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Hebrews: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

One of early Christianity’s most carefully crafted sermons, Epistle to the Hebrews addresses listeners who have experienced the elation of conversion and the heat of hostility, but who now must confront the formidable task of remaining faithful in a society that rejects their commitments. The letter probes into the one of most profound questions of faith: If it is God’s will that believers be...

The warning is given in the first person plural to “we” who sin “after receiving knowledge of the truth” (10:26b). The author of Hebrews assumes that his listeners would agree that they had received the word of God (2:3–4) in a manner that constituted enlightenment (6:4; 10:32). This did not mean that Christians no longer needed to learn (cf. 5:11–6:3) or that they were sinless—the author has encouraged them to seek mercy from God (4:16; 7:25). Rather, by speaking of knowledge of the truth, the author
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