\NormalFont\ShortTitle{HEBREWS}
{\MTB This book is a letter that was written to Jewish believers. We call this book
\par }{\MT Hebrews

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Hebrews 1:1-3
\par }{\SH God formerly communicated with us through the prophets, but now he has communicated with us through his son, who is just like God.
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Long
ago
God
communicated frequently
to
our
ancestors
in
various
ways
by
what
the
prophets
{\ADD{
said
and
wrote}}.
\VS{2}But
now
when
this
final
age
{\ADD{
is
beginning}},
God
has
communicated
to
us
{\ADD{
just
once}}
by
means
of
what ◄his
Son/the
man
who
was
also
God►
{\ADD{
said
and
did.
God}}
appointed
him
in
order
that
he
would
possess
everything
{\ADD{
that
truly
belongs
to
God.
God
also
appointed}}
him
in
order
that
he
would
create
the universe.
\VS{3}He manifests
God’s
glory.
He
exactly
represents
{\ADD{
what
God
is
like}}.
He ◄sustains
everything
by
means
of
his
powerful
words.
When
he
had
{\ADD{
enabled
people
to
be}}
freed
from
the
{\ADD{
guilt
of}}
their
sins [MET],
he
sat
down
in
heaven [EUP]
{\ADD{
to
rule}}
at
the
place
of
greatest
honor [MTY]
with
God [MTY].
\par }{\SH God’s
son
is
greater
than
the
angels.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 1:4-14
\par }{\PP \VS{4}By
doing
that,
he
{\ADD{
showed
that
he}}
was
very
much
greater
than
the
angels,
to
the
extent
that
his relationship [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
God,
as
his
Son}},
is
more
excellent
than
the relationship
the
angels
{\ADD{
have
to
God}}.
\VS{5}{\ADD{
We
know
that}}
because
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}}
no
one [RHQ]
ever
reported
that
God
said
to
any
angel
{\ADD{
what
he
said
to
his
Son}},
\par }{\Q You
{\ADD{(sg)}}
are
my
Son!
\par }{\Q Today
I
have
declared
to
all
that
I
am
your
Father [DOU]!
\par }{\Q And
he
said
in
another
Scripture
passage,
\par }{\Q I
will
be
his
Father,
\par }{\Q and
he
will
be
my
Son [DOU].
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
{\ADD{
we
know
his
Son
is
greater
than
the
angels
because
in}}
another
{\ADD{
Scripture
passage
someone
wrote
this
about
God’s
esteemed
Son}},
when
God
was
about
to
send
him
into
the
world:
\par }{\Q All
God’s
angels
must
worship
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
And
in
the Scriptures
it
is
written
that}}
someone
said
this
about
the
angels:
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
God}}
makes
the
{\ADD{
angels}}
who
serve
him
{\ADD{
to
be changeable
like}} [MET]
winds
and
flames
of
fire.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
on
the
other
hand,
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures
it
is
written
that
God
said}}
this
to
his
Son:
\par }{\Q You
{\ADD{(sg)}}
who
are
{\ADD{
also}}
God
will
rule
forever [MTY],
\par }{\Q and
you
will
reign
righteously
over
your
kingdom [MTY].
\par }{\Q \VS{9}You
have
loved
{\ADD{
people’s}}
righteous
{\ADD{
deeds}}
and
you
have
hated
{\ADD{
people’s}}
lawless
{\ADD{
deeds}}.
\par }{\Q So
I,
your
God,
have
caused
you
to
be
more
joyful [MTY]
than
anyone
else.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
{\ADD{
we
also
know
that
his
Son
is
superior
to
angels
because
in
the Scriptures
the
Psalmist
wrote
that}}
someone
said
to
God’s
Son,
\par }{\Q Lord,
it
was
you
who
created
the
earth
in
the
beginning.
\par }{\Q You
also
made
{\ADD{
the
rest
of}}
the universe (OR,
the
{\ADD{
things
in}}
the
sky) [MTY].
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Everything
in
the universe
will
disappear,
but
you
will
keep
on
living
{\ADD{
forever}}.
\par }{\Q They
will
wear
out
as
clothing
{\ADD{
wears
out}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}You
will dispose
of
them
as
one
rolls
up
an
{\ADD{
old}}
coat
{\ADD{
before
getting
rid
of
it}}.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Then}},
you
will
exchange
{\ADD{
everything
that
is
in
the universe
for
what
is
new}},
\par }{\Q as
someone
puts
on
a
new
garment
{\ADD{
in
exchange
for
an
old
garment}} [SIM].
\par }{\Q But
you
{\ADD{
are
not
like
what
you
created}};
\par }{\Q You
stay
the
same,
and
you
live
forever [LIT]!
\par }{\PP \VS{13}{\ADD{
We
also
know
that
his
Son
is
superior
to
angels
because
no
one
ever
stated}} [RHQ]
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}}
that
God
said
to
any
angel
{\ADD{
what
he
said
to
his
Son}},
\par }{\Q Sit
{\ADD{
in
the
place
of
honor}}
next
to
me
and
rule
with
me [MTY]
\par }{\Q while
I
put
all
of
your
enemies
completely
under
your
control [MET]!
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The
angels
are
{\ADD{
only}}
spirits
who
serve
{\ADD{
God}} [RHQ].
{\ADD{
God}}
sends
them
{\ADD{
to
earth}}
in
order
to
help
those
he
has
saved (OR,
those
whom
he
will
save).

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH We will not escape God’s punishment if we ignore such a great message of salvation.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 2:1-4
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}So,
{\ADD{
since
that
is
true}},
we
must
pay
very
careful
attention
to
what
we
have
heard
{\ADD{
about
God’s
Son}},
in
order
that
we
do
not
drift
away
from
it,
{\ADD{
as
a
boat drifts
off
its
course
when
people
do
not
guide
it}} [MET].
\VS{2}{\ADD{
God’s
laws
that}}
were
given
by
angels
were
valid,
and
God
justly
punished
all
who
rejected
them
and
all
who
disobeyed [DOU]
them.
\VS{3}So,
we
will
certainly
not
escape
{\ADD{
God
punishing
us}}
if
we
ignore
such
a
great
{\ADD{
message
about
how
God}} [MTY]
saves
us! [RHQ]
This
{\ADD{
new
message}}
was
first
spoken
by
the
Lord
{\ADD{
Jesus}} $\{$The
Lord
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
first
spoke
this
{\ADD{
message}}$\}$.
Then
it
was
confirmed
to
us
by
those
who
heard
{\ADD{
what
the
Lord
told
them}} $\{$those
who
heard
{\ADD{
what
the
Lord
told
them}}
confirmed
it
to
us$\}$.
\VS{4}God
also
confirmed
to
us
{\ADD{
that
this
message
was
true}}
by
{\ADD{enabling believers
to
do}}
many
things
that
showed
God’s
power,
to
do
other
miraculous
things [DOU],
and
{\ADD{
to
do
other
things}}
by
the
gifts
that
the
Holy
Spirit
distributed
to
them
according
to
what
{\ADD{
God}}
desired.
\par }{\SH God
has
determined
that Christ,
not
angels
or
people,
will
rule
everything.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 2:5-9a
\par }{\PP \VS{5}God
has
determined
that
the
angels
will
not
rule
over
everything.
{\ADD{
Instead,
he
has
determined
that Christ}}
will
rule
in
the
new
world
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
{\ADD{
create}}.
{\ADD{
That
is
the
new
world}}
about
which
I
am
writing.
\VS{6}Someone
spoke
to
{\ADD{
God
about
this}}
somewhere
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}},
saying,
\par }{\Q ◄No
one
is
worthy
enough
for
you
to
think
about
him!/Who
is
{\ADD{
worthy
enough}}
for
you
to
think
about
him?► [RHQ]
\par }{\Q ◄No
human
is
{\ADD{
worthy
enough}}
for
you
to
care
for
him!/Is
any
human
{\ADD{
worthy
enough}}
for
you
to
care
for
him?► [RHQ]
\par }{\Q \VS{7}{\ADD{
So
it
is surprising
that}}
you
have
caused
people
to
be
for
a
little
while
inferior
in
rank
to
angels.
\par }{\Q You
have
greatly
honored [DOU]
them [MET],
as
{\ADD{
kings
are
honored
with}}
a
crown.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}You
have
put
everything
under
people’s
control [MET].
\par }{\PP God
has
determined
that
people
will
rule
over
absolutely
everything [LIT].
But
now,
at
this
present
time,
we
perceive
that
people
do
not
yet
have
authority
over
everything.
\VS{9}But
we
do
know
about
Jesus,
{\ADD{
who
truly
has
authority
over
everything}}!
\par }{\SH Jesus,
the
creator
of
everything,
is
the
one
who
died
for
us,
makes
us
holy,
and
proclaims
us
to
be
his
brothers
and
sisters.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 2:9b-13
\par }{\PP Jesus,
for
a
little
while,
became
inferior
{\ADD{
in
rank}}
to
angels
in
order
to
die
on
behalf
of [MET]
everyone.
He
became
inferior
when
he
suffered
{\ADD{
and}}
died,
as
God
kindly
{\ADD{
planned}}.
But
now
he
has
been
greatly
{\ADD{
honored}} [DOU]
{\ADD{
by
being}}
crowned
{\ADD{
as
kings
are}}.
\VS{10}It
was
fitting
that
{\ADD{
God}}
make
{\ADD{
Jesus}} ◄perfect/all
that
God
intended
him
to
be►.
God
was enabling
many
people
who
would
belong
to
him [MET]
to
share
his
glory.
God
{\ADD{
is
the
one
who}}
created
all
things,
and
{\ADD{
he
is
the
one}}
for
whom
all
things
{\ADD{exist}}.
{\ADD{
He
perfected
Jesus}}
by
causing
him
to
suffer
{\ADD{
and
die}}.
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
is
the
one
whom
{\ADD{
God}}
uses
to
save
people.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
Jesus}}
is
the
one
who ◄makes
people
holy/sets
people
apart
for
God►,
and
they
all
belong
to
God’s
family.
{\ADD{
As
a
result,
Christ}}
gladly [LIT]
proclaims
them
to
be
{\ADD{
like}}
his
own
brothers
{\ADD{
and
sisters}}.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
The
Psalmist
wrote
what Christ
said
to
God
about
us
becoming}}
his
brothers,
in
these
words:
\par }{\Q I
will
proclaim
to
my
brothers
how
awesome
you
are (OR,
what
you ◄{\ADD{
are
like/have
done}}►) [MTY].
\par }{\Q I
will
sing
praise
to
you
in
the
presence
of
the
congregation!
\par }{\PP \VS{13}And
a
prophet
wrote
{\ADD{
in}}
another
{\ADD{
Scripture
passage
what Christ
said
about
God}},
\par }{\Q I
will
trust
him.
\par }{\PP And
in
another
{\ADD{
Scripture
passage, Christ
said
about
those
who
are
like
his}}
children,
\par }{\Q I
and
the
ones
that
God
has
given
me
are
here.
\par }{\SH It
is
Jesus,
not
angels,
who
became
a
human
to
help
us
as
our Supreme
Priest.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 2:14-18
\par }{\PP \VS{14}So,
since
those
{\ADD{
whom
God
calls
his}}
children
are
all
human
beings [MTY],
Jesus
also
became
a
human
being
{\ADD{
just
like
them}}.
The
devil
has
the
power
to
cause
people
{\ADD{
to
be
afraid}}
to
die,
but Christ
became
human
in
order
that
by
his
dying
he
might
make
the
devil
powerless.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
Jesus
did
that}}
to
free
all
of
us
who
are
like
slaves [MET]
all
the
time
we
live,
because
we
are
{\ADD{
forced
to}}
be
afraid
to
die.
\VS{16}Because
{\ADD{
Jesus
became
a
human
being}},
it
is
not
angels
whom
he
wants
to
help.
No,
it
is
we
who
trust
God
as
Abraham
did
whom
he
wants
to
help.
\VS{17}So,
{\ADD{
since
he
came
to
help humans,
not
angels}},
he
had
to
be
made
exactly
like
{\ADD{
us
whom
he
calls}}
his
own
brothers
{\ADD{
and
sisters}}.
He
wants
to
be
a Supreme
Priest
who
{\ADD{
acts}} mercifully
{\ADD{
to
all
people}}
and
who
faithfully
does
what
God
wants,
so
that
people
who
had
sinned
would
be
declared
no
longer
guilty.
\VS{18}{\ADD{
Specifically}},
he
is
able
to
help
those/us
who
are
tempted
{\ADD{
to
sin}}.
He
can
do
that
because
he
suffered,
and
he
was
also
tempted
{\ADD{
to
sin
like
we
are
tempted
to
sin}}.

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH Our Supreme Priest, Jesus, deserves more honor than Moses does.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 3:1-6
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
fellow believers,
{\ADD{
God}}
has
set
you
apart
and
has
chosen
you,
just
like
he
chose
me.
So
consider
Jesus.
{\ADD{
He
is
God’s}}
messenger
to
us.
He
is
also
the Supreme
Priest
whom
we
say
we
believe
in.
\VS{2}He
faithfully
{\ADD{
served
God}},
who
appointed
him,
just
like
Moses
faithfully
{\ADD{
served}}
God’s
people [MTY].
\VS{3-4}Just
like
every
house
is
made
by
someone $\{$as
someone
makes
every
house$\}$, Jesus
made
everything,
and
he
is
God/Divine.
