Warning
To Pay Attention
We
must pay more careful attention,
Therefore,
to what we have heard,
SO
THAT WE DO NOT DRIFT AWAY.
2
For if the Message spoken by Angels was Binding,
And
every Violation and Disobedience received its Just Punishment,
3
HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE
IF
WE IGNORE SUCH A GREAT SALVATION?
This
Salvation, which was first announced by the Lord,
Was
Confirmed to us by those who heard Him.
4
GOD ALSO TESTIFIED TO IT BY SIGNS, WONDERS
AND
VARIOUS MIRACLES,
AND
GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT DISTRIBUTED
ACCORDING
TO HIS WILL.
Jesus
Made Like His Brothers
5
IT IS NOT TO ANGELS THAT HE HAS SUBJECTED
THE
WORLD TO COME,
About
which we are speaking.
6
But there is a place where someone has Testified:
'What
is man that You are mindful of him,
the
Son of Man that Your care for Him?
7
You made Him a little lower than the Angels;
You
crowned Him with Glory and Honor
8
AND PUT EVERYTHING UNDER HIS FEET.'
IN
PUTTING EVERYTHING UNDER HIM,
GOD
LEFT NOTHING THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO HIM.
YET
AT THE PRESENT
WE
DO NOT SEE EVERYTHING SUBJECT TO HIM.
9
But 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.
10
In bringing many sons to Glory,
It
was Fitting that God,
FOR
WHOM AND THROUGH WHOM EVERYTHING EXISTS,
SHOULD
MAKE THE AUTHOR OF THEIR SALVATION
PERFECT
THROUGH SUFFERING.
11
Both the One who makes men Holy
And
those who are made Holy
Are
of the same Family.
So
Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
12
He says,
'I
will declare Your Name to My brothers;
In
the Presence of the Congregation
I
will sing Your Praises.'
13
And again,
'I
will put My Trust in Him.'
13
And again,
'Here
am I,
And
the Children God has given Me.'
14
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--
15
AND FREE THOSE WHO ALL THEIR LIVES
WERE
HELD IN SLAVERY BY THEIR FEAR OF DEATH.
16 For
surely it is not Angels He helps,
But
Abraham's Descendants.
17
FOR THIS REASON
HE
HAD TO BE MADE LIKE HIS BROTHERS
IN
EVERY WAY,
In
order that He might become a Merciful and Faithful High Priest
In
service to God,
AND
THAT HE MIGHT MAKE ATONEMENT
FOR
THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE.
18
BECAUSE HE HIMSELF SUFFERED WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED,
HE
IS ABLE TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE BEING TEMPTED.
(Hebrews
2)
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