Hebrews 2:10

2:10 For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, ¹  in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer ²  of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Hebrews 7:7

7:7 Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,

Hebrews 11:13

11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, ³  but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners ⁴  on the earth.

Hebrews 12:29

12:29 For our God is indeed a devouring fire. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Grk “for whom are all things and through whom are all things.”

² sn The Greek word translated pioneer is used of a “prince” or leader, the representative head of a family. It also carries nuances of “trailblazer,” one who breaks through to new ground for those who follow him. It is used some thirty-five times in the Greek OT and four times in the NT, always of Christ (Acts 3:15; 5:31; Heb 2:10; 12:2).

³ tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

⁴ tn Or “sojourners.”

⁵ sn A quotation from Deut 4:24; 9:3.