So
God
has
considered
that Jesus
is
worthy
{\ADD{
that
people
honor}}
him
more
than
they
honor
Moses,
just
like
the
one
who
builds
a
house
deserves
that
people
honor
him
more
than
they
should
honor
the
house
{\ADD{
he
built}}.
\VS{5}Moses
very
faithfully
{\ADD{
served
God
as
he}} ◄{\ADD{
helped/cared
for}}► [MET]
God’s
people,
just
like
a
servant
{\ADD{
faithfully
serves
his
master}}.
The
result
was
that
Moses
testified
about
what
Jesus
would
say
later.
\VS{6}But
Christ
{\ADD{
faithfully
serves
God
as
he}} ◄{\ADD{
helps/cares
for}}►
his
own
people [MTY,
MET],
just
like
a
{\ADD{
son
helps/cares
for
his
own
family}}.
And
we
are
God’s
people [MTY]
if
we
continue
to
confidently
{\ADD{
believe
in
Christ}}
and
if
we
continue
to
confidently
wait
for
{\ADD{
what
God
will
do
for
us}}.
\par }{\SH Do
not
stubbornly
rebel
against
God
as
their
Jewish
ancestors
did.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 3:7-11
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
Holy
Spirit
{\ADD{
caused
the
Psalmist
to
write
these
words
in
the Scriptures
to
the
Israelites}}:
\par }{\Q Now,
when
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
hear
God
speaking
to
you [MTY],
\VS{8}do
not
stubbornly ◄{\ADD{
disobey/refuse
to}}
obey
{\ADD{
him}}► [IDM],
{\ADD{
as
your
Jewish
ancestors
stubbornly
disobeyed
him}}
when
they
rebelled
against
{\ADD{
him}}
in
the
desert.
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
At
that
time,
God
said
to
your
ancestors}}, “They
tried
to
determine
how
many
{\ADD{
things
that
displeased
me
they
could
do}}
in
the
desert
{\ADD{
without
me
punishing
them}}.
\VS{9}Your
ancestors
repeatedly
tested
{\ADD{
whether
I
would
be
patient
with
them,
even
though}}
for 40
years
they
saw
all
the
amazing
things
I
did.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}So,
I
became
disgusted
with
those
people
who
saw
those
things,
and
I
said
{\ADD{
about
them}}, ‘They
are
constantly
disloyal
to
me,
and
they
do
not
understand
how
I
{\ADD{
wanted
them}}
to
conduct
their
lives.’
\par }{\PP \VS{11}As
a
result,
because
I
was
angry
with
them,
I
solemnly
declared, ‘They
will
not
enter
{\ADD{
the
land
of
Canaan}}
where
I
would
let
them
rest [MTY]!’ ”
\par }{\SH Beware
that
you
do
not
stop
trusting
in
Christ.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 3:12-15
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So,
my
fellow believers,
be
careful
that
none
of
you
is
so
evil
that
you
stop
trusting
{\ADD{
in Christ}}.
That
would
cause
you
to
reject
God
who
is all-powerful.
\VS{13}Instead,
each
of
you
must
encourage
each
other
every
day,
while
{\ADD{
you
still
have}}
the opportunity [IDM],
in
order
that
none
of
you
may
stubbornly
{\ADD{
reject
God}}
by
{\ADD{
letting
others}}
deceive
you (OR,
as
you
deceive
yourselves),
{\ADD{
with
the
result
that}}
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
sin [PRS].
\VS{14}{\ADD{
We
must
encourage
one
another}},
because
we
{\ADD{(inc)}}
benefit
from
{\ADD{
all}}
Christ
{\ADD{
has
done}}
only
if
we
firmly
keep
trusting
{\ADD{
in
him}}
from
the
time
when
we
first
confidently
{\ADD{
trusted
in
him}}
until
{\ADD{
the
time
when}}
we
die [EUP].
\VS{15}{\ADD{
We
can
do
this}}
by
paying
attention
to
{\ADD{
what
the
Psalmist
wrote
in
that
Scripture
passage
in
which}}
God
said,
\par }{\Q Now,
when
you
hear
me
speaking
{\ADD{
to
you(pl)}} [MTY],
do
not
stubbornly
disobey
me
as
{\ADD{
your
ancestors
stubbornly
disobeyed
me}}
when
they
rebelled
{\ADD{
against
me}}.
\par }{\SH It
was
your
ancestors,
ones
for
whom
God
did
great
things,
who
rebelled
against
God.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 3:16-19
\par }{\PP \VS{16}◄{\ADD{
You
must
keep
trusting
in
God}}
because
you
must
remember
who
it
was
who
rebelled
against
God
although
they
heard
him
speaking
to
them./Do
you
remember
who
it
was
who
rebelled
against
God
although
they
heard
{\ADD{
him
speaking
to
them}}?► [RHQ]
It
was
people
who
had
certainly
experienced [LIT]
God’s
power.
It
was
all
those
people
whom
Moses
led miraculously
out
of
Egypt. [RHQ]
\VS{17}And ◄{\ADD{
you
must
remember}}
who
it
was
that
God
was
disgusted
with
for 40
years./do
you
{\ADD{
remember}}
who
it
was
that
God
was
disgusted
with
for 40years?► [RHQ]
It
was
those
same
people
who
had
sinned
like
that,
and
who
as
a
result
died
in
the
desert! [RHQ]
\VS{18}And ◄{\ADD{
you
must
remember}}
about
whom
God
solemnly
declared, “They
will
not
enter
the
land
where
I
would
let
them
rest.”/do
you
{\ADD{
remember}}
about
whom
{\ADD{
God}}
solemnly
declared, “They
will
not
enter
the
land
where
I
{\ADD{
would
let
them}}
rest”?► [RHQ]
It
was
those
Israelites
who
disobeyed
God.
\VS{19}So,
from
that
example
we
{\ADD{(inc)}}
realize
that
it
was
because
they
did
not
keep
trusting
{\ADD{
in
God}}
that
they
were
unable
to
enter
{\ADD{
the
land
where
they
would
rest}}.

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH The Israelites failed to enter the place where they would rest; we must be careful not to act like them.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 4:1-5
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
The
Israelites
did
not
enter
the
place
where
they
would
rest}}.
But
{\ADD{
God}}
has
still
promised
us
that
we
can
enter
the
place
of
resting
{\ADD{
in
heaven
eternally}}.
So
we
must
beware
{\ADD{
of
the possibility}}
that
{\ADD{
God}}
may
consider
that
some
of
you
have
failed
to
enter
the
{\ADD{
place
of}}
resting
{\ADD{
eternally
as
the
Israelites
did
not
enter
the
place
where
they
would
rest}}.
\VS{2}We
have
heard
the
message
{\ADD{
about Christ}},
just
like
{\ADD{
the
Israelites}}
heard
{\ADD{
what
God
promised}}.
But
{\ADD{
just
like}}
the
message
did
not
benefit
{\ADD{
most
of}}
those
who
heard
it
because
they
did
not
believe
it
as
{\ADD{
Joshua
and
Caleb
did,
it}}
will
not
{\ADD{
benefit
us
eternally
if
we
do
not
keep
believing
it}}.
\VS{3}We
who
have
believed
{\ADD{
in
Christ}}
are
able
to
enter
the
place
of
resting
{\ADD{
eternally.
We
know
there
is
a
place
where
we
will
rest
eternally}}
because
God
said,
\par }{\Q Because
I
was
angry
with
them,
I
solemnly
declared, “They
will
not
enter
{\ADD{
the
land
where}}
I
would
let
them
rest.”
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
God
said
that}}
even
though
he
ceased
his
work
{\ADD{
of
creating
things}}
after
he
created
the
world.
\VS{4}What
someone
wrote
somewhere
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}}
about
the
seventh
day
{\ADD{
after
he
had
spent
six
days
creating
the
world}},
supports
that:
\par }{\Q Then,
on
the
seventh
day,
God
rested
from
his
work
{\ADD{
of
creating
everything}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}But
note
again
what
God
said
about
the
Israelites
{\ADD{
in
the}}
passage
that
I
quoted
previously:
\par }{\Q They
will
not
enter
{\ADD{
the
land
where}}
I
would
let
them
rest.
\par }{\SH The Scriptures
support
the
claim
that
there
is
a
time
when
God’s
people
will
rest
eternally.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 4:6-10
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Some
people
experience
entering
that
{\ADD{
place
of
resting
eternally.
But}}
those
{\ADD{
Israelites}}
who
first
had
the
good
message
preached
to
them $\{$first
heard
the
good
message$\}$
{\ADD{
about
what
God
promised
them}}
did
not
enter
{\ADD{
that
place
of
resting}},
because
they
refused
to
believe
{\ADD{
God}}.
\VS{7}{\ADD{
But
God}}
appointed
another
time
{\ADD{
when
we
may
enter
that
place
of
resting}}.
That
time
is
now!
{\ADD{
We
know
that
is
true
because}}
much
later
than
when
{\ADD{
the
Israelites
rebelled
against
God
in
the
desert}},
he
caused
{\ADD{
King}}
David
to
write
what
I
have
already
quoted,
\par }{\Q Now,
when
you
understand
what
God
is
saying
{\ADD{
to
you}},
do
not
stubbornly
disobey
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}If
Joshua
had
led
the
Israelites
to
enter
the
place
of
resting,
God
would
not
have
spoken
later
about
another
{\ADD{
time
when
we
could
rest}} [MET].
{\ADD{
So
we
know
God
was
speaking
about
another
time
when
some
people
would
enter
that
place
of
resting
eternally}}.
\VS{9}So,
just
like
{\ADD{
God
rested
on}}
the
seventh
day
{\ADD{
after
he
finished
making
everything}},
there
remains
a
time
when
God’s
people
will
rest
eternally.
\VS{10}Specifically,
whoever
enters
God’s
place
of
resting
has
ceased
doing
things
{\ADD{
to
gain
God’s
favor}},
just
like
God
ceased
doing
his
work
{\ADD{
of
creating
everything}}.
\par }{\SH We
must
be
careful
not
to
be insincere
about
trying
to
enter
the
place
of
eternal
rest.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 4:11-13
\par }{\PP \VS{11}God
severely
punished
the
{\ADD{
Israelites
because
they disbelieved
his
message}}.
So
we
must
strive
to
experience
entering
that
{\ADD{
place
of}}
resting
{\ADD{
eternally}},
in
order
that
he
will
not
severely
punish
any
of
us
for
not believing
{\ADD{
his
message}}.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
Beware
of
being insincere
about
doing
this}},
because
the
message
God
{\ADD{
has
given
us}}
very powerfully penetrates
our
thinking
more
than
a
two-edged
sword
{\ADD{penetrates
flesh}} [MET].
It penetrates
{\ADD{
deeply}}
into
our
souls
and
spirits,
as
{\ADD{
a
sharp
sword
can
penetrate}}
into
our
joints
and
marrow.
That
{\ADD{
is,
by
his
message
God}} [PRS]
discerns
all
that
we
think
about,
and
he
discerns
all
that
we
desire
{\ADD{
to
do}} [MTY] (OR,
{\ADD{
His
message}} exposes
{\ADD{
to
us}}
all
our
thoughts
and
all
our
desires).
\VS{13}God
knows
everything
about
everyone.
Everything
is
completely
exposed [DOU]
to
him,
{\ADD{
and
he
is}}
the
one [SYN]
who
will
say
whether
he
approves
of
what
we
have
done.
\par }{\SH Let
us
come
boldly
to Christ,
our Supreme
Priest,
to
receive
his
gracious
help.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 4:14-16
\par }{\PP \VS{14}We
have
a
great Supreme
Priest
who
ascended
through
the
heavens
{\ADD{
when
he
returned
to
God’s
presence}}.
He
is
Jesus, ◄God’s
Son/the
man
who
is
also
God►.
So
let
us
firmly
profess
{\ADD{
what
we
believe
about
him}}.
\VS{15}Our Supreme
Priest
can
indeed [LIT] compassionately
deal
with
us
who
tend
to
sin
easily,
because
he
also
was
tempted
{\ADD{
to
sin}}
in
every
way
that
we
are
{\ADD{
tempted
to
sin}},
and
yet
he
did
not
sin.
\VS{16}So,
let
us
come
boldly
to
{\ADD{Christ}} [MTY],
who
rules [MET]
{\ADD{
from
heaven}}
and
does
for
us
what
we
do
not
deserve,
in
order
that
we
might
experience
{\ADD{
his
acting}} mercifully
{\ADD{
toward
us}},
and
in
order
that
we
might
experience
his
helping
us
in
a
kind
way
whenever
we
need
{\ADD{
help}}.

\par }\Chap{5}{\SH As Christ suffered, he learned to be a compassionate Supreme Priest by obeying God.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 5:1-10
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Every
{\ADD{
Jewish}} Supreme
Priest
was
chosen
by
{\ADD{
God}} $\{${\ADD{
God}}
chose
every
{\ADD{
Jewish}} Supreme
Priest$\}$
from
among
{\ADD{
ordinary}}
men.
They
were
appointed $\{${\ADD{
He}}
appointed
them$\}$
in
order
that
they
would
come
before
him
on
behalf
of
the
people.
{\ADD{
Specifically,
God
appointed
them}}
in
order
that
they
would
bring
gifts
{\ADD{
to
him
on
behalf
of
the
people}},
and
in
order
to
sacrifice
{\ADD{
animals
to
him}}
for
people
who
sinned.
\VS{2}The Supreme
Priests
could
deal
gently
with
those
who
ignorantly
sinned,
since
the Supreme
Priests
themselves tended
to
sin
easily.
