Hebrews 3:1

Jesus and Moses

3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters,¹ partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,²

Hebrews 4:1

God’s Promised Rest

4:1 Therefore we must be wary³ that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Hebrews 4:11

4:11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

Hebrews 4:13-14

4:13 And no creature is hidden from God,⁴ but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

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 5:11

The Need to Move on to Maturity

5:11 On this topic we have much to say⁵ and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish⁶ in hearing.

Hebrews 6:1

6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond⁷ the elementary⁸ instructions about Christ⁹ and move on¹⁰ to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

Hebrews 6:11

6:11 But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

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 10:26

10:26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,¹¹

Hebrews 10:30

10:30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,”¹² and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”¹³

Hebrews 10:39

10:39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.¹⁴

Hebrews 11:3

11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds¹⁵ were set in order at God’s command,¹⁶ so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.¹⁷

Hebrews 12:10

12:10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

Hebrews 12:28

12:28 So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

Hebrews 13:6

13:6 So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and¹⁸ I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”¹⁹

¹tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

²tn Grk “of our confession.”

³tn Grk “let us fear.”

⁴tn Grk “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵tn Grk “concerning which the message for us is great.”

⁶tn Or “dull.”

⁷tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

⁸tn Or “basic.”

⁹tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

¹⁰tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

¹¹tn Grk “is left,” with “for us” implied by the first half of the verse.

¹²sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.

¹³sn A quotation from Deut 32:36.

¹⁴tn Grk “not…of shrinking back to perdition but of faith to the preservation of the soul.”

¹⁵tn 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.

¹⁶tn Grk “by God’s word.”

¹⁷sn 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.”

¹⁸tc Some important mss (א* C* P 0285^vid 33 1175 1739 pc lat) lack καί (kai), but because the omission conforms to the wording of Ps 118:6 (117:6 LXX), it is suspect.

¹⁹sn A quotation from Ps 118:6.