

[23:23]  ³ tn Heb “buy” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NLT); CEV “Invest in truth.”

[9:44]  ⁴ tn Grk “Place these words into your ears,” an idiom. The meaning is either “do not forget these words” (L&N 29.5) or “Listen carefully to these words” (L&N 24.64). See also Exod 17:14. For a variation of this expression, see Luke 8:8.

[9:44]  ⁵ tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is considered by some to be used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NRSV, “into human hands”; TEV, “to the power of human beings”). However, because this can be taken as a specific reference to the group responsible for Jesus’ arrest, where it is unlikely women were present (cf. Matt 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12), the word “men” has been retained in the translation. There may also be a slight wordplay with “the Son of Man” earlier in the verse.

[15:7]  ⁶ tn Or “reside.”

[15:7]  ⁷ tn Or “reside.”

[15:7]  ⁸ sn Once again Jesus promises the disciples ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you. This recalls 14:13-14, where the disciples were promised that if they asked anything in Jesus’ name it would be done for them. The two thoughts are really quite similar, since here it is conditioned on the disciples’ remaining in Jesus and his words remaining in them. The first phrase relates to the genuineness of their relationship with Jesus. The second phrase relates to their obedience. When both of these qualifications are met, the disciples would in fact be asking in Jesus’ name and therefore according to his will.

[3:16]  ⁹ tc Since “the word of Christ” occurs nowhere else in the NT, two predictable variants arose: “word of God” and “word of the Lord.” Even though some of the witnesses for these variants are impressive (κυρίου [kuriou, “of the Lord”] in א* I 1175 pc bo; θεοῦ [qeou, “of God”] in A C* 33 104 323 945 al), the reading Χριστοῦ (Cristou, “of Christ”) is read by an excellent cross-section of witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א² B C² D F G Ψ 075 1739 1881 Ï lat sa). On both internal and external grounds, Χριστοῦ is strongly preferred.

[3:16]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “with grace”; “all” is supplied as it is implicitly related to all the previous instructions in the verse.

[3:14]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”

[3:2]  ¹² tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:2]  ¹³ tc ‡ The reading adopted by the translation follows a few early mss and some versions (Ì^13,46vid B vg^ms co Ambr). The majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï lat sy) insert “all” (“in all his house”), apparently in anticipation of Heb 3:5 which quotes directly from Num 12:7. On balance, the omission better explains the rise of ὅλῳ ({olw, “all”) than vice versa. NA²⁷ puts ὅλῳ in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[1:2]  ¹⁴ tn The Greek puts an emphasis on the quality of God’s final revelation. As such, it is more than an indefinite notion (“a son”) though less than a definite one (“the son”), for this final revelation is not just through any son of God, nor is the emphasis specifically on the person himself. Rather, the focus here is on the nature of the vehicle of God’s revelation: He is no mere spokesman (or prophet) for God, nor is he merely a heavenly messenger (or angel); instead, this final revelation comes through one who is intimately acquainted with the heavenly Father in a way that only a family member could be. There is, however, no exact equivalent in English (“in son” is hardly good English style).

[1:2]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “the ages.” The temporal (ages) came to be used of the spatial (what exists in those time periods). See Heb 11:3 for the same usage.

[1:3]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “who being…and sustaining.” Heb 1:1-4 form one skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments to correspond to contemporary English usage, which does not allow for sentences of this length and complexity.

[1:3]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “by the word of his power.”

[1:3]  ¹⁸ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1, quoted often in Hebrews.

[1:3]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “who being…and sustaining.” Heb 1:1-4 form one skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments to correspond to contemporary English usage, which does not allow for sentences of this length and complexity.

[1:3]  ²⁰ tn Grk “by the word of his power.”

[1:3]  ²¹ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1, quoted often in Hebrews.

[3:3]  ²² tn The expression πῶς εἴληφας καὶ ἤκουσας (pw" eilhfa" kai hkousa") probably refers to the initial instruction in the Christian life they had received and been taught; this included doctrine and ethical teaching.

[3:3]  ²³ tn Grk “keep it,” in the sense of obeying what they had initially been taught.

[3:3]  ²⁴ tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mh, the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek).

[3:3]  ²⁵ tn Or “come on.”

[3:11]  ²⁶ tn On the verb λάβῃ (labh) here BDAG 583 s.v. λαμβάνω 2 states, “to take away, remove…with or without the use of force τὰ ἀργύρια take away the silver coins (fr. the temple) Mt 27:6. τὰς ἀσθενείας diseases 8:17. τὸν στέφανον Rv 3:11.”

[3:11]  ²⁷ sn Your crown refers to a wreath consisting either of foliage or of precious metals formed to resemble foliage and worn as a symbol of honor, victory, or as a badge of high office – ‘wreath, crown’ (L&N 6.192).