\VS{3}As
a
result,
they
had
to
offer
something
to
God
for
their
own
sins,
just
like
{\ADD{
they
had
to
offer
something
to
God}}
for
{\ADD{
other}}
people
who
sinned.
\VS{4}Furthermore,
{\ADD{
it
is
an
honor
to
be
a Supreme
Priest}}
so
no
one
honors
himself
{\ADD{
by appointing
himself
to
become
a Supreme
Priest}}.
Instead,
God
chose
each
man
{\ADD{
to
become
a Supreme
Priest}},
as
he
chose
Aaron
{\ADD{
to
be
the
first Supreme
Priest}}.
\VS{5}Similarly,
Christ
also
did
not
honor
himself
by appointing
himself
to
become
a Supreme
Priest.
Instead,
God
{\ADD{
appointed
him
by}}
saying
to
{\ADD{
him
what
he
never
said
to
any
other
priest,
what
the}}
Psalmist
wrote
in
the Scriptures,
\par }{\Q You
{\ADD{(sg)}}
are
my
Son!
Today
I
have
declared
that
I
am
your
Father!
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
he
also
said
{\ADD{
to Christ
what
the
Psalmist
wrote}}
in
another
Scripture
passage,
\par }{\Q You
are
a
priest
eternally
just
like
Melchizedek
was
a
priest.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When Christ
lived
on
the
earth [MTY],
he
prayed [DOU]
to
God
and tearfully
cried
out
loudly
to
him.
{\ADD{
Specifically}},
he
asked
{\ADD{
God}},
who
was
able
to
help
him,
that
he
would
not
{\ADD{
fear
the
sufferings
just
before}}
he
died.
As
a
result,
God
listened
to
him,
because Christ reverently
submitted
{\ADD{
to
what
God
wanted
him
to
do}}.
\VS{8}Although Christ
is
{\ADD{
God’s
own
Son}},
he
learned
to
obey
{\ADD{
God}}
by
suffering
{\ADD{
before
he
died}}.
\VS{9}By
becoming ◄all
{\ADD{
that}}
God
intended
him
to
be/perfect►,
{\ADD{
he
has
now}}
become
fully qualified
{\ADD{
to
be
our Supreme
Priest.
As
a
result,
he
is
the
one
who
saves}}
eternally
all
who
obey
him.
\VS{10}Furthermore,
God
has
designated
him
to
be
{\ADD{
our}} Supreme
Priest
in
the
way
that
Melchizedek
was
a Supreme
Priest.
\par }{\SH You
are
not
ready
for
more
advanced
spiritual
truth.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 5:11-14
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Although
there
is
much
to
say
{\ADD{
to
you(pl)}}
about
{\ADD{
how Christ resembles
Melchizedek}},
this
is
hard
{\ADD{
for
me}}
to
explain
{\ADD{
to
you}}
because
you
now
understand
things
so slowly.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
You
became Christians
long
ago.
So}}
by
now
you
should
be
teaching
{\ADD{
spiritual truths
to
others}}.
But
you
still
need
someone
to
teach
you
again
the truths
that
God
has
revealed.
{\ADD{
I
am
talking
about}}
the truths
that
we
teach
people
{\ADD{
when
they}}
first
{\ADD{
believe
in Christ}}.
You
need
{\ADD{
those
elementary truths}}
like
babies
need
milk [MET].
You
are
not
{\ADD{
ready
for
advanced
teaching,
which
is
like}}
the
solid
food
{\ADD{
which mature
people
need}} [MET].
\VS{13}Remember
that
those
{\ADD{
who
are
still
learning
these elementary truths}} [MET]
have
not
become
familiar
with
{\ADD{
what
God}}
says
concerning
becoming/being
righteous.
They
are
{\ADD{
just
like}} [MET]
babies
{\ADD{
who
need}}
milk!
\VS{14}But
{\ADD{
the
more
advanced
spiritual
truth}}
is
for
people
who
are
{\ADD{spiritually}}
mature,
just
like [MET]
solid
food
is
for
{\ADD{
people
who
are physically}}
mature.
They
can
tell
the
difference
between
what
is
good
and
what
is
evil,
because
they
have
trained
themselves
{\ADD{
to
keep
doing
that}}.

\par }\Chap{6}{\SH If you believers later reject the message about Christ, God will reject you.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 6:1-8
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}So,
we
{\ADD{(inc)}}
must
not
keep
{\ADD{discussing}}
the elementary principles
about
Christ.
Instead,
we
must
proceed
{\ADD{
to
the
teaching
that
will
make
us spiritually}} mature [MTY].
We
must
not
{\ADD{
be
people
who
always
need
someone
to
teach
them}}
the elementary truths
{\ADD{
about
Christ
that
are
like}} [MET]
a
foundation.
{\ADD{
I
am referring
to
the
teaching
that
people
who
do
sinful}}
things
must
turn
away
from
their
sinful
behavior,
things
that
{\ADD{
those
who
are spiritually}} [MET]
dead
do.
{\ADD{
I
am referring
to
the
teaching}}
that
people
must
believe
in
God.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
I
am referring
to
the
teaching
about
what}}
various
{\ADD{
Jewish
and Christian}} rituals
for
purifying
people
{\ADD{signify.
I
am referring
to
the
teaching
about
how
elders
enable
people
to
receive
spiritual
gifts
by}}
laying
hands
{\ADD{
on
them}} [MTY].
{\ADD{
I
am referring
to
the
teaching
that
God
will}} ◄{\ADD{
cause}}
those
who
have
died
to
live
again/raise
people
from
the
dead►.
And
{\ADD{
I
am referring
to
the
teaching
that
God}}
will
judge
{\ADD{
some
people
and
punish
them}}
eternally.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
Instead
of
continuing
to
discuss
these elementary truths}},
we
{\ADD{(inc)}} (OR,
I)
will
{\ADD{
go
on
to
give
people mature
teaching}},
if
God
allows
it.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
I
will
explain
why
it
is
important
to
do
that.
Some}}
people
have
at
one
time
fully
understood
{\ADD{
the
message
about Christ}} [MET].
They
have
experienced
{\ADD{
a relationship
with
Jesus Christ}}
that
God [EUP/MTY]
gave
{\ADD{
to
them}}.
They
have
received
the
Holy
Spirit
the
same
as
{\ADD{
others
have}}.
\VS{5}They
have
experienced
that
God’s
message
is
good.
And
by
what
they
have
experienced
{\ADD{
now}},
they
know
how
{\ADD{
God
will
work}} powerfully
in
the
future.
If
those
people
reject
{\ADD{
the
message
about Christ}},
it
will
not
be possible
for
anyone
to
persuade
them
to
turn
away
from
their
sinful
behavior
again!
\VS{6}What
those
{\ADD{believers
who
later renounce
the
message
about Christ
do
is
as
though}} [MET]
they
themselves
are nailing
the
Son
of
God
to
a
cross
again!
They
are
causing
others
to
publicly
despise Christ.
\VS{7}Think
about
this:
It
is
land
on
which
rain
has frequently
fallen [PRS]
and
on
which
plants
grow [PRS]
that
is
useful
for
the
people
who
prepare
the
land
that
God
has
blessed.
{\ADD{
Similarly,
it
is
those believers
who
have
received
many
good
things
from
God
and
who
do
good
deeds/things
that
please
God,
whom
God
will
bless}} [MET].
\VS{8}But
{\ADD{
what
will
happen
to believers
who
do
deeds/things
that
do
not
please
God
will
be
like
what
happens
to
land}}
on
which
{\ADD{
only}}
thorns
and
thistles
grow [MET].
{\ADD{
Such
land}}
is
worthless.
It
has
almost
become
land
that
God
will
curse,
and
eventually
he
will
burn
{\ADD{
its
vegetation}} [MTY].
\par }{\SH But
God
will
not
overlook
all
you
have
done
for
him.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 6:9-12
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Although
I
am
writing
{\ADD{
to
you}}
like
this
as
a
{\ADD{
warning}},
I
am
certain
concerning
you
whom
I
love
that
{\ADD{
you
are
doing}}
better
than
that.
Specifically,
I
am
sure
that
{\ADD{
you
are
doing}}
the
things
that
are
appropriate
{\ADD{
for
those
whom
God}}
has
saved.
\VS{10}Since
God
always
acts
justly [LIT],
he
will
not
overlook
all
you
have
done
{\ADD{
for
him.
He
will
also
not
overlook}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
your
showing
that
you
love}}
him
by
the
way
you
helped
your
fellow believers
and
{\ADD{
by
the
way
you
still}}
help
them.
{\ADD{
Instead,
God
will
reward
you
for
doing
good
deeds}}.
\VS{11}I
very
much
want
each
of
you
to
diligently
continue
to
fully
expect
to
receive
{\ADD{
what
God
has
provided
for
you}},
until
you
finally
{\ADD{
receive
everything
that
you
have
confidently
expected
to
receive}}.
\VS{12}I
do
not
want
you
to
be
lazy.
{\ADD{
Instead,
I
want}}
you
to
imitate
those
who,
because
they
patiently
continued
to
trust
in
{\ADD{
God}},
are
receiving
what
he
promised
them.
\par }{\SH We
are
confident
that
God
will
bless
us
as
he
promised;
he
made
an
oath
to
confirm
that
he
would
do
that.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 6:13-20
\par }{\PP \VS{13}When
God
promised
to
{\ADD{
do
things
for}}
Abraham,
he
said
that
he
would
punish
himself
{\ADD{
if
he
did
not
do
that}},
because
there
was
no
one
of
greater importance
to
ask
to
punish
him
{\ADD{
if
he
did
not
do
it}}.
\VS{14}He
said
{\ADD{
to
Abraham}}, “I
will
certainly
bless
you
{\ADD{(sg)}},
and
I
will
certainly
increase
{\ADD{
the
number
of}}
your
{\ADD{
descendants}} [SYN].”
\VS{15}As
a
result,
after
Abraham
patiently
waited
{\ADD{
for
God
to
do
what
he
promised}},
he
received
what
{\ADD{
God}}
promised
him.
\VS{16}{\ADD{
Keep
in
mind
that
when
people
promise
something}},
they
ask
a
more
important
person
to
punish
them
if
they
do
not
do
what
they
promise.
Furthermore,
when
people
ask
God
to
punish
them
{\ADD{
if
they
do
not
tell
the
truth}},
that
causes
people
who
are disputing
to
stop disputing.
\VS{17}So,
when
God
wanted
to demonstrate
very
clearly ◄to
us/to
those
people►
who
would
receive
what
he
had
promised
that
he
would
not
change
what
he
had
purposed
{\ADD{
to
do}},
he
solemnly
guaranteed
that
he
would
declare
himself
guilty
if
he
did
not
do
what
he
promised.
\VS{18}He
did
that
to
strongly
encourage
us
as
a
result
of
our
{\ADD{
knowing}}
that
{\ADD{
God
has
done}}
two
things
that
cannot
change.
{\ADD{
Namely,
he
promised
to
bless
us,
and
he
solemnly
declared
that
he
would
declare
himself
guilty
if
he
did
not
bless
us}}.
We
{\ADD{
know}}
that
God,
who
did
those
things,
cannot
lie.
We
have
fled
{\ADD{
to
him}}
in
order
that
we
might
continue
confidently
to
expect
to
receive
what
he
promised
us.
\VS{19}{\ADD{
Our
confidently expecting}} [SYN]
{\ADD{
to
receive
what
he
has
promised
is
like}}
an anchor [MET]
that
very
firmly [DOU]
{\ADD{
holds
us
fast.
The
one
we
confidently
expect
to
help
us}} [SYN]
{\ADD{
is
Jesus,
who}}
goes
into
{\ADD{
God’s
very
presence,
just
like
the Supreme
Priests
went}}
behind
the
curtain
into
the
innermost
{\ADD{
part
of
the
tent
in
the
barren
area}} [MET].
\VS{20}Jesus
went
{\ADD{
into
God’s
presence}}
ahead
of
us
{\ADD{(inc)}}
to
{\ADD{
help}}
us
when
he
became
a Supreme
Priest
eternally
in
the
way
that
Melchizedek
was
a Supreme
Priest.

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH There are ways in which Melchizedek was like God’s Son.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 7:1-3
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Now
I
will
say
more
about}}
this
{\ADD{
man}}
Melchizedek.
He
was
the
king
of
Salem
{\ADD{
city
and
was}}
a
priest
of
God,
the
one
who
is
greater
{\ADD{
than
anyone
else}}.
He
met
Abraham
who
was
returning
{\ADD{
home}}
after
{\ADD{
he
and
his
men}}
had
defeated
the
{\ADD{
armies
of
four}}
kings [SYN].
Melchizedek
{\ADD{
asked
God
to}}
bless
Abraham.
\VS{2}Then
Abraham
gave
to
him
one
tenth
of
all
{\ADD{
the
spoils
he}}
took
after winning
{\ADD{
the
battle. Melchizedek’s
name}}
means firstly ‘king
{\ADD{
who
rules}} righteously’,
and
since
Salem
means ‘peace’,
he
was
the ‘king
{\ADD{
who
rules}} peacefully’.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
In
the Scriptures
there
is}}
no
{\ADD{
record
of
who
his}}
father
{\ADD{
was}},
nor
{\ADD{
is
there
any
record
of
who
his}}
mother
{\ADD{
was}},
nor
{\ADD{
is
there
any
record
of
who
his}}
ancestors
{\ADD{
were}}.
