Hebrews 1
1Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.G2316G4181G2532G4187G2980G3819G3962G1722G43962And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.G2980G1909G5130G2078G2250G2980G2254G1722G5207G3739G5087G2818G3956G1223G3739G2532G4160G1653The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.G3739G5607G541G1391G2532G5481G846G5287G5037G5342G3956G4487G846G1411G4160G2512G1223G1438G4160G2512G2257G266G2523G1722G1188G3172G1722G53084This shows that the Son is far greater than the angels, just as the name God gave him is greater than their names.G1096G5118G2909G32G3745G2816G1313G3686G3844G8465For God never said to any angel what he said to Jesus: "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father." God also said, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son."G1063G5101G32G2036G4218G4771G1488G3450G5207G4594G1080G1473G1080G4571G2532G3825G1473G2071G1519G846G3962G2532G846G2071G1519G3427G52076And when he brought his supreme Son into the world, God said, "Let all of God's angels worship him."G1161G3825G3752G1521G4416G1519G3625G3004G2532G4352G3956G32G2316G4352G8467Regarding the angels, he says, "He sends his angels like the winds, his servants like flames of fire."G2532G4314G3303G32G3004G4160G846G32G4151G2532G846G3011G5395G44428But to the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice.G1161G4314G5207G4675G2362G2316G1519G165G165G4464G2118G4464G4675G9329You love justice and hate evil. Therefore, O God, your God has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else."G25G1343G2532G3404G458G1223G5124G2316G4675G2316G5548G4571G1637G20G3844G4675G335310He also says to the Son, "In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands.G2532G4771G2962G2596G746G2311G1093G2532G3772G1526G2041G4675G549511They will perish, but you remain forever. They will wear out like old clothing.G846G622G1161G4771G1265G2532G3956G3822G5613G244012You will fold them up like a cloak and discard them like old clothing. But you are always the same; you will live forever."G2532G5616G4018G1667G846G1667G2532G236G1161G4771G1488G846G2532G4675G2094G1587G3756G158713And God never said to any of the angels, "Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet."G1161G4314G5101G32G2046G4218G2521G1537G3450G1188G302G2193G5087G4675G2190G4675G5286G422814Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.G1526G3780G3956G3010G4151G649G1519G1248G1223G3195G2816G4991
Hebrews 2
2So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.G1223G5124G2248G1163G4056G4337G191G3379G39012For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished.G1063G1487G3056G2980G1223G32G1096G949G2532G3956G3847G2532G3876G2983G1738G34053So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?G4459G2249G1628G272G5082G4991G3748G746G2983G2980G1223G2962G950G1519G2248G5259G1914And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose.G2316G4901G5037G4592G2532G5059G2532G4164G1411G2532G3311G40G4151G2596G846G23085And furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we are talking about.G1063G32G5293G3756G5293G3625G3195G4012G3739G29806For in one place the Scriptures say, "What are mere mortals that you should think about them, or a son of man that you should care for him?G1161G5100G4225G1263G3004G5101G2076G444G3754G3403G846G2228G5207G444G3754G1980G8467Yet you made them only a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.G1642G846G1024G5100G1642G3844G32G4737G846G1391G2532G5092G2532G2525G846G1909G2041G4675G54958You gave them authority over all things." Now when it says "all things," it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all things put under their authority.G5293G3956G5293G5270G846G4228G1063G1722G5293G3956G5293G846G863G3762G506G846G1161G3568G3708G3768G3956G5293G8469What we do see is Jesus, who was given a position "a little lower than the angels"; and because he suffered death for us, he is now "crowned with glory and honor." Yes, by God's grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone.G1161G991G2424G3588G1642G1024G5100G1642G3844G32G1223G3804G2288G4737G1391G2532G5092G3704G1089G5485G2316G1089G2288G5228G395610God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation.G1063G4241G846G1223G3739G3956G2532G1223G3739G3956G71G4183G5207G1519G1391G5048G747G846G4991G5048G1223G380411So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.G1063G5037G37G2532G37G3956G1537G1520G1223G3739G156G1870G3756G1870G2564G846G8012For he said to God, "I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among your assembled people."G3004G518G4675G3686G3450G80G1722G3319G1577G5214G457113He also said, "I will put my trust in him," that is, "I and the children God has given me."G2532G3825G1473G2071G3982G1909G846G2532G3825G2400G1473G2532G3813G3739G2316G1325G342714Because God's children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death.G1893G3767G3813G2841G4561G2532G129G3348G2532G846G3898G3348G846G2443G1223G2288G2673G2192G2904G2288G5123G122815Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.G2532G525G5128G3745G1223G5401G2288G2258G3956G2198G1777G139716We also know that the Son did not come to help angels; he came to help the descendants of Abraham.G1063G1222G1949G3756G1949G32G235G1949G4690G1117Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people.G3606G2596G3956G3784G3666G80G2443G1096G1655G2532G4103G749G4314G2316G1519G2433G266G299218Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.G1063G1722G3739G3958G846G3958G3985G1410G997G3985
Hebrews 3
