Hebrews 2:2

2:2 For if the message spoken through angels ¹  proved to be so firm that every violation ²  or disobedience received its just penalty,

Hebrews 6:8

6:8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; ³  its fate is to be burned.

Hebrews 11:3

11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds ⁴  were set in order at God’s command, ⁵  so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. ⁶ 

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¹ sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).

² tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”

³ tn Grk “near to a curse.”

⁴ tn Grk “ages.” The temporal (ages) came to be used of the spatial (what exists in those time periods). See Heb 1:2 for same usage.

⁵ tn Grk “by God’s word.”

⁶ sn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that what is seen did not come into being from things that are visible.”