There
is
no
{\ADD{
record
of
when
he
was}}
born,
nor
{\ADD{
is
there
any
record
of
when
he}}
died.
{\ADD{
For
these
reasons}},
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
he
continues
to
be
a
priest
forever,
and
for
this
reason
he
is
like
God’s
Son.
\par }{\SH Melchizedek
was
greater
than
Abraham.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 7:4-10
\par }{\PP \VS{4}You
can
realize
how
great
this
{\ADD{
man
Melchizedek
was}}
from
the
fact
that
Abraham,
{\ADD{
our
famous}} ancestor,
gave
him ◄a
tithe/one
tenth►
of
the
spoils
{\ADD{
from
the
battle}}.
\VS{5}According
to
the
laws
{\ADD{
God
gave
Moses}},
the
descendants
of
{\ADD{
Abraham’s great-grandson}}
Levi,
who
were
priests,
should
take
tithes
from
{\ADD{
God’s}}
people
who
were
their
relatives,
even
though
those
people
also
were
Abraham’s
descendants.
\VS{6}But
this
man
{\ADD{
Melchizedek}},
who
was
not
among
the
descendants
{\ADD{
of
Levi}},
took
tithes
from
Abraham.
He
also
{\ADD{
asked
God
to}}
bless
Abraham,
the
man
to
whom
{\ADD{
God}}
promised
{\ADD{
many
descendants}}.
\VS{7}We
know
for
certain
that
it
is
the
more
{\ADD{
important
people}}
who
{\ADD{
ask
God
to}}
bless
the
less
important
people.
{\ADD{
And
Melchizedek
blessed
Abraham.
So
we conclude
that
Melchizedek
was
greater
than
Abraham}}.
\VS{8}In
the
case
of
{\ADD{
the
priests
who
are
descendants
of
Levi}},
men
who
some
day
will
die
receive
tithes.
But
in
the
case
of
{\ADD{
Melchizedek
it
is
as
if
God}}
testifies
that
he
was
still
living,
{\ADD{
since
there
is
no
record
in Scriptures
about
his
death}}.
\VS{9}And
it
was
as
though
Levi
himself,
and
{\ADD{
all
the
priests
descended
from
him}}—who
received
tithes
{\ADD{
from
the
people}}—paid
tithes
{\ADD{
to
Melchizedek}}.
And
when
Abraham
paid
tithes,
it
{\ADD{
was
as
though
Levi
and
all
the
priests
descended
from
him
acknowledged
that
the
work
Melchizedek
did
as
a
priest
was
greater
than
the
work
Levi
did}},
\VS{10}since
{\ADD{
the sperm
from
which
all
those
priests
were
eventually
born}}
was
still
in
Abraham’s
body [EUP]
when
Melchizedek
met
Abraham.
\par }{\SH The
former
Jewish
priests
were
not adequate,
so
a
new
one
like
Melchizedek
had
to
come.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 7:11-19
\par }{\PP \VS{11}{\ADD{
God}}
gave
his
laws
to
his
people
at
the
same
time
he
gave
regulations
about
the
priests.
So,
if
what
the
priests
who
were
descended
from
Levi
did
could
have
provided
a
way
for
God
to
completely
{\ADD{
forgive}}
people
{\ADD{
for disobeying
those
laws}},
certainly
no
other
priest
like
Melchizedek
would
have
been
necessary. [RHQ]
Instead,
priests
who
were
descended
from
Aaron,
{\ADD{
Levi’s
descendant,
would
have
been adequate}}.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
But
we
know
they
were
not adequate,
because
a
new type
of
priest
like
Melchizedek
has
come}}.
And
since
{\ADD{
God}}
has
appointed
a
new type
of
priest,
he
also
had
to
change
the
regulations
{\ADD{
concerning
how
priests
were
appointed}} $\{${\ADD{
he
appointed
priests}}$\}$.
\VS{13}{\ADD{
Jesus}},
the
one
about
whom
I
am
saying
these
things,
is
a
descendant
of
someone
else,
{\ADD{
not
a
descendant
of
Levi}}.
None
of
the
men
from
whom
Jesus
descended
ever
served
as
priests [MTY].
\VS{14}{\ADD{
We
know
that}}
since
it
is
obvious
that
it
is
from
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Judah
that
our
Lord
was
descended.
Moses
never
said
that
any
of
Judah’s
descendants
would
{\ADD{
become}}
priests.
\VS{15}Furthermore,
{\ADD{
we
know
that
the
priests
who
were
descended
from
Levi
were inadequate,
since}}
it
is
even
more obvious
that
another
priest
has
appeared
who
is
like
Melchizedek.
\VS{16}Jesus
became
a
priest,
but
not
because
{\ADD{
he
fulfilled}}
what
{\ADD{
God’s}}
law
required
{\ADD{
about
being
a
descendant
of
Levi}}.
Instead,
he
has
the
kind
of
power
that
{\ADD{
came
from
a}}
life
that
nothing
can
destroy (OR,
{\ADD{
enabled
him
to}}
live
{\ADD{
again
after
he
was}}
killed).
\VS{17}{\ADD{
We
know
this}}
since
{\ADD{
God}}
confirmed
it
in
{\ADD{
the
Scripture
passage
in
which
he
said
to
his
Son}},
\par }{\Q You
{\ADD{(sg)}}
are
a
priest
eternally
just
like
Melchizedek
was
a
priest.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}On
the
one
hand,
God
canceled
what
he
commanded
previously
{\ADD{
concerning
the
priests}}
because
it
failed
in
every
way
to
enable
anyone
{\ADD{
to
become
all
that
God
intended}}.
\VS{19}Remember
that
no
one
was
able
to
become
all
that
God
intended
{\ADD{
by
obeying}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses}}.
On
the
other
hand,
{\ADD{
God
caused
that
we
could}}
confidently
expect
better
things
{\ADD{
than
we
could
expect
by
obeying
God’s
laws}}.
{\ADD{
He
did
that
by
his
establishing Christ
as
priest}}.
Now
by
means
of
{\ADD{Christ
sacrificing
himself
for
us}}
we
can
come
near
to
God.
\par }{\SH Jesus
lives
eternally
as
a Supreme
Priest
to
plead
with
God
for
us.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 7:20-25
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Furthermore,
{\ADD{
when
God
appointed Christ,
it
was
when
God}}
solemnly
declared
{\ADD{
that Christ
would
be
a
priest}} [LIT].
When
{\ADD{
God
appointed
former}}
priests,
it
was
not
by
his
solemnly
declaring
{\ADD{
that
they
would
be
priests}}.
\VS{21}However,
when
he
{\ADD{
appointed
Christ
to
be
a
priest}},
it
was
by
these
words
that
{\ADD{
the
Psalmist
wrote
in
Scripture}}:
\par }{\Q The
Lord
has
solemnly
declared
{\ADD{
to
the
Messiah}},
\par }{\Q —and
he
will
not
change
his
mind—
\par }{\Q “You
will
be
a
priest
forever!”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Because
of
that,
Jesus guarantees
that
{\ADD{
the
new}}
covenant
will
be
better
{\ADD{
than
the
old
one}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}And
formerly,
the
priests
could
not
keep
serving
{\ADD{
as
priests}},
because
they
all
died [PRS].
So
there
were
many
priests
{\ADD{
to
take
the
place
of
the
ones
who
died}}.
\VS{24}But
because
{\ADD{Jesus}}
lives
eternally,
he
will
continue
to
be
a Supreme
Priest
forever.
\VS{25}So,
he
can
completely
and
eternally
save
those
who
come
to
God
by
{\ADD{
trusting
in
what
Jesus
has
done
for
them}},
since
he
lives
forever
to
plead
{\ADD{
with
God}}
to
help
them.
\par }{\SH Jesus
is
the
kind
of Supreme
Priest
we
need,
because
he
was sinless.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 7:26-28
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Jesus
is
the
kind
of Supreme
Priest
that
we
need.
He
was
holy;
he
did
no
wrong;
he
was
completely
innocent.
{\ADD{
God}}
has
now
taken
him
up
to
the
highest
heaven
separated
from
{\ADD{
living
among}}
sinners.
\VS{27}{\ADD{
The
other}} Supreme
Priests
need
to
sacrifice
{\ADD{
animals}}
day
by
day
{\ADD{
as
well
as
year
by
year}}.
They
do
this, firstly,
{\ADD{
to
atone}}
for
their
own
sins,
and
then
{\ADD{
to
atone
for
other}}
people
{\ADD{
who
have
sinned}}.
{\ADD{
But
because
Jesus
never
sinned}},
he
does
not
need
to
atone
for
his
own
sin.
The
only
thing
{\ADD{
he
needed
to
do
to
save
people}}
was
to
sacrifice
himself
once!
\VS{28}{\ADD{
We
need
a Supreme
Priest
like}}
him,
because
in
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses}} [PRS]
the
ones
who
would
be
appointed
to
be
priests
would
be
men
who tended
{\ADD{
to
sin
easily}}.
But
{\ADD{
God}}
solemnly
{\ADD{
declared}} [PRS]
after
{\ADD{
he
had
given}}
his
laws
{\ADD{
to
Moses}}
that
{\ADD{
he
would
appoint}} ◄his
Son/the
man
who
is
also
God►
{\ADD{
to
be
a Supreme
Priest.
Now}} ◄{\ADD{
his
Son/the
man
who
is
also
God}}►
has
forever
become
all
that
God
intends
him
to
be.

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH The rituals that were performed by the Jewish high priests were only a model of what Jesus our high priest does in heaven.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 8:1-6
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
main
point
of
{\ADD{
all}}
that
{\ADD{
I}}
have
written
is
that
we
have
a Supreme
Priest
like
that.
He
has
sat
down
to
rule [MTY]
with
God [EUP]
at
the
place
of
greatest
honor
in
heaven.
\VS{2}He
ministers
in
the
Most
Holy
Place,
that
is,
in
the
true
place
{\ADD{
of
worship
in
heaven}}.
That
is
a
place
that
{\ADD{
Moses’}}
tent
{\ADD{represented}}.
The
Lord
set
up
the
true
place
of
worship.
No
human
{\ADD{
set
it
up}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Every Supreme
Priest
was
appointed $\{${\ADD{
God}}
appointed
every Supreme
Priest$\}$
to
offer
{\ADD{
to
God}}
gifts
and
sacrifices
{\ADD{
for
people
who
sinned}}.
So,
since
{\ADD{Christ
became
a Suptreme
Priest}},
he
also
had
to
offer
something.
\VS{4}Since
there
are
already
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
priests
who
offer
gifts
as
God’s
laws
{\ADD{
require}},
if Christ
were
{\ADD{
now
living}}
on
the
earth,
he
would
not
be
a Suprme
Priest.
\VS{5}The
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
priests
perform rituals
which
are
only
a
model [DOU]
of
{\ADD{
what Christ
would
do
in
heaven}} [MTY].
What
{\ADD{
God}}
told
Moses
when
Moses
was
about
to
set
up
the
tent
{\ADD{
for
worshipping
him
supports
the
idea
that
those rituals
were
only
a
model.
God
said}}, “Be
sure
that
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
make
everything
according
to
the
model
that
I
showed
you
on
{\ADD{
Sinai}}
Mountain!”
\VS{6}But
now
as
it
is,
{\ADD{Christ}}
ministers
in
a
more
excellent
way
{\ADD{
than
the
Jewish
priests
do}}.
Likewise,
the
{\ADD{
new}}
covenant
that
he
established
{\ADD{
between
God
and
people}}
is
better
{\ADD{
than
the
old
one.
When
the
new
covenant
was
established}} $\{${\ADD{
God
established
the
new
covenant}}$\}$,
he
promised
us
better
things
{\ADD{
than
the
laws
that
God
gave
Moses
did}}.
\par }{\SH The
first
covenant
was
not adequate,
so
God
needed
a
new
one.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 8:7-13
\par }{\PP \VS{7}If
that
first
covenant
had
been
perfectly adequate [LIT],
God
would
not
have
thought
that
he
needed
another
{\ADD{
covenant/agreement
to
replace
it}}.
But
{\ADD{
it
was
not adequate,
so
he
needed
a
new
one}}.
\VS{8}Because
God
declared
{\ADD{
that
the
Israelites}}
were
guilty
{\ADD{
of
not
obeying
the
first
covenant,
he
wanted
a
new
covenant.
This
is
what}} ◄{\ADD{
a
prophet/Jeremiah}}►
{\ADD{
wrote
about
that}}:
\par }{\Q The
Lord
says, “Listen!
There
will
soon
be
a
time
\par }{\Q when
I
will
make
a
new
covenant
with
the
people [MTY]
of
Israel
and
the
people [MTY]
of
Judah.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}That
covenant
will
not
be
like
the
covenant
that
I
made
with
their
ancestors
\par }{\Q when
I
led
them
out
of
Egypt [MET]
{\ADD{
like
a
father
leads
a
child}}
by
the
hand.
\par }{\Q They
did
not
continue
to
{\ADD{
obey}}
my
covenant,
\par }{\Q so
I
rejected
them,”
says
the
Lord.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}“This
is
the
covenant
that
I
will
make
with
the
Israelites [MTY],
\par }{\Q after
{\ADD{
the
first
covenant
has
ended}} [MTY],”
says
the
Lord:
\par }{\Q “I
will
enable
them
to
understand
my
laws [MTY],
\par }{\Q and
I
will
enable
them
to
obey
them (OR,
truly
know
them) [MTY]
sincerely.
\par }{\Q I
will
be
their
God,
and
they
will
be
my
people [DOU].
