SMYTH & HELWYS BIBLE COMMENTARY

HEBREWS–JAMES

EDGAR McKNIGHT & CHRISTOPHER CHURCH

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ISBN 978-1-57312-824-7

Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary: Hebrews–James

Publication Staff

President & CEO

Cecil P. Staton

Publisher & Executive Vice-President

David Cassady

Vice-President, Editorial & Production

Lex Horton

Senior Editor

Mark K. McElroy

Book Editor

P. Keith Gammons

Art Director

Jim Burt

Assistant Editors

Kelley Land

Laura Shuman

Project Editor

R. Scott Nash

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

Old Testament

General Editor

Samuel E. Balentine

Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia

Area

Old Testament Editors

Mark E. Biddle

Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia

Kandy Queen-Sutherland

Stetson University

Deland, Florida

Kenneth G. Hoglund

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

New Testament

General Editor

R. Alan Culpepper

McAfee School of Theology

Mercer University

Atlanta, Georgia

Area

New Testament Editors

R. Scott Nash

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

Richard B. Vinson

Baptist Theological Seminary

at Richmond, Virginia

Art Editor

Fred Whitehurst

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

CONTENTS

HEBREWS

author’s preface

introduction to hebrews

1 Introductory Statement of Faith

Heb 1:1–4

2 Christ Superior to Angels

Heb 1:5–14

3 Warning: The Peril of Ignoring the Word Delivered by the Son

Heb 2:1–4

4 The Humiliation and Exaltation of Jesus

Heb 2:5–18

5 Christ’s Faithfulness over God’s House as Son Compared with Moses’ Faithfulness as Servant

Heb 3:1–6

6 The Rejection of Jesus More Serious than the Rejection of Moses: A Lesson from the Exodus Generation

Heb 3:7–19

7 The Promise of Rest Remains but May Be Forfeited

Heb 4:1–11

8 Exhortation to Diligence and the Encouragement of Christ

Heb 4:12–16

9 Christ’s Qualifications as High Priest

Heb 5:1–10

10 Hortatory Introduction to a Difficult Discussion, Part One: A Call for Maturity

Heb 5:11–6:3

11 Hortatory Introduction to a Difficult Discussion, Part Two: Warning and Hope

Heb 6:4–12

12 Hortatory Introduction to a Difficult Discussion, Part Three: The Steadfastness of God’s Promise

Heb 6:13–20

13 Christ the Perfect Eternal High Priest According to the Order of Melchizedek

Heb 7:1–28

14 The Heavenly Sanctuary and the New Covenant

Heb 8:1–13

15 The Ministry of the Levitical Priests

Heb 9:1–10

16 Christ’s Sacrifice Secures Eternal Redemption

Heb 9:11–14

17 Christ’s Sacrifice Ratifies a New Covenant

Heb 9:15–22

18 Christ’s Sacrifice Is a Perfect Sacrifice

Heb 9:23–28

19 Christ’s Sacrifice Is the Reality of Which the Old Order Was a Shadow

Heb 10:1–10

20 Perfection of the Sanctified

Heb 10:11–18

21 Exhortation: Privileges and Duties of Christians

Heb 10:19–25

22 Warning: The Fate of the Willful Sinner

Heb 10:26–31

23 Exhortation to Endurance

Heb 10:32–39

24 The Faith of Past Heroes and Heroines

Heb 11:1–40

25 Exhortation ...