Outline
- Prologue: The Superiority of God's New Revelation (1:1-4)
- The Superiority of Christ to Leading Figures under the Old Covenant (1:5;7:28)
The Superior Sacrificial Work of Our High Priest (8:1;10:18)A Call to Follow Jesus Faithfully and with Perseverance (10:19;12:29)Conclusion (ch. 13)
Hebrews 1 NLT
1 Long ago God spoke many times and in
many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.
2 And now in these final days, he has
spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an
inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.
3 The Son radiates God’s own glory and
expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty
power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the
place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.
4 This shows that the Son is far
greater than the angels, just as the name God gave him is greater than their
names.
5 For God never said to any angel what
he said to Jesus: “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father. ” God also
said, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son.”
6 And when he brought his supreme Son
into the world, God said, “Let all of God’s angels worship him.”
7Regarding the angels, he says, “He sends
his angels like the winds, his servants like flames of fire.”
8 But to the Son he says, “Your throne,
O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice.
9 You love justice and hate evil.
Therefore, O God, your God has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on
you more than on anyone else.”
10 He also says to the Son, “In the
beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with
your hands.
11 They will perish, but you remain
forever. They will wear out like old clothing.
12 You will fold them up like a cloak
and discard them like old clothing. But you are always the same; you will live
forever.”
13 And God never said to any of the
angels, “Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your
enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.”
14 Therefore, angels
are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.
Hebrews 2 NLT
1 So we must listen very carefully to
the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.
2 For the message God delivered through
angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of
disobedience was punished.
3 So what makes us think we can escape
if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus
himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?
4 And God confirmed the message by
giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit
whenever he chose.
5 And furthermore, it is not angels who
will control the future world we are talking about.
6 For in one place the Scriptures say,
“What are mere mortals that you should think about them, or a son of man that
you should care for him?
7 Yet you made them only a little lower
than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
8 You gave them authority over all
things.” Now when it says “all things,” it means nothing is left out. But we
have not yet seen all things put under their authority.
9What we do see is Jesus, who was given a
position “a little lower than the angels”; and because he suffered death for
us, he is now “crowned with glory and honor.” Yes, by God’s grace, Jesus tasted
death for everyone.
10 God, for whom and through whom
everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only
right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit
to bring them into their salvation.
11 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.
12 For he said to God, “I will proclaim
your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among your assembled
people.”
13 He also said, “I will put my trust in
him,” that is, “I and the children God has given me.”
14 Because God’s children are human
beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. 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.
15 Only in this way could he set free
all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.
16 We also know that the Son did not
come to help angels; he came to help the descendants of Abraham.
17 Therefore, it was necessary for him
to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could
be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a
sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people.
18 Since he himself
has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being
tested.