\par }{\Q \VS{11}{\ADD{
As
a
result}},
no
one
will
{\ADD{
need
to}}
teach
a
fellow
citizen
\par }{\Q or
tell
his
fellow
kinsmen, ‘{\ADD{
You
need
to}}
know
the
Lord,’
\par }{\Q because
all
{\ADD{
my
people}}
will
know
me:
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
My
people}}
of
every
status
{\ADD{
will
know
me}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
will mercifully
{\ADD{
forgive
them
for}}
the
wicked
things
they
have
done.
\par }{\Q I
will
no
longer
{\ADD{
consider}}
that
{\ADD{
they
are
guilty
for}} [DOU]
{\ADD{
their}}
sins.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Since
God
spoke
about
a
new
{\ADD{
covenant}},
he
considered
that
the
first
{\ADD{
covenant}}
was
no
longer
in
use,
and
that
it
would
soon
disappear,
just
like
{\ADD{
anything
that}}
gets
old
{\ADD{
will
disappear}} [MET, DOU].

\par }\Chap{9}{\SH A description of the man-made sanctuary that accompanied the first covenant.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 9:1-5
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
To
continue}}:
In
the
first
{\ADD{
covenant,
God}} regulated
how
people
{\ADD{
should
perform}} rituals,
and
{\ADD{
he
told
them
to
make}} [MTY]
a
sanctuary.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
That
sanctuary}}
was
a
tent
that
{\ADD{
the
Israelites}}
set
up.
In
its
outer
room
there
was
the
lampstand
and
the
table
{\ADD{
on
which
they
put}}
the
bread
that
{\ADD{
the
priests}}
presented
{\ADD{
to
God.
That
room}}
was
called ‘the
holy place’.
\VS{3}Behind
the
curtain
inside
{\ADD{
the
holy
place}}
there
was
{\ADD{
another}}
room.
That
was
called ‘the
very
holy place’.
\VS{4}It
had
an
altar,
{\ADD{
made
from}}
gold,
{\ADD{
for
burning}}
incense.
{\ADD{
It
also
had
the
chest
which
they
called}}
the
chest
of
the
covenant.
All
its
sides
were
covered
with
gold.
In
it
was
the
golden
pot
which
contained
{\ADD{
pieces
of
the
food
they
called}}
manna.
{\ADD{
That
was
the
food
with
which
God miraculously
fed
the
people
before
they
entered
the
promised
land}}.
In
the
chest
there
was
also
Aaron’s
walking
stick
that
budded
{\ADD{
to
prove
that
he
was
God’s
true
priest}}.
In
the
chest
were
also
the
stone
tablets
{\ADD{
on
which
God
had
written}}
the
Ten
Commandments.
\VS{5}On
top
of
{\ADD{
the
chest}}
were
{\ADD{
figures
of}}
winged
creatures
{\ADD{
that symbolized
God’s}}
glory.
Their
{\ADD{
wings}}
overshadowed
the chest’s
lid
where
{\ADD{
the
high
priest
sprinkled
the
blood}} ◄to
{\ADD{
atone
for/to
forgive}}►
{\ADD{
those
who
had
sinned.
I}}
do
not
{\ADD{
need}}
to
write
about
these
things
in
detail
now.
\par }{\SH Offerings
that
were
made
under
the
first
covenant
were
not
able
to
remove
a
sense
of
guilt
for
sin.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 9:6-10
\par }{\PP \VS{6}After
all
those
things
were
prepared $\{$After
they
had
prepared
all
those
things
like
that$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the
two
rooms
of
the
tent}},
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
priests habitually
went
into
the
outer
{\ADD{
room
of
the}}
tent
to
perform
their rituals.
\VS{7}But
into
the
inner
room,
only
the Supreme
Priest
{\ADD{
went}},
once
a
year.
He
always
took [LIT]
the
blood
{\ADD{
of
animals
that
they
had
slaughtered}}.
He
offered
them
{\ADD{
to
God}}
for
his
own
{\ADD{
sins}}
and
for
the
sins
that
other
people
had
committed.
They
included
sins
that
they
did
not
realize
{\ADD{
were
sinful}}.
\VS{8}By
those
things
the
Holy
Spirit indicated
that
{\ADD{
just
like
God}}
did
not
reveal
the
way
{\ADD{
for
ordinary
people}}
to
enter
into
the
inner
room
while
the
outer
room
still
existed [MET],
{\ADD{
similarly
he
did
not
reveal
the
way
for
ordinary
people
to
enter
the
presence
of
God
while
the
Jewish system
of
offering
sacrifices
was
in
effect}}.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
The
things
that
the
priests
did
inside
the
outer
room}} [MTY] symbolized
{\ADD{
what
was
true}}
during
the
time
{\ADD{
when
the
first
covenant
was
in
effect}}.
According
to
{\ADD{
the
first
covenant}} (OR,
{\ADD{
In
that
outer
room}}),
{\ADD{
priests}}
offered
gifts
and
other
sacrifices
to
God.
But
{\ADD{
by
offering
them}},
the
people
who
brought
them
were
unable
to
make
themselves
feel
that
they
were
no
longer
guilty
for
having
sinned.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
They
brought
those
gifts
and
made
those
sacrifices}}
according
to
{\ADD{
regulations
concerning}}
things
to
eat
and
drink,
and
{\ADD{
according
to
rules
that
required
people
to}}
wash
various
things.
{\ADD{
God}}
declared
that
those
regulations
about
our
bodies
were
to
be
in
effect
until
{\ADD{
he
put
into
effect
the
new
covenant}};
that
was
a
better system.
\par }{\SH Christ
redeemed
us
by
offering
his
own
blood
as
a
sacrifice.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 9:11-14
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
when
Christ
came
as
our Supreme
Priest,
{\ADD{
he
brought}}
the
good
things
that
are
now
available.
When
he
appeared,
{\ADD{
he
went
into
God’s
presence
in
heaven.
That
is
like
a}} [MET]
very
great
and
perfect
tent
not
made
by humans $\{$which
no
human
made$\}$ [SYN];
that
is,
it
is
not
part
of
the
world
{\ADD{
God}}
created.
It
was
better
{\ADD{
than
the
tent
Moses
set
up
here
on
earth}}.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
When
a Supreme
Priest
goes
into
the
inner
room
in
the
tent
each
year,
he
takes}}
goats’
blood
and calves’
blood
{\ADD{
to
offer
as
a
sacrifice}}.
But Christ
did
not
{\ADD{
do
that.
It
was
as
though}}
he
went
into
that
very
holy
place
only
once,
taking
his
own
blood
with
him.
By
doing
that,
he
eternally
redeemed
us.
\VS{13}The
priests
sprinkle
on
people
goats’
blood
and bulls’
blood
and
{\ADD{
the
water
that
has
been filtered
through}}
the
ashes
of
a
{\ADD{
red}}
heifer
that
has
been
{\ADD{
completely
burned.
By
performing
that
ritual,
they
can ritually}}
cleanse
the
bodies
of
those
who
are
{\ADD{
ceremonially}}
unclean.
Furthermore,
performing
those rituals
enabled
people
to
have
fellowship
with
God
again.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
So,
because
we
know
what}}
Christ
{\ADD{
accomplished
when}}
his
blood
flowed
{\ADD{
when
he
died
for
us}} [PRS, MTY],
we
will
be
very
certain
that
we
are
not
guilty
{\ADD{
of
having}}
done
those
things
{\ADD{
that
those
who
are
spiritually}}
dead
do.
{\ADD{
As
a
result}},
we
can
serve
God,
who
is all-powerful.
{\ADD{
The
priests
always
offer
to
God
animals}}
with
no defects.
Similarly,
when
Christ
offered
himself
{\ADD{
as
a
sacrifice}}
to
God,
he
was sinless [MET].
He
did
that
as
a
result
of
{\ADD{
God’s}}
eternal
Spirit
{\ADD{
helping
him}}.
\par }{\SH Christ
has
put
the
new
covenant
into
effect
with
his
own
blood.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 9:15-22
\par }{\PP \VS{15}{\ADD{
By}}
dying
{\ADD{
for
us}},
{\ADD{Christ}} ◄{\ADD{
redeemed/}}set
free
from
the
penalty
for
their
sins►
even
those
who
disobeyed
the
{\ADD{
conditions
of}} (OR,
{\ADD{
during
the
time
of}})
the
first
covenant.
So,
{\ADD{
because}}
no
{\ADD{
one
could
be
made
perfect
by
obeying
the
old
covenant}},
now Christ
establishes
{\ADD{
between
God
and
people}}
a
new
covenant.
He
does
that
in
order
that
those
whom
God
has
chosen
may
eternally
have
{\ADD{
the
blessings
that
God}}
has
promised
them.
\VS{16}A
covenant
{\ADD{
is
like
a
will.
In
the
case
of
a
will}},
{\ADD{
in
order
to
put
its
provisions
into
effect}},
someone
must
prove
that
the
one
who
made
it
has
died.
\VS{17}A
will
goes
into
effect
{\ADD{
only
when
the
one
who
makes
the
will}}
has
died.
It
is
not
in
effect
when
the
one
who
made
it
is
still
alive.
\VS{18}And
so
{\ADD{
God}}
put
the
first
covenant
into
effect
only [LIT]
by
means
of
{\ADD{animals’}}
blood
that
was
shed
{\ADD{
when
they
were
slaughtered}}.
\VS{19}After
Moses
had
declared
to
all
the
Israelites
everything
that
God
commanded
in
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
him}},
he
took calves’
and
goats’
blood
{\ADD{
mixed}}
with
water.
He
{\ADD{
dipped
into
it}}
scarlet
wool
{\ADD{
that
he
tied
around}}
a sprig
of
hyssop.
Then
he
sprinkled
{\ADD{
with
some
of
the
blood}}
the
scroll
itself
containing
God’s
laws.
Then
he
sprinkled
{\ADD{
more
of
that
blood
on
all
the}}
people,
\VS{20}saying
to
them, “This
is
the
blood
{\ADD{
which
brings
into
effect}}
the
covenant
that
God
commanded
that
you
{\ADD{
obey}}.”
\VS{21}Likewise,
he
sprinkled
with
that
blood
the
tent
and
every
object
that
they
used
in
performing rituals.
\VS{22}It
was
by
{\ADD{sprinkling}}
blood
that
they
{\ADD{ritually}}
cleansed
almost
everything.
That
was
what
{\ADD{
was stated
in}}
God’s
laws.
If
blood
is
not
shed
{\ADD{
when
people
offer
a
sacrifice,
God}}
cannot
forgive
{\ADD{
the
person
who
is
making
the
sacrifice}}.
\par }{\SH The
Jewish
priests
kept
offering
the
blood
of
animal
sacrifices
every
year,
but Christ
sacrificed
himself
once
to
take
away
our
guilt.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 9:23-28
\par }{\PP \VS{23}So,
by rituals
like
that,
it
was
necessary
for
{\ADD{
the
priests}}
to
cleanse
the
things
that symbolized
what Christ
does [MTY]
in
heaven.
But
God
has
to
{\ADD{
consecrate}}
the
{\ADD{
people
who
will
enter}} [MTY]
heaven
{\ADD{
by
means
of}}
better
sacrifices
than
those.
\VS{24}Christ
did
not
enter
a
sanctuary
that humans
made.
That
one
only represented
the
true
{\ADD{
sanctuary}}.
Instead,
he
entered
heaven
itself,
in
order
to
now
be
in
God’s
presence
{\ADD{
to
plead
with}}
God
for
us.
\VS{25}The
{\ADD{
Jewish}} Supeme
Priest
enters
the
very
holy
place
once
every
year,
taking
blood
that
is
not
his
own,
{\ADD{
to
offer
it
as
a
sacrifice}}.
But
when Christ
entered
heaven,
it
was
not
in
order
to
offer
himself
repeatedly
like
that.
\VS{26}{\ADD{
If
that
were
so}},
he
would
have
needed
to
suffer
{\ADD{
and
shed
his
blood}}
repeatedly
since
{\ADD{
the
time
when
God}}
created
the
world.
But
instead,
in
this
final
age,
{\ADD{Christ}}
has
appeared
once
in
order
that
by
sacrificing
himself
he
could
cause
{\ADD{
that
people}}
no
longer
will
be
{\ADD{
punished
for
their}}
sins.
\VS{27}All
people
must
die
once,
and
after
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
judge
them
{\ADD{
for
their
sins}}.
\VS{28}Likewise,
when
Christ
{\ADD{
died}},
{\ADD{
God}}
offered
him
once
to
be
a
sacrifice,
to
punish
him
instead
of
the
many
{\ADD{
people
who
had}}
sinned.
He
will
come
{\ADD{
to
earth}}
a
second
time,
not
{\ADD{
in
order
to
sacrifice
himself
again
for
those
who}}
have
sinned,
but
in
order
to
{\ADD{
complete}}
his
saving
those
who
expectantly
wait
for
him.

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH The blood of animals can never take away the guilt for sins.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 10:1-4
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Just
like
a
shadow vaguely represents
the
thing
that
it
is
a
shadow
of,
the
laws
that
God
{\ADD{
gave
Moses}}
only poorly
represent [MET]
the
good
things
that
were
to
come
later.
Those
laws
were
not
all
the
good
things
themselves
that
God
has
promised.
So,
by
offering
the
same
kinds
of
sacrifices
every
year,
people [PRS]
who
approach
God
can
never
become ◄perfect/all
that
God
intends
them
to
be►.
