Hebrews 2

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Salvation Confirmed

¹We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

¹Because of this, it is necessary for us to give heed more abundantly to the things having been heard, lest ever we should drift away.

²For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

²For if the word having been spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense,

³how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?

This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

³how will we escape, having neglected such a great salvation, which, having received a beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those having heard,

⁴and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.

⁴God testifying with them both by signs and wonders, and by various miracles, and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to His will.

Jesus like His Brothers

⁵For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

⁵For not to angels did He subject the world that is about to be, concerning which we are speaking,

⁶But somewhere it is testified in these words:

“What is man that You are mindful of him,

or the son of man that You care for him?

⁶but someone somewhere solemnly testified, saying, “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

⁷You made him a little lower^a than the angels;

You crowned him with glory and honor^b

⁷You made him a little less than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor;

⁸and placed everything under his feet.”^a

When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

⁸You subjected all things under his feet.” For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing unsubject to him. But now, not yet do we see all things having been subjected to him.

⁹But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

⁹But we see Jesus, the One having been made a little less than the angels, because of the suffering of death, having been crowned with glory and with honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

¹⁰In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author^a of their salvation perfect through suffering.

¹⁰For it was fitting to Him, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, having brought many sons to glory, to make perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.

¹¹For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

¹¹For both the One sanctifying and those being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brothers,

¹²He says:

“I will proclaim Your name to My brothers;

I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”^a

¹²saying: “I will declare Your name to My brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will sing Your praises.”

¹³And again:

“I will put My trust in Him.”^a

And once again:

“Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”^b

¹³And again: “I will be trusting on Him.” And again: “Behold, I and the children whom God gave to Me.”

¹⁴Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

¹⁴Therefore, since the children have shared in blood and flesh, He also likewise partook of the same things, so that through death He might render powerless the one having the power of death, that is, the devil,

¹⁵and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

¹⁵and might set free those who all their time to live were subject to slavery through the fear of death.

¹⁶For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.

¹⁶For surely it is not the angels He lays hold of, but He lays hold of the seed of Abraham.

¹⁷For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement^a for the sins of the people.

¹⁷Hence it was necessary to be made like the brothers in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the things relating to God, in order to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

¹⁸Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

¹⁸For in that He Himself has suffered, having been tempted, He is able to help those being tempted.