Discovery BoxHebrews 6:18 
Context6:18 so that we who have found refuge in him 1 may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
Hebrews 9:15
Context9:15 And so he is the mediator 2 of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, 3 since he died 4 to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 13:20
Context13:20 Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 tn Grk “have taken refuge”; the basis of that refuge is implied in the preceding verse.
2 tn The Greek word μεσίτης (mesith", “mediator”) in this context does not imply that Jesus was a mediator in the contemporary sense of the word, i.e., he worked for compromise between opposing parties. Here the term describes his function as the one who was used by God to enact a new covenant which established a new relationship between God and his people, but entirely on God’s terms.
3 tn Grk “the promise of the eternal inheritance.”
4 tn Grk “a death having occurred.”