\VS{2}If
God
had
removed
the
guilt
for
having
sinned
of
those
who
brought
the
sacrifices,
they
would
not
feel
that
they
were
still
guilty.
So
they
would
certainly
have
stopped
offering
those
sacrifices! [RHQ]
\VS{3}But
rather,
the
fact
that
they
offer
those
sacrifices
each
year reminds
them
that
they
are
still
guilty
for
their
sins.
\VS{4}The principle
is
that
blood
of
animals
such
as
bulls
or
goats
can
never
remove
the
guilt
of
those
who
have
sinned.
\par }{\SH Christ
set
us
apart
for
God
by
offering
his
own
body
once
as
a
sacrifice.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 10:5-10
\par }{\PP \VS{5}So,
as
{\ADD{Christ}}
was
coming
into
the
world,
he
spoke
{\ADD{
to
his
Father
about
offering
himself
as
a
sacrifice
for
people’s
sin.
The
Psalmist
wrote
this
that Christ
said}}:
\par }{\Q It
is
not
sacrifices
and
offerings
that
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
have
wanted,
\par }{\Q but
you
have
prepared
for
me
a
body
{\ADD{
to
serve
you}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Animals
that
are
completely
burned
up
as
sacrifices
have
not
pleased
you,
\par }{\Q and
{\ADD{
other
sacrifices
that
atone}}
for
those
who
have
sinned
have
not
pleased
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Then
{\ADD{
because
of
this}},
I
said, “My
God, ◄listen!/here
I
am!►
\par }{\Q I
have
come
{\ADD{
here}}
in
order
to
do
what
you
want
me
{\ADD{
to
do}},
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
just
like}}
has
been
written $\{$as
they
have
written$\}$
about
me
in
the Scriptures.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}First,
{\ADD{Christ}}
said, “It
is
not
sacrifices
and
offerings
and
animals
that
{\ADD{
the
priests}}
have
completely
burned
up
and
other
{\ADD{
offerings
to
atone
for}}
those
who
have
sinned
that
you
have
really
wanted.
They
have
not
pleased
you.”
{\ADD{Christ
said
that
even
though}}
those
things
were
offered $\{$they
offered
all
those
things$\}$
according
to
the
laws
{\ADD{
God
gave
Moses}}!
\VS{9}Then,
{\ADD{
concerning
his
offering
himself
as
a
sacrifice
to
atone
for
people’s
sin}},
he
said, “Listen!
I
have
come
{\ADD{
here}}
to
do
what
you
want
me
{\ADD{
to
do}}!”
In
that
way Christ
got
rid
of
the
first
{\ADD{
way
of
atoning
for
sin}},
in
order
to
establish
the
second
{\ADD{
way
of
atoning
for}}
sin.
\VS{10}Because
of
Jesus
Christ
{\ADD{
doing
what
God}}
wanted
him
to
do,
we
have
been
dedicated
to $\{${\ADD{
he}}
has
set
us
apart
for$\}$
God
by
his
offering
his
own
body
only
once
{\ADD{
as
a
sacrifice,
a
sacrifice
that
will
not
need
to
be
repeated}}.
\par }{\SH Scripture
supports
the
claim
that
Christ
made
one
sacrifice
that
will
be adequate
forever.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 10:11-18
\par }{\PP \VS{11}As
every
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
priest
stands
daily
{\ADD{
in
front
of
the
altar}},
he
performs rituals
and
offers
the
same
kind
of
sacrifices
that
could
never
remove
{\ADD{
the
guilt
from
anyone
who}}
sinned [MTY].
\VS{12}But
{\ADD{
Christ}}
offered
a
sacrifice
that
{\ADD{
will
be adequate}}
forever,
and
he
offered
it
only
one
time!
Then
he
sat
down
{\ADD{
to
rule}}
with
God
at
the
place
of
highest
honor [MTY].
\VS{13}From
now
on,
he
is
waiting
for
{\ADD{
God}}
to
completely
subdue
{\ADD{
all}} Christ’s
enemies [MTY].
\VS{14}By
offering
himself
once,
he
has
provided
that
those
whom
{\ADD{
God}}
has
set
apart
will
be
eternally
made ◄perfect/all
that
God
intends
them
to
be►.
\VS{15}The
Holy
Spirit
also
confirms
to
us
{\ADD{
that
this
is
true}}.
First
the
Lord
says:
\par }{\Q \VS{16}When
the
time [MTY]
{\ADD{
when
the
first
covenant
that
God
made}}
with
my
people
has
ended,
\par }{\Q I
will
make
a
new
covenant
with
them [MTY].
\par }{\Q I
will
do
like
this
for
them:
\par }{\Q I
will
cause
them
to
understand
my
laws
\par }{\Q and
I
will
cause
them
to
obey
them (OR,
enable
them
to
know
them
sincerely).
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
{\ADD{
the
Lord
said}}:
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
I
will
forgive
them
for}}
their [DOU]
sins,
\par }{\Q and
I
will
{\ADD{
consider}}
that
they
are
no
longer
{\ADD{
guilty
for}}
having
sinned.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}When
{\ADD{
God}}
has
forgiven
someone’s
sins,
that
person
does
not
{\ADD{
need
to
make}}
any
more
offerings
{\ADD{
to
atone
for
his
sin}}!
\par }{\SH Let
us
come
to
God
and
let
him
make
us
pure
and
help
us
to
keep believing
his
truth
and
do
things
that
please
him.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 10:19-25
\par }{\PP \VS{19}So,
my
fellow believers,
because
we
{\ADD{
trust
in
what
Jesus
accomplished
when}}
his
own
blood
{\ADD{
flowed
for
us}},
we
can
confidently
go
into
{\ADD{
God’s
very
presence}}
that
was
{\ADD{symbolized}}
by
the
very
holy
place
{\ADD{
in
the
tent}} [MTY].
\VS{20}Jesus
enabled
us
to
go
into
{\ADD{
God’s
presence}}
by
making
a
new
and effective
way.
{\ADD{
Specifically}},
he
{\ADD{
offered}}
his
body
{\ADD{
as
a
sacrifice}}
for
us
{\ADD{
in
order
that
nothing
would
stop
us}}
from
entering
{\ADD{
God’s
presence,
just
like}} [MET]
the
curtain
{\ADD{
of
the
very
holy
place
prevented
people
from
entering
God’s
presence}}.
\VS{21}Christ
is
a
great
priest
{\ADD{
who
rules
over
us,
who
are}}
God’s
people [MTY].
\VS{22}{\ADD{
Just
like
the
priests}}
were
sprinkled $\{${\ADD{
as
Moses}}
sprinkled
{\ADD{
the
priests}}$\}$
{\ADD{
with
blood}} [MET]
to symbolize
that
they
were
no
longer
guilty
for
having
sinned,
we
also
no
longer
are
{\ADD{
guilty
for
having
done}}
evil.
{\ADD{
Just
like
the
priests
ceremonially}}
washed
their
bodies
with
pure
water
{\ADD{
to
prepare
themselves
to
serve
God}},
we
are allowing
{\ADD{
God}}
to
continually
make
us
pure.
So,
we
{\ADD{(inc)}}
must
approach
{\ADD{
God}}
sincerely
by
confidently
trusting
{\ADD{
in
him}}.
\VS{23}We
must unwaveringly
keep
holding
tight
{\ADD{
to
what
we
believe.
Since
God}}
faithfully
{\ADD{
does
all}}
he
promised
{\ADD{
to
do}},
we
must
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
him
to
keep
doing
that}}.
\VS{24}{\ADD{
Since
God}}
faithfully
{\ADD{
does
all
that}}
he
promised
{\ADD{
to
do}},
let
us
consider
how
each
of
us
can motivate
other believers,
in
order
that
{\ADD{believers
}}
will
love
each
other,
and
in
order
that
each
one
will
do
good
things.
\VS{25}We
must
not
stop
assembling
ourselves
{\ADD{
to
worship
the
Lord}},
as
some
people
have
done.
Instead,
each
one
of
us
must
encourage/exhort
other believers.
{\ADD{
Let
us
do
that}}
even
more
since
we
know
that
the
day
{\ADD{
that
the
Lord
will
return}} [MTY]
is
near.
\par }{\SH If
we
have
known
and
then
rejected
the
message
about Christ,
God
will
surely
punish
us.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 10:26-31
\par }{\PP \VS{26}{\ADD{
We(inc)
must
do
those
things}},
because
if
we deliberately
and habitually
sin
after
we
have
known
the
true
{\ADD{
message
about Christ}},
no
other
sacrifice
will
remove
our
guilt
for
having
sinned
in
that
way.
\VS{27}Instead,
we
must
fearfully
expect
that
{\ADD{
God
will}}
judge
and
angrily
{\ADD{
punish}}
his
enemies
in
a
furious
fire [MET].
\VS{28}Everyone
who
rejected
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave}}
Moses
was
mercilessly
killed
when
{\ADD{
at
least}}
two
or
three
people
testified
that
they
had
done
that.
\VS{29}{\ADD{
That
was
severe
punishment}}.
But
{\ADD{Christ}}
is ◄God’s
Son/the
man
who
is
also
God►.
His
blood,
by
means
of
which
{\ADD{
he
put
into
effect}}
the
new
covenant,
is
sacred.
Because
of
{\ADD{Christ’s}} [MTY]
blood
{\ADD{
flowing
for
us
when
he
died}},
{\ADD{
God}}
freed
us
from
our
guilt.
So,
you
can
be
sure [RHQ]
that
anyone
who
shows
contempt
for
{\ADD{
those truths}}
and
who
insults
the
Spirit
of
God,
the
one
who
acts
with
kindness
toward
us
in
a
way
we
do
not
deserve,
deserves
to
be
punished
even
worse
than
{\ADD{
those Israelis
were
punished}} [MET]!
\VS{30}{\ADD{
We
can
be
sure
of
that}} (OR,
{\ADD{
need
to
think
about
that
carefully}})
since
we
know
that
God
said, “I
myself
will
get
revenge
on
those
who
sinned,
and
I
will
punish
them
as
they
deserve [DOU].”
{\ADD{
Moses
wrote}}, “The
Lord
will
judge
his
people.”
\VS{31}It
will
be
a
terrible
thing
if
God
who
is all-powerful [MTY]
seizes
and
punishes
you [IDM]!
\par }{\SH Remember
how
you
accepted
persecution
because
of
your
faith
in Christ,
and
do
not
be
discouraged
if
you
are
persecuted
now.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 10:32-39
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Recall
previous
times
when
you
{\ADD{
first}}
understood [MET]
{\ADD{
the
message
about Christ}}.
You
endured
a
hard
struggle,
but
you
{\ADD{
continued
to
trust
him}}
when
you
suffered
{\ADD{
because
you
believed
in Christ}}.
\VS{33}At
times
you
were
publicly
insulted $\{$people
publicly
insulted
you$\}$
and
you
suffered $\{$people
persecuted
you$\}$.
But
you
showed
great
concern
for
those
who
were
treated
like
that.
\VS{34}You
not
only
were
kind
to
those
who
were
in
prison
{\ADD{
because
they
believed
in Christ}},
but
you
also
accepted
it
joyfully
when
{\ADD{unbelievers}}
took
away
your
possessions.
You
accepted
it
because
you
yourselves
knew
very
well
that
you
have
eternal
possessions
{\ADD{
in
heaven}}
that
are
much
better
{\ADD{
than
those
that
they
took
from
you}}!
\VS{35}So,
do
not
become
discouraged
{\ADD{
when
they
cause
you
to
suffer}} $\{${\ADD{
you
are
persecuted}}$\}$,
because
{\ADD{
if
you
continue
to
trust
in
God}},
he
will
greatly
reward
you.
\VS{36}You
must
patiently
continue
{\ADD{
to
trust
in
him}}
in
order
that,
because
of
your
doing
what
God
wants
you
to
do,
he
will
give
you
what
he
has
promised.
\VS{37}{\ADD{
You
must
do
that}}
since
{\ADD{
a
prophet
wrote}}
in
the Scriptures
{\ADD{
that
God
said
about
the
Messiah}},
\par }{\Q In
just
a
short
time
the
one
{\ADD{
I
promised}}
would
come
will
surely
come;
\par }{\Q he
will
not
delay
coming.
\par }{\Q \VS{38}But
those
whom
I
have
summoned,
who
{\ADD{
act}}
righteously,
must
continually
live
trusting
in
me,
\par }{\Q because
if
they,
in
a cowardly
manner,
cease
{\ADD{
to
trust
in
me}},
I
\par }{\Q ◄will
not
be
pleased/will
be
angry►
with
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}But
we
are
not
ones
who
in
a cowardly
manner
stop
{\ADD{
trusting
in
God}},
with
the
result
that
God
will
severely
punish
us.
Instead,
we
are
ones
who
trust
in
him,
with
the
result
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
save
us [SYN]
eternally.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH Because of our faith, we confidently expect to receive God’s promises.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 11:1-3
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}It
is
because
people
trust
{\ADD{
God}}
that
they
are
sure
that
they
will
receive
the
things
that
they
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
God
to
give
them}}.
They
are
also
certain
{\ADD{
that
they
will
see
those
things}},
though
no
one
sees
them
yet.
\VS{2}It
was
because
our
ancestors
trusted
in
God
that
they
pleased
him.
\VS{3}It
is
because
we
trust
in
God
that
we
understand
that
he
formed
the universe
by
commanding
{\ADD{
it
to exist}}.
The
result
is
that
the
things
that
we
see
were
not
made
from
things
that
already
existed.
