Heb.2.1

It's crucial that we keep a firm grip on what we've heard so that we don't drift off.

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We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

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Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

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So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.

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If the old message delivered by the angels was valid and nobody got away with anything,

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For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,

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For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,

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The message God delivered through angels has always proved true, and the people were punished for every violation of the law and every act of disobedience.

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do you think we can risk neglecting this latest message, this magnificent salvation? First of all, it was delivered in person by the Master, then accurately passed on to us by those who heard it from him.

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how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.

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how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

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What makes us think that we can escape if we are indifferent to this great salvation that was announced by the Lord Jesus himself? It was passed on to us by those who heard him speak,

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All the while God was validating it with gifts through the Holy Spirit, all sorts of signs and miracles, as he saw fit.

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God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

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God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

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and God verified the message by signs and wonders and various miracles and by giving gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose to do so.

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God didn't put angels in charge of this business of salvation that we're dealing with here.

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It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

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For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.

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And furthermore, the future world we are talking about will not be controlled by angels.

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It says in Scripture, What is man and woman that you bother with them; why take a second look their way?

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But there is a place where someone has testified: "What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

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But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him?

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For somewhere in the Scriptures it says, "What is man that you should think of him, and the son of man that you should care for him?

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You made them not quite as high as angels, bright with Eden's dawn light;

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You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor

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You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.

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For a little while you made him lower than the angels, and you crowned him with glory and honor.

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Then you put them in charge of your entire handcrafted world. When God put them in charge of everything, nothing was excluded. But we don't see it yet, don't see everything under human jurisdiction.

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and put everything under his feet.? In putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

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You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.

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You gave him authority over all things." Now when it says "all things," it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all of this happen.

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What we do see is Jesus, made "not quite as high as angels," and then, through the experience of death, crowned so much higher than any angel, with a glory "bright with Eden's dawn light." In that death, by God's grace, he fully experienced death in every person's place.

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But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

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But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

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What we do see is Jesus, who "for a little while was made lower than the angels" and now is "crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death for us. Yes, by God's grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone in all the world.

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It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory.

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In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

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For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

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And it was only right that God--who made everything and for whom everything was made--should bring his many children into glory. Through the suffering of Jesus, God made him a perfect leader, one fit to bring them into their salvation.

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Since the One who saves and those who are saved have a common origin, Jesus doesn't hesitate to treat them as family,

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Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

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For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

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So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

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saying, I'll tell my good friends, my brothers and sisters, all I know about you; I'll join them in worship and praise to you.

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He says, "I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises."

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saying: "I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You."

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For he said to God, "I will declare the wonder of your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among all your people."

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Again, he puts himself in the same family circle when he says, Even I live by placing my trust in God. And yet again, I'm here with the children God gave me.

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And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again he says, "Here am I, and the children God has given me."

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And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And again: "Here am I and the children whom God has given Me."

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He also said, "I will put my trust in him." And in the same context he said, "Here I am--together with the children God has given me."

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Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it's logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By embracing death, taking it into himself, he destroyed the Devil's hold on death

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Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil--

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Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

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Because God's children are human beings--made of flesh and blood--Jesus also became flesh and blood by being born in human form. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the Devil, who had the power of death.

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and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death.

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and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

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and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

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Only in this way could he deliver those who have lived all their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.

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It's obvious, of course, that he didn't go to all this trouble for angels. It was for people like us, children of Abraham.

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For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants.

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For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham.

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We all know that Jesus came to help the descendants of Abraham, not to help the angels.

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That's why he had to enter into every detail of human life. Then, when he came before God as high priest to get rid of the people's sins,

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For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

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Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

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Therefore, it was necessary for Jesus to be in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. He then could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people.

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he would have already experienced it all himself--all the pain, all the testing--and would be able to help where help was needed.

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Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

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For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

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Since he himself has gone through suffering and temptation, he is able to help us when we are being tempted.