Hebrews 3:13
3:13 But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception.
Hebrews 3:15
3:15 As it says, 1 “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! 2 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” 3
Hebrews 4:1
God’s Promised Rest
4:1 Therefore we must be wary 4 that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.
Hebrews 5:11
The Need to Move on to Maturity
5:11 On this topic we have much to say 5 and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish 6 in hearing.
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 10:25
10:25 not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day 7 drawing near. 8
Hebrews 12:3
12:3 Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.
Hebrews 12:7
12:7 Endure your suffering 9 as discipline; 10 God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?
Hebrews 12:18
12:18 For you have not come to something that can be touched, 11 to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind
Hebrews 12:22
12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, the city 12 of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly
Hebrews 13:7
13:7 Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.
Hebrews 13:21
13:21 equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us 13 what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. 14 Amen.
1 tn Grk “while it is said.”
2 tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”
3 sn A quotation from Ps 95:7b-8.
4 tn Grk “let us fear.”
5 tn Grk “concerning which the message for us is great.”
6 tn Or “dull.”
7 sn The day refers to that well-known time of Christ’s coming and judgment in the future; see a similar use of “day” in 1 Cor 3:13.
8 tn This paragraph (vv. 19-25) is actually a single, skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments for English idiom. It begins with several subordinate phrases (since we have confidence and a great priest), has three parallel exhortations as its main verbs (let us draw near, hold, and take thought), and concludes with several subordinate phrases related to the final exhortation (not abandoning but encouraging).
9 tn Grk “endure,” with the object (“your suffering”) understood from the context.
10 tn Or “in order to become disciplined.”
11 tn This describes the nation of Israel approaching God on Mt. Sinai (Exod 19). There is a clear contrast with the reference to Mount Zion in v. 22, so this could be translated “a mountain that can be touched.” But the word “mountain” does not occur here and the more vague description seems to be deliberate.
12 tn 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.”
13 tc Some mss (C P Ψ 6 629* 630 1505 pm latt syh) read ὑμῖν (Jumin, “in you”) here, but ἡμῖν (Jhmin) has stronger external support (Ì46 א A Dvid K 0243 0285 33 81 104 326 365 629c 1175 1739 1881 pm syp co). It is also more likely that ἡμῖν would have been changed to ὑμῖν in light of the “you” which occurs at the beginning of the verse than vice versa.
14 tc ‡ Most mss (א A [C*] 0243 0285 33 1739 1881 Ï latt) include the words “and ever” here, but the shorter reading (supported by Ì46 C3 D Ψ 6 104 365 1505 al) is preferred on internal grounds. It seemed more likely that scribes would assimilate the wording to the common NT doxological expression “for ever and ever,” found especially in the Apocalypse (cf., e.g., 1 Tim 1:17; 2 Tim 4:18; Rev 4:9; 22:5) than to the “forever” of Heb 13:8. Nevertheless, a decision is difficult here. NA27 places the phrase in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.