2:8 You put all things under his control.” 1
For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control, 2
6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond 3 the elementary 4 instructions about Christ 5 and move on 6 to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,
1 tn Grk “you subjected all things under his feet.”
sn A quotation from Ps 8:4-6.
2 sn The expression all things under his control occurs three times in 2:8. The latter two occurrences are not exactly identical to the Greek text of Ps 8:6 quoted at the beginning of the verse, but have been adapted by the writer of Hebrews to fit his argument.
3 tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.
4 tn Or “basic.”
5 tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”
6 tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”