3And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are partners with those called to heaven, think carefully about this Jesus whom we declare to be God's messenger and High Priest.G3606G40G80G3353G2032G2821G2657G652G2532G749G2257G3671G5547G2424 2For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses served faithfully when he was entrusted with God's entire house.G5607G4103G4160G846G5613G2532G3475G1722G3650G846G3624 3But Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses, just as a person who builds a house deserves more praise than the house itself.G1063G3778G515G4119G1391G3844G3475G2596G3745G2680G3624G4119G5092G2192G846 4For every house has a builder, but the one who built everything is God.G1063G3956G3624G2680G5259G5100G1161G2680G3956G2316 5Moses was certainly faithful in God's house as a servant. His work was an illustration of the truths God would reveal later.G2532G3475G3303G4103G1722G3650G846G3624G5613G2324G1519G3142G2980 6But Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God's entire house. And we are God's house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.G1161G5547G5613G5207G1909G846G3624G3739G3624G2070G2249G1437G4007G2722G3954G2532G2745G1680G949G3360G5056 7That is why the Holy Spirit says, "Today when you hear his voice,G1352G2531G40G4151G3004G4594G1437G191G846G5456 8don't harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested me in the wilderness.G4645G3361G5216G2588G5613G1722G3894G2596G2250G3986G1722G2048 9There your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw my miracles for forty years.G3757G5216G3962G3985G3165G1381G3165G2532G1492G3450G2041G5062G2094 10So I was angry with them, and I said, 'Their hearts always turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.'G1352G4360G1565G1074G2532G2036G4105G104G4105G2588G1161G846G1097G3756G1097G3450G3598 11So in my anger I took an oath: 'They will never enter my place of rest.'"G5613G3660G1722G3450G3709G1525G1487G1525G1519G3450G2663 12Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.G991G80G3379G2071G1722G5100G5216G4190G2588G570G1722G868G575G2198G2316 13You must warn each other every day, while it is still "today," so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.G235G3870G1438G2596G1538G2250G891G3739G2564G4594G3363G5100G1537G5216G4645G539G266 14For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.G1063G1096G3353G5547G1437G4007G2722G746G5287G949G3360G5056 15Remember what it says: "Today when you hear his voice, don't harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled."G1722G3004G4594G1437G191G846G5456G4645G3361G5216G2588G5613G1722G3894 16And who was it who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Wasn't it the people Moses led out of Egypt?G1063G5100G191G3893G235G3756G3956G1831G1537G125G1223G3475 17And who made God angry for forty years? Wasn't it the people who sinned, whose corpses lay in the wilderness?G1161G5101G4360G5062G2094G3780G264G3739G2966G4098G1722G2048 18And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn't it the people who disobeyed him?G1161G5101G3660G1525G3361G1525G1519G846G2663G1508G544 19So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.G2532G991G3754G1410G3756G1525G1223G570
Hebrews 4
4God's promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.G5399G3767G5399G3379G1860G2641G1525G1519G846G2663G5100G1537G5216G1380G5302 2For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn't share the faith of those who listened to God.G2532G1063G2070G2097G2509G2548G235G3056G189G5623G3756G5623G1565G3361G4786G4102G191 3For only we who believe can enter his rest. As for the others, God said, "In my anger I took an oath: 'They will never enter my place of rest,'" even though this rest has been ready since he made the world.G1063G3588G4100G1525G1519G2663G2531G2046G5613G3660G1722G3450G3709G1487G1525G1519G3450G2663G2543G2041G1096G575G2602G2889 4We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: "On the seventh day God rested from all his work."G1063G2046G4225G4012G1442G3779G2532G2316G2664G1722G1442G2250G575G3956G846G2041 5But in the other passage God said, "They will never enter my place of rest."G2532G1722G5129G3825G1487G1525G1519G3450G2663 6So God's rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.G1893G3767G620G5100G1525G1519G846G2532G4386G2097G1525G3756G1525G1223G543 7So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: "Today when you hear his voice, don't harden your hearts."G3825G3724G5100G2250G3004G1722G1138G4594G3326G5118G5550G2531G2046G4594G1437G191G846G5456G4645G3361G5216G2588 8Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come.G1063G1487G2424G2664G846G2664G302G3756G3326G5023G2980G4012G243G2250 9So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God.G620G686G4520G2992G2316 10For all who have entered into God's rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world.G1063G1525G1519G846G2663G846G2532G2664G575G846G2041G5618G2316G575G2398 11So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.G4704G3767G1525G1519G1565G2663G3363G5100G4098G1722G846G5262G543 12For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.G1063G3056G2316G2198G2532G1756G2532G5114G5228G3956G1366G3162G1338G891G3311G5590G5037G2532G4151G5037G2532G719G2532G3452G2532G2924G1761G2532G1771G2588 13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.G2532G3756G2076G2937G852G846G1799G1161G3956G1131G2532G5136G3788G846G4314G3739G2254G3056 14So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.G2192G3767G2192G3173G749G1330G3772G2424G5207G2316G2902G3671 15This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.G1063G2192G3756G749G3361G1410G4834G2257G769G1161G3985G2596G3956G3985G3987G2596G3665G5565G266 16So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.G4334G3767G4334G3326G3954G2362G5485G2443G2983G1656G2532G2147G5485G996G1519G2121
