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Warning Against Neglecting Salvation

Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

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Do Not Neglect Salvation

Therefore we must give [a]the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

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For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,

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For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just [b]reward,

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how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard,

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how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

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while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

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God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts[c] of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

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The Founder of Salvation

For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.

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The Son Made Lower than Angels

For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.

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It has been testified somewhere,
“What is man, that you are mindful of him,
or the son of man, that you care for him?

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But one testified in a certain place, saying:
“What is man that You are mindful of him,
Or the son of man that You take care of him?

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You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
you have crowned him with glory and honor,a

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You have made him [d]a little lower than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
[e]And set him over the works of Your hands.

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putting everything in subjection under his feet.”
Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.

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You have put all things in subjection under his feet.”
For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.

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But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

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But we see Jesus, who was made [f]a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

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For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.

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Bringing Many Sons to Glory

For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

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For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source.b That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,c

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For both He who [g]sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

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saying,
“I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”

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saying:
“I will declare Your name to My brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.”

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And again,
“I will put my trust in him.”
And again,
“Behold, I and the children God has given me.”

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And again:
“I will put My trust in Him.”
And again:
“Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.”

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Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

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Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

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and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

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and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

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For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham.

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For indeed He does not [h]give aid to angels, but He does [i]give aid to the seed of Abraham.

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Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

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Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

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For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

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For in that He Himself has suffered, being [j]tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

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