\par }{\SH Because
of
his
faith,
Abel
offered
a
better
sacrifice
than
his
brother
Cain
did.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 11:4
\par }{\PP \VS{4}It
was
because
{\ADD{Adam’s
son}}
Abel
trusted
God
that
he
sacrificed
something
better
to
God
than
what
{\ADD{
his
older
brother}}
Cain
offered
to
God.
Because
Abel
did
that,
when
God
spoke
well
about
what
Abel
sacrificed,
God
declared
that
Abel
was
righteous.
And
although
Abel
is
dead,
we
still
learn
from
him
{\ADD{
about
trusting
God}}.
\par }{\SH Because
of
their
faith,
God
blessed
Enoch,
Noah,
and
Abraham.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 11:5-12
\par }{\PP \VS{5}It
was
because
Enoch
believed
{\ADD{
God
that
God}}
took
him
{\ADD{
up
to
heaven}}.
The
result
was
that
he
did
not
die.
No
one
found
him,
because
he
was
taken
up $\{${\ADD{
God}}
had
removed
him$\}$
from
the
earth
{\ADD{
to
heaven}}.
Before
{\ADD{
God}}
took
him
away,
{\ADD{
he}}
testified
that
Enoch
pleased
him
well.
\VS{6}It
is possible
for
people
to
please
God
only
if
they
trust
God,
because
anyone
who
wants
to
come
to
God
must
first
believe
that
God
exists
and
that
he
rewards
those
who
seek
{\ADD{
to
know}}
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}It
was
because
Noah
trusted
{\ADD{
God}}
that
after
he
was
warned
by
God $\{$after
{\ADD{
God}}
warned
him$\}$
about
{\ADD{
a
flood
that}}
had
not
yet
happened,
Noah
{\ADD{
showed
that
he}}
revered
God
by
building
a
huge
ship
to
save
his
family.
By
doing
that,
he
{\ADD{
showed
all
the
people
who
did
not
believe
him}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
that
they
deserved
to
be
condemned}} $\{${\ADD{
that
God
would}}
condemn
them$\}$.
He
was
someone
whom
God
declared
to
be
righteous
because
of
his
trusting
in
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}It
was
because
Abraham
trusted
God
that
when
he
was
told
to
go $\{$when
{\ADD{
God}}
told
him
to
go$\}$,
he
obeyed
{\ADD{
God}},
he
left
{\ADD{
his
own
country}},
and
went
to
a
place
that
God
would
give
him.
Abraham
left
his
own
country,
even
though
he
did
not
know
where
he
would
be
going.
\VS{9}It
was
because
Abraham
trusted
God
that
he
lived
as
though
he
was
a
foreigner
in
the
land
that
{\ADD{
God}}
had
promised
to
him.
Abraham
lived
in
tents,
and
his
son
Isaac
and
his
grandson
Jacob
did
also.
God
promised
to
give
to
Isaac
and
Jacob
the
same
things
that
he
promised
to
give
Abraham.
\VS{10}Abraham
was
waiting
to
live
in
a
city
{\ADD{
in
heaven}}
that
would exist
forever [MET].
It
was
a
city
that
God
is
building [DOU].
\VS{11}It
was
because
Abraham
trusted
God
that
God
gave
Abraham
strength
so
that
he
{\ADD{
was}}
able
to
produce
a
son.
Even
though
his
wife
Sarah
was
past
the
age
{\ADD{
when
women
bear
children}},
{\ADD{
God}}
promised
{\ADD{
that
he
would
give
her
a
son}},
and
Abraham
considered
that
God
would
do
what
he
promised
to
do.
\VS{12}So,
although
Abraham
was
also
too
old
to
have
children,
so
many
people
descended
from
that
one
man
that
they
were
as
numerous
as
the
stars
in
the
sky
and
are
as
countless
as
the
grains
of
sand
along
the
seashore,
{\ADD{
just
like
God
promised
him}}.
\par }{\SH All
those
people
who
trusted
in
God
died
without
receiving
what
God
promised.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 11:13-16
\par }{\PP \VS{13}It
was
while
they
still
trusted
in
God
that
all
those
people
died.
Even
though
they
had
not
yet
received
the
things
that
God
had
promised
to
give
them,
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
they
saw
those
things
in
a
distance.
They
were
glad
{\ADD{
to
know}}
about
what
God
promised.
It
was
as
though
they admitted
that
they
were
not
from
this
earth,
but
that
they
were
only
here temporarily.
\VS{14}As
for
those
people
who
talk
like
that,
they
clearly
show
that
they
long
for
{\ADD{
a
place
that
will
become}}
their
true
native
land.
\VS{15}If
they
had
been
thinking
about
{\ADD{
that
place
being}}
the
place
from
which
they
had
come,
they
would
have
taken
the
opportunity
to
return
there.
\VS{16}But,
instead,
they
desired
a
better
{\ADD{
place
in
which
to
live}};
that
is,
they
desired
{\ADD{
a
home}}
in
heaven.
So
God
has
prepared
a
city
for
them
to
live
{\ADD{
with
him}},
and
he
is
pleased [LIT]
for
them
to
say
that
he
is
their
God.
\par }{\SH It
was
because
Abraham,
Isaac,
Joseph,
Moses,
the
Israelite
people,
and
Rahab
trusted
God
that
he
blessed
them.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 11:17-31
\par }{\PP \VS{17}It
was
because
Abraham
trusted
{\ADD{
God}}
that
he
{\ADD{
was
ready
to}}
kill
his
son
Isaac
as
a
sacrifice
when
{\ADD{
God}}
tested
him.
This
same
man
to
whom
{\ADD{
God}}
promised
{\ADD{
to
give}} ◄{\ADD{
a
son/many
descendants}}►
was
going
to
sacrifice
{\ADD{
that
same
son}},
the
only
son
{\ADD{
whom
his
own
wife
had
borne}}!
\VS{18}It
was
to
Abraham
that
God
said, “It
is
{\ADD{
only}}
from
Isaac
that
I
will
consider
your
family
to
descend.”
\VS{19}Abraham
considered
that
{\ADD{
to
fulfill
that
promise}},
God
could
make
{\ADD{
Isaac}}
live
again
{\ADD{
even
if}}
he
had
died
{\ADD{
after
Abraham
sacrificed
him}}!
The
result
was
that
when
Abraham
did
receive
Isaac
back
{\ADD{
after
God
told
him
not
to
harm
Isaac}},
it
was
as
though
he
received
him
back
even
after
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}It
was
because
Isaac
trusted
God
that
he
{\ADD{
prayed
that
after
he
died,
God
would}}
bless
{\ADD{
his}}
sons
Jacob
and
Esau.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}It
was
because
Jacob
trusted
God
that,
as
he
was
dying,
he
{\ADD{
prayed
that
God
would}}
bless
each
of
the
sons
of
{\ADD{
his
own
son
Joseph}}.
He
worshipped
God
as
he
leaned
upon
his
walking
stick
{\ADD{
before
he
died}}.
\VS{22}It
was
because
Joseph
trusted
God
that,
when
he
was
about
to
die
{\ADD{
in
Egypt}},
he anticipated
the
time
when
the Israelis
would
leave
Egypt;
and
he
instructed
{\ADD{
that}}
his
people
{\ADD{
should
carry}}
his
bones
{\ADD{
with
them
when
they}} ◄{\ADD{
left
Egypt/returned
to
Canaan}}►.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}It
was
because
Moses’
father
and
mother
trusted
God
that
they
hid
{\ADD{
their
son}}
for
three
months
shortly
after
he
was
born,
because
they
saw
that
he
was
so
beautiful.
They
were
not
afraid
of
{\ADD{disobeying}}
what
the
king
of
Egypt
had
commanded,
{\ADD{
namely,
that
all
the
Jewish
male
babies
must
be
killed}}.
\VS{24}The
daughter
of
the
{\ADD{
king,
whom
they
called}}
Pharaoh,
{\ADD{
raised}}
Moses,
but
when
he
had
grown
up,
it
was
because
he
trusted
God
that
he
refused
to
{\ADD{
accept
the privileges
that
would
have
been
his
if
people}}
considered
that
he
was ◄the
son
of
the
king’s
daughter/the
king’s
own
grandson►.
\VS{25}He
decided
that
it
was
better
for
others
to
mistreat
him
for
a
time
along
with
the Israeli
people,
than
to temporarily
enjoy
living
sinfully
{\ADD{
in
the
King’s
palace}}.
\VS{26}This
is
because
he
decided
that
if
he
suffered
for
the
Messiah,
it
would
be
worth
far
more
{\ADD{
in
God’s
sight}}
than
his
owning
all
the
treasures
of
Egypt
{\ADD{
that
he
would
receive
as
Pharaoh’s
heir.
He
decided
that}}
because
he
looked
forward
to
the
time
when
{\ADD{
God
would
give
him}}
an
{\ADD{
eternal}}
reward.
\VS{27}It
was
because
he
trusted
God
that
he
left
Egypt.
He
was
not
afraid
that
the
king
would
be
angry
{\ADD{
because
of
his
doing
that}}.
He ◄kept
going/did
not
turn
back►
because
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
he
kept
seeing
{\ADD{
God}},
whom
no
one
can
see.
\VS{28}It
was
because
Moses
believed
{\ADD{
that
God
would
save
his
own
people}}
that
he
instituted
the
{\ADD{
festival
called}}
Passover.
He
did
that
{\ADD{
by
commanding
that
the
people
should
kill
lambs
and}}
sprinkle
their
blood
{\ADD{
on
their}}
doorposts.
They
did
that
in
order
that
{\ADD{
the
angel
who}}
causes
people
to
die
would
not
kill [EUP]
the
oldest
male
Israelites
{\ADD{
when
he
killed
the
oldest
sons
in
each
Egyptian
family}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}It
was
because
they
trusted
God
that
{\ADD{
when
}}
the
{\ADD{
Israelite}}
people
walked
through
{\ADD{
where}}
the
Red
Sea
{\ADD{
had
been,
it
was}}
as
{\ADD{
though
they
walked}}
on
dry
land!
But,
when
the
{\ADD{
army
of}}
Egypt
also
attempted
to
{\ADD{
cross
that
same
water}},
they
drowned,
because
{\ADD{
the
sea
came
back
and
flooded
them}}!
\par }{\PP \VS{30}It
was
because
the
{\ADD{Israeli}}
people
trusted
God
that
the
walls
around
Jericho
{\ADD{
city}}
collapsed,
after
the Israelis
marched
around
the
walls
for
seven
days.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Rahab
{\ADD{
had
been}}
a
prostitute,
but
because
she
trusted
God,
she
did
not
perish
with
those
{\ADD{
inside
Jericho}}
who
disobeyed
{\ADD{
God.
Joshua
sent
some
spies}}
into
the
city
{\ADD{
in
order}}
to
find
ways
to
destroy
it,
but
God
saved
her
because
she
welcomed
those
spies
{\ADD{
peaceably}}.
\par }{\SH Some
who
trusted
God
gained
great
victories
and
others
were tortured
and
killed.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 11:32-38
\par }{\PP \VS{32}I
do
not
know
what
more
I
should
say [RHQ]
{\ADD{
about
others
who
trusted
in
God}}.
It
would
take
too
much
time
to
tell
about
Gideon,
Barak,
Samson,
Jephthah,
David,
Samuel,
and
the
{\ADD{
other}}
prophets.
\VS{33}It
was
because
they
trusted
God
that
some
of
them
{\ADD{
did
great
things
for
him}}.
Some
conquered
lands
ruled
by
powerful
men.
Some
ruled
{\ADD{
Israel}}
and
justly
{\ADD{
punished
those
men
and
nations
who
rebelled
against
God}}.
Some
obtained
{\ADD{
from
God}}
the
things
that
he
promised
to
give
them [MTY].
\VS{34}Some
forced
lions
to
keep
their
mouths
shut.
Some
escaped
from
being
destroyed
by
fire.
Some
of
those
people
escaped
from
{\ADD{
being
killed
with}}
a
sword [MTY].
Some
of
those
{\ADD{
people
who
trusted
God}}
were
made
strong $\{$became
mighty$\}$
again
after
they
had
once
been
weak.
Some
became
powerful
when
they
fought
wars.
Some
caused
armies
{\ADD{
that
came
from
foreign
lands}}
to
run
away
from
them.
\VS{35}Some
women
{\ADD{
who
trusted
God}}
received
{\ADD{
their
relatives}}
back
again
when
{\ADD{
God}} ◄{\ADD{
made
them
live
again
after
they
had
died/raised
them
from
the
dead}}►.
But
{\ADD{
others
who
trusted
God}}
were
tortured
until
they
died.
They
were
tortured
because
they
refused
to
agree
when
{\ADD{
their
captors
said, “We
will}}
release
you
{\ADD{
if
you
deny
that
you
believe
in
God.”
They
refused
to
do
that}},
because
they
wanted
to
live
with
God
forever,
which
is
better
than
{\ADD{
continuing
to
live
on
earth}}
after
having
almost
died.
\VS{36}Other
{\ADD{
people
who
trusted
God}}
were
mocked;
{\ADD{
some
had
their
backs}}
cut
{\ADD{
open
by
being
struck}}
with leaded
whips.
Some
were chained
and
put
in
prison.
\VS{37}{\ADD{
Some
of}}
those believers
were
stoned
to
death $\{$People
{\ADD{
killed
some
of
those believers
by}}
throwing
stones
at
them$\}$.
Others
were
cut
completely
in
two.
Others
were
killed
with
swords.