Hebrews 5
5Every high priest is a man chosen to represent other people in their dealings with God. He presents their gifts to God and offers sacrifices for their sins.G1063G3956G749G2983G1537G444G2525G5228G444G4314G2316G2443G4374G5037G1435G2532G2378G5228G2662And he is able to deal gently with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is subject to the same weaknesses.G1410G3356G50G2532G4105G1893G4029G846G2532G4029G7693That is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as theirs.G2532G1223G5026G3784G2531G4012G2992G3779G2532G4012G1438G4374G5228G2664And no one can become a high priest simply because he wants such an honor. He must be called by God for this work, just as Aaron was.G2532G3756G5100G2983G5092G1438G235G2564G5259G2316G2509G2532G25That is why Christ did not honor himself by assuming he could become High Priest. No, he was chosen by God, who said to him, "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father."G3779G2532G5547G1392G3756G1438G1096G749G235G2980G4314G846G4771G1488G3450G5207G4594G1080G1473G1080G45716And in another passage God said to him, "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."G2531G3004G2532G1722G2087G4771G2409G1519G165G2596G5010G31987While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.G3739G1722G2250G846G4561G4374G1162G5037G2532G2428G3326G2478G2906G2532G1144G4314G1410G4982G846G1537G2288G2532G1522G575G21248Even though Jesus was God's Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.G2539G5607G5207G3129G5218G575G3739G39589In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him.G2532G5048G1096G159G166G4991G3956G5219G84610And God designated him to be a High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.G4316G5259G2316G749G2596G5010G319811There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don't seem to listen.G4012G3739G2254G3056G4183G3056G2532G1421G3004G1893G1096G3576G18912You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God's word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food.G2532G1063G1223G5550G3784G1511G1320G2192G5532G1321G5209G3825G5101G746G4747G3051G2316G2532G1096G2192G5532G1051G2532G3756G4731G516013For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn't know how to do what is right.G1063G3956G3348G1051G552G3056G1343G1063G2076G351614Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.G1161G4731G5160G2076G5046G1223G1838G2192G145G1128G4314G1253G5037G2570G2532G2556
Hebrews 6
6So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don't need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God.G1352G863G746G3056G5547G5342G1909G5047G3361G2598G3825G2310G3341G575G3498G2041G2532G4102G1909G23162You don't need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.G1322G909G5037G1936G5495G5037G386G3498G2532G166G29173And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding.G2532G5124G4160G1437G4007G2316G20104For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened—those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit,G1063G102G530G5461G5037G1089G2032G1431G2532G1096G3353G40G41515who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come—G2532G1089G2570G4487G2316G5037G1411G165G31956and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame.G2532G3895G340G3825G1519G3341G388G1438G5207G2316G388G2532G38567When the ground soaks up the falling rain and bears a good crop for the farmer, it has God's blessing.G1063G1093G3588G4095G5205G2064G4178G1909G846G2532G5088G1008G2111G1565G2532G1223G3739G1090G3335G2129G575G23168But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it.G1161G1627G173G2532G5146G96G2532G1451G2671G3739G5056G1519G27409Dear friends, even though we are talking this way, we really don't believe it applies to you. We are confident that you are meant for better things, things that come with salvation.G1161G27G3982G2909G4012G5216G2532G2192G4991G1499G2980G3779G298010For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do.G1063G2316G3756G94G1950G5216G2041G2532G2873G26G3739G1731G1731G1519G846G3686G1247G40G2532G124711Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true.G1161G1937G1538G5216G1731G846G4710G4314G4136G1680G891G505612Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God's promises because of their faith and endurance.G3363G1096G3363G3576G1161G3402G1223G4102G2532G3115G2816G186013For example, there was God's promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying.G1063G2316G1861G11G1893G2192G3660G2596G3762G3187G3660G2596G143814"I will certainly bless you, and I will multiply your descendants beyond number."G3004G2229G3375G2127G2127G4571G2532G4129G4129G457115Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.G2532G3779G3114G2013G186016Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.G1063G444G3303G3660G2596G3187G2532G3727G1519G951G846G4009G3956G48517God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.G1722G3739G2316G1014G4054G1925G2818G1860G276G846G1012G3315G372718So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.G2443G1223G1417G276G4229G1722G3739G102G2316G5574G2192G2478G3874G3588G2703G2902G1680G429519This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary.G3739G2192G5613G45G5590G5037G804G2532G949G2532G1525G1519G2082G266520Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.G3699G4274G1525G5228G2257G1525G2424G1096G749G1519G165G2596G5010G3198
Dublin, OH
." God also said, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son."G1063
