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A Warning against Drifting Away

So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may 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 the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished.

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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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So 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?

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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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And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose.

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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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Jesus, the Man

And furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we are talking about.

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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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For in one place the Scriptures say,
“What are mere mortals that you should think about them,
or a son of mana that you should 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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Yet for a little while you made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.b

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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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You gave them authority over all things.”c
Now when it says “all things,” it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all things put under their authority.

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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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What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while 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.

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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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God, 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.

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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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So 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.d

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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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For he said to God,
“I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters.
I will praise you among your assembled people.”e

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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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He also said,
“I will put my trust in him,”
that is, “I and the children God has given me.”f

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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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Because 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 hadg the power of death.

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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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Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.

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

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We also know that the Son did not come to help angels; he came to help the descendants 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, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters,h 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.

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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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Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.

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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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