Hebrews 1–2

Chapter 1

God’s Final Word in His Son

¹God, after He ^aspoke long ago to the fathers in ^bthe prophets in many portions and ^cin many ways,

^21ain these last days ^bhas spoken to us ²in ^cHis Son, whom He appointed ^dheir of all things, ^ethrough whom also He made the ^3fworld.

³¹And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact ^arepresentation of His nature, and ^2bupholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made ^cpurification of sins, He ^dsat down at the right hand of the ^eMajesty on high,

⁴having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent ^aname than they.

⁵For to which of the angels did He ever say,

“^aYou are My Son,

Today I have begotten You”?

And again,

“^bI will be a Father to Him

And He shall be a Son to Me”?

⁶And ¹when He again ^abrings the firstborn into ^2bthe world, He says,

“^cAnd let all the angels of God worship Him.”

⁷And of the angels He says,

“^aWho makes His angels winds,

And His ministers a flame of fire.”

⁸But of the Son He says,

“^aYour throne, O God, is forever and ever,

And the righteous scepter is the scepter of ¹His kingdom.

⁹“^aYou have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;

^bTherefore God, Your God, has ^canointed You

With the oil of gladness above Your companions.”

¹⁰And,

“^aYou, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,

And the heavens are the works of Your hands;

^11aThey will perish, but You remain;

^bAnd they all will become old like a garment,

^12aAnd like a mantle You will roll them up;

Like a garment they will also be changed.

But You are ^bthe same,

And Your years will not come to an end.”

¹³But to which of the angels has He ever said,

“^aSit at My right hand,

^bUntil I make Your enemies

A footstool for Your feet”?

¹⁴Are they not all ^aministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will ^binherit ^csalvation?

Chapter 2

Give Heed

¹For this reason we must pay much closer attention to ¹what we have heard, so that ^awe do not drift away from it.

²For if the word ^aspoken through ^bangels proved ¹unalterable, and ^cevery transgression and disobedience received a just ^2dpenalty,

^3ahow will we escape if we neglect so great a ^bsalvation? ¹After it was at the first ^cspoken through the Lord, it was ^dconfirmed to us by those who heard,

⁴God also testifying with them, both by ^asigns and wonders and by ^bvarious ¹miracles and by ^2cgifts of the Holy Spirit ^daccording to His own will.

Earth Subject to Man

⁵For He did not subject to angels ^1athe world to come, concerning which we are speaking.

⁶But one has testified ^asomewhere, saying,

“^bWhat is man, that You remember him?

Or the son of man, that You are concerned about him?

⁷“^aYou have made him ¹for a little while lower than the angels;

You have crowned him with glory and honor,

²And have appointed him over the works of Your hands;

^8aYou have put all things in subjection under his feet.”

For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now ^bwe do not yet see all things subjected to him.

Jesus Briefly Humbled

⁹But we do see Him who was ^amade ¹for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, ^bbecause of the suffering of death ^ccrowned with glory and honor, so that ^dby the grace of God He might ^etaste death ^ffor everyone.

¹⁰For ^ait was fitting for Him, ^bfor whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to ^cperfect the ^1dauthor of their salvation through sufferings.

¹¹For both He who ^asanctifies and those who ^bare ¹sanctified are all ^cfrom one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them ^dbrethren,

¹²saying,

“^aI will proclaim Your name to My brethren,

In the midst of the congregation I will sing Your praise.”

¹³And again,

“^aI will put My trust in Him.”

And again,

“^bBehold, I and the children whom God has given Me.”

¹⁴Therefore, since the children share in ^1aflesh and blood, ^bHe Himself likewise also partook of the same, that ^cthrough death He might render powerless ^dhim who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

¹⁵and might free those who through ^afear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.

¹⁶For assuredly He does not ¹give help to angels, but He gives help to the ²descendant of Abraham.

¹⁷Therefore, He ¹had ^ato be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might ^bbecome a merciful and faithful ^chigh priest in ^dthings pertaining to God, to ^emake propitiation for the sins of the people.

¹⁸For since He Himself was ^atempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.