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Hebrews 2
Warning Against Neglecting Salvation
1 For this reason we must pay much closer attention to (F1)what we have heard, lest (C1)we drift away.2 For if the word (C1)spoken through (C2)angels proved (F1)unalterable, and (C3)every trespass and disobedience received a just (F2)(C4)penalty,3 (C1)how will we escape if we neglect so great a (C2)salvation? That salvation, first (C3)spoken by the Lord, was (C4)confirmed to us by those who heard,4 God also testifying with them, both by (C1)signs and wonders and by (C2)various (F1)miracles and by (F2)(C3)gifts of the Holy Spirit (C4)according to His own will.
Jesus, the Author of Salvation
5 For He did not subject to angels (F1)(C1)the world to come, concerning which we are speaking.6 But one has testified (C1)somewhere, saying,
"(C2)WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU REMEMBER HIM?
OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIM?
7 "(C1)YOU HAVE MADE (F1)HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS;
YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR,
(F2)AND HAVE APPOINTED HIM OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;
8 (C1)YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET."
For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now (C2)we do not yet see all things subjected to him.
10 For (C1)it was fitting for Him, (C2)for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to (C3)perfect the (F1)(C4)author of their salvation through sufferings.11 For both He who (C1)sanctifies and those who (C2)are being sanctified are all (C3)of One; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them (C4)brothers,12 saying,
"(C1)I WILL RECOUNT YOUR NAME TO MY BROTHERS,
IN THE MIDST OF THE ASSEMBLY I WILL SING YOUR PRAISE."
"(C1)I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM."
And again,
"(C2)BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME."
14 Therefore, since the children share in (F1)(C1)flesh and blood, (C2)He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that (C3)through death He might render powerless (C4)him who had the (F2)power of death, that is, the devil,15 and might free those who through (C1)fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.16 For assuredly He does not (F1)give help to angels, but He gives help to the seed of Abraham.17 Therefore, He (F1)had (C1)to be made like His brothers in all things, so that He might (C2)become a merciful and faithful (C3)high priest in (C4)things pertaining to God, to (C5)make propitiation for the sins of the people.18 For since He Himself was (C1)tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to help those who are tempted.
