Hebrews 1:8

1:8 but of¹ the Son he says,²

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,³

and a righteous scepter⁴ is the scepter of your kingdom.

Hebrews 2:4

2:4 while God confirmed their witness⁵ with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed⁶ according to his will.

Hebrews 3:12

3:12 See to it,⁷ brothers and sisters,⁸ that none of you has⁹ an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes¹⁰ the living God.¹¹

Hebrews 4:4

4:4 For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”¹²

Hebrews 4:14

Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest

4:14 Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

Hebrews 6:6-7

6:6 and then have committed apostasy,¹³ to renew them again to repentance, since¹⁴ they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again¹⁵ and holding him up to contempt. 6:7 For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on¹⁶ it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

Hebrews 6:10

6:10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

Hebrews 7:3

7:3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

Hebrews 7:19

7:19 for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

Hebrews 11:40

11:40 For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.¹⁷

Hebrews 12:7

12:7 Endure your suffering¹⁸ as discipline;¹⁹ God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

Hebrews 12:22

12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, the city²⁰ of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly

Hebrews 13:4

13:4 Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

Hebrews 13:15

13:15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

Hebrews 13:20

Benediction and Conclusion

13:20 Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹tn Or “to.”

²tn The verb “he says” (λέγει, legei) is implied from the λέγει of v. 7.

³tn Or possibly, “Your throne is God forever and ever.” This translation is quite doubtful, however, since (1) in the context the Son is being contrasted to the angels and is presented as far better than they. The imagery of God being the Son’s throne would seem to be of God being his authority. If so, in what sense could this not be said of the angels? In what sense is the Son thus contrasted with the angels? (2) The μέν…δέ (men…de) construction that connects v. 7 with v. 8 clearly lays out this contrast: “On the one hand, he says of the angels…on the other hand, he says of the Son.” Thus, although it is grammatically possible that θεός (qeos) in v. 8 should be taken as a predicate nominative, the context and the correlative conjunctions are decidedly against it. Hebrews 1:8 is thus a strong affirmation of the deity of Christ.

⁴tn Grk “the righteous scepter,” but used generically.

⁵tn Grk “God bearing witness together” (the phrase “with them” is implied).

⁶tn Grk “and distributions of the Holy Spirit.”

⁷tn Or “take care.”

⁸tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

⁹tn Grk “that there not be in any of you.”

¹⁰tn Or “deserts,” “rebels against.”

¹¹tn Grk “in forsaking the living God.”

¹²sn A quotation from Gen 2:2.

¹³tn Or “have fallen away.”

¹⁴tn Or “while”; Grk “crucifying…and holding.” The Greek participles here (“crucifying…and holding”) can be understood as either causal (“since”) or temporal (“while”).

¹⁵tn Grk “recrucifying the son of God for themselves.”

¹⁶tn Grk “comes upon.”

¹⁷tn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that they would not be made perfect without us.”

¹⁸tn Grk “endure,” with the object (“your suffering”) understood from the context.

¹⁹tn Or “in order to become disciplined.”

²⁰tn Grk “and the city”; the conjunction is omitted in translation since it seems to be functioning epexegetically – that is, explaining further what is meant by “Mount Zion.”