Others
of
these
people
who
trusted
God
wandered
around
the
land
{\ADD{
wearing
garments
made
only
of}}
skins
from
sheep
and
goats.
They
did
not
have
any
money.
They
were
continually
oppressed
and
tormented $\{$People
continuously
oppressed
them
and
tormented
them$\}$.
\VS{38}{\ADD{
The
people
on
earth
who
caused
those
who
trusted
in
God
to
suffer
were
so
bad
that}}
they
did
not
deserve
{\ADD{
to
live
with
people
who
trusted
God.
Some
who
trusted
God}}
wandered
in
deserts
and
on
mountains.
Some
lived
in
caves
and
in
other
{\ADD{
large}}
holes
in
the
ground.
\par }{\SH Only
when
we
are
together
with
all
these
people
who
trusted
God
will
we
receive
all
God
has
promised.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 11:39-40
\par }{\PP \VS{39}Although
all
these
people
were
commended
{\ADD{
by
God}} $\{${\ADD{
God}}
commended
all
these
people$\}$
because
they
trusted
him,
God
did
not
give
them
all
that
he
promised
them
{\ADD{
while
they
were
alive}}.
\VS{40}God
knew
ahead
of
time
that
what
he
would
give
us
and
them
{\ADD{
later}}
would
be
better
than
giving
{\ADD{
them
immediately
what
he
promised}}.
What
God
intends
is
that
only
when
they
and
we
are
together
will
we
have
all
that
God
intends
us
to
have.

\par }\Chap{12}{\SH Since we know so many people with faith like that, we must put aside anything, especially sin, which hinders us, and we must strive to achieve God’s will and concentrate on Jesus.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 12:1-2
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}We
{\ADD{
know
about}}
many
people
like
that
{\ADD{
who
showed
they
trusted
in
God}}.
They
are
like
a
crowd
of spectators
{\ADD{
who
are cheering
for
us
inside
a stadium}} [MET].
Knowing
that,
we
must
put
away
all
the
things
that
hinder
us,
{\ADD{
as
a
runner
puts
aside
everything
that
would
hinder
him
because
they
are
heavy}} [MET].
Especially
we
must
put
away
sinful
actions
that
{\ADD{
hinder
us,
as
a
runner}}
sets
aside
clothes
he
does
not
need,
clothes
that
would entangle
him [MET].
Let
us
{\ADD{
wholeheartedly
strive
to
achieve
what
God
has
planned
for
us,
as
someone}}
in
a
race
wholeheartedly
runs
the
course
that
is
before
him [MET].
\VS{2}And
let
us
{\ADD{
keep
our
minds
on}}
Jesus,
{\ADD{
as
a
runner}}
keeps
his
eyes
on
{\ADD{
the
goal}} [MET].
Jesus
is
the
one
we
should
imitate
in
the
way
he
perfectly
trusted
{\ADD{
God.
When
he
died
on}}
the
cross
he
endured
it
as
he
suffered
greatly [MTY],
instead
of
{\ADD{
thinking
about
the
things
he
would}}
rejoice
about
{\ADD{
later}}.
He
disregarded
being
disgraced
by
{\ADD{
dying
that
way}}.
He
is
now
sitting
at
the
place
of
highest
honor [MTY]
at
the
throne
{\ADD{
where
God
rules}}.
\par }{\SH Do
not
become
discouraged
when
you
are
suffering
as
you
struggle
against
evil.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 12:3-6
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\ADD{Jesus}}
patiently
endured
it
when
sinful
people
acted
so hostilely
against
him.
Try
to
act
the
way
he
did,
so
that
you
do
not
give
up
{\ADD{
trusting}}
God
or
become
discouraged.
\VS{4}While
you
have
struggled
against
{\ADD{
being
tempted
to}}
sin,
you
have
not
yet bled
{\ADD{
and
died
because
of resisting
evil,
as Jesus
did}}.
\VS{5}Do
not
forget [RHQ]
these
words
{\ADD{
that
Solomon
spoke
to
his
son,
that
are
the
same
as
God}}
would exhort
you
as
his
children:
\par }{\Q My
child,
pay
attention [LIT]
when
the
Lord
is
disciplining
you,
\par }{\Q and
do
not
be
discouraged
when
the
Lord
punishes
you [DOU],
\par }{\Q \VS{6}because
it
is
everyone
whom
he
loves
whom
the
Lord
disciplines,
\par }{\Q and
he
punishes
everyone
whom
he
accepts
as
his
child.
\par }{\SH Since
our
sufferings
are
to
discipline
us,
if
we
have
not
experienced
God’s
discipline
we
are
not
his
true
children.
We
should
accept
God’s
discipline,
because
it
is
always
to
help
us.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 12:7-11
\par }{\PP \VS{7}It
is
in
order
that
God
may
discipline
you
that
he
requires
you
to
endure
the
disagreeable
things
{\ADD{
that
happen
to
you}}.
{\ADD{
When
God
disciplines
you}}
he
is treating
you
as
a
father
treats
his
children.
All
fathers [RHQ]
discipline
their
children [LIT].
\VS{8}So,
if
you
have
not
experienced
God
disciplining
you
just
like
he
disciplines
all
his
other
children,
you
are
{\ADD{
not
true
children
of
God}} [MET].
{\ADD{
You
are
like}}
illegitimate
children;
{\ADD{
no
father
disciplines
them}}.
\VS{9}Furthermore,
our
natural
fathers
disciplined
us
{\ADD{
when
we
were
young}},
and
we
respected
them
for
doing
that.
So
we
should
certainly
more readily
accept
God
our
spiritual
Father
disciplining
us,
with
the
result
that
we
live
eternally [RHQ]!
\VS{10}Our
natural
fathers
disciplined
us
for
a
short
time
in
a
way
that
they
considered
right,
{\ADD{
but
it wasn’t
always
right}},
but
God
always
disciplines
us
{\ADD{
in
a
right
way}},
to
help
us.
He
does
it
so
that
we
may
be
holy
as
he
is.
\VS{11}During
the
time
that
God
is
disciplining
us,
that
does
not
seem
to
be
something
about
which
we
should
rejoice.
Instead,
it
is
something
that
pains
us.
But
later
it
causes
those
who
have
learned
from
it
to
be
peaceful
and
to
{\ADD{
live}}
righteously.
\par }{\SH Renew
yourselves spiritually;
go
forward
in
your Christian
life;
try
to
live
peacefully
with
everyone;
seek
to
be
holy;
guard
against
bitterness;
do
not
be immoral;
and
do
not
refuse
to
listen
to
God.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 12:12-17
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So,
{\ADD{
instead
of
acting
as
though
you
were spiritually
exhausted}},
renew
yourselves [MET] spiritually.
\VS{13}Go
straight
forward
{\ADD{
in
your Christian
life}} [MET],
in
order
that believers
who
are uncertain
about
their
faith
{\ADD{
will
imitate
you}}
and
not ◄{\ADD{
leave
God’s
way/}}become
useless
{\ADD{
to
God}}► [MET].
Instead,
they
will
be spiritually
restored [MET]
as
an
injured
and
useless
limb
is
restored.
\VS{14}Try
to
live
peacefully
with
all
people.
Seek
to
be
holy,
since
no
one
will
see
the
Lord
if
he
is
not
holy.
\VS{15}Beware
that
none
of
you
stops
{\ADD{
trusting
in}}
God,
{\ADD{
who
has
done
kind
things
for
us
that
we
did
not
deserve}} (OR,
Beware
that
you
have
never
{\ADD{
experienced}}
God
kindly
{\ADD{
saving
you}}).
Be
on
guard
lest
any
of
you
{\ADD{
act
in
an
evil
way towards
others}},
because
your
doing
that
will
{\ADD{
grow
like}} [MET]
a
root
{\ADD{
grows
into
a
big
plant}},
and
the
result
{\ADD{
of
your}}
doing
that
will
be
that
many believers
will
sin
and
become
unacceptable
to
God.
\VS{16}Do
not
let
anyone
be
immoral,
or
be irreligious
as
Esau
was.
He
exchanged
the
rights
he
had
as
a
firstborn
son
for
only
one
meal.
\VS{17}You
know
that
after
he
did
that,
he
wanted
to
receive
{\ADD{
what
his
father
would
promise
to
give
him
if}}
he
blessed
him.
But
{\ADD{
his
father}}
was
unable
{\ADD{
to
change
what
he
had
already
done}}.
And
Esau
found
no
way
to
change
things,
even
though
he
sought tearfully
to
do
that.
\par }{\SH You
have
not
experienced
the
terrifying
things
your
ancestors
did;
you
have
come
to Christ
and
benefited
from
his
blood
flowing
for
you.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 12:18-24
\par }{\PP \VS{18}In
coming
{\ADD{
to
God}}
you
have
not
{\ADD{
experienced
things
like
what
the Israeli
people
experienced}}
at
{\ADD{
Sinai}}
Mountain.
{\ADD{
They}}
approached
{\ADD{
a
mountain
that
God
told
them
they}}
should
not
touch.
{\ADD{
They
approached}}
a
blazing
fire,
and
it
was
gloomy
and
dark [DOU],
and
there
was
a hurricane/cyclone.
\VS{19}They
heard
a
trumpet
sounding
and
they
heard
{\ADD{
God}}
speak.
The
result
was
that
those
who
heard
it
pleaded
for
God
not
to
speak
to
them
like
that
again.
\VS{20}When
{\ADD{
God}}
commanded
them
saying, “If
{\ADD{
a
person
or}}
even
an
animal
touches
this
mountain,
{\ADD{
you}}
must
{\ADD{
kill
him/it
by}}
throwing
stones
at
him/it,”
they
were
terrified.
\VS{21}Truly,
because
Moses
was
terrified
after
seeing
what
happened
{\ADD{
on
the
mountain}},
he
said, “I
am
trembling
because
I
am
very
afraid!”
\VS{22}Instead,
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
you
have
come
to
{\ADD{
the
presence
of
God
in
heaven}} [MET].
{\ADD{
That
is
like
what
your
ancestors
did
when
they
came
to
worship}}
God
on
Zion
Hill,
in
Jerusalem,
in
the
city
of
God
who
is all-powerful.
You
have
come (OR,
you
are
coming)
to
where
there
are
countless
angels,
who
are
rejoicing
as
they
have
gathered
together.
\VS{23}You
have
joined
all
the believers
{\ADD{
who
have privileges
like}}
firstborn
sons,
whose
names
{\ADD{
God}}
has
written
down
in
heaven.
You
have
come
to
God,
who
will
judge
everyone.
You
have
come
to
where
the
spirits
of
God’s
people
are,
people
who
lived
righteously
{\ADD{
before
they
died}},
and
who
now
have
been
made
perfect
{\ADD{
in
heaven}}.
\VS{24}You
have
come
to
Jesus,
who
arranged
a
new
covenant
{\ADD{
between
us
and
God}}.
You
have
accepted
{\ADD{
what
he
accomplished
when}}
his
blood
flowed
{\ADD{
when
he
died
on
the
cross.
His
doing
that
made
it possible
for
God
to
forgive
us}}.
That
is
better
than
the
blood
of
Abel,
{\ADD{
who
just}}
wanted
revenge
because
his
brother
Cain
murdered
him.
\par }{\SH We
should
be
in
awe
before
God,
who
will
punish
us
if
we
reject
him.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 12:25-29
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Beware
that
you
do
not
refuse
to
listen
to
{\ADD{
God}}
who
is
speaking
to
you.
The Israeli
people
did
not
escape
{\ADD{
God
punishing
them}}
when
{\ADD{
Moses}} (OR,
{\ADD{
God}})
warned
them
here
on
earth.
So
we
shall
surely
not
escape
{\ADD{
God
punishing
us}}
if
we
reject
him
when
he
warns
us
from
heaven! [RHQ]
\VS{26}The
earth
shook [PRS]
then
when
he
spoke [MTY]
{\ADD{
at
Sinai
Mountain}}.
But
now
he
has
promised, “I
will
shake
the
earth
again,
one
more
time,
but
I
will
shake
heaven
too.”
\VS{27}The
words “again,
one
more
time” indicate
that
things
{\ADD{
on
earth}}
will
be
shaken $\{$that
{\ADD{
he}}
will
shake
things
{\ADD{
on
earth}}$\}$,
meaning
that
he
will
set
aside
all
that
{\ADD{
he}}
has
created,
in
order
that
the
things
{\ADD{
in
heaven}}
that
cannot
be
shaken $\{$that
nothing
can
shake$\}$
may
remain
forever.
\VS{28}So,
let
us
thank
God
that
we
are
becoming
members
of
a
kingdom
that
nothing
can
shake.
Let
us
worship/serve
God
in
a
way
that
pleases
him
by
being
greatly
in
awe [DOU]
before
him.
\VS{29}Remember
that
the
God
we
{\ADD{
worship/serve}}
is
like
a
fire
that
burns
up
everything
{\ADD{
that
is
impure}} [MET]!

\par }\Chap{13}{\SH Love one another, be hospitable, and help imprisoned and other mistreated believers.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:1-3
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Continue
to
love
your
fellow believers.
\VS{2}Do
not
forget
to
be hospitable
to
needy
travelers [LIT].
You
need
to
know
that
by
being hospitable,
some
people
have
entertained
angels
without
knowing
it.
\VS{3}Remember
{\ADD{
to
help}}
those
who
are
in
prison
{\ADD{
because
they
are Christians}},
as
though
you
were
in
prison
with
them.
Remember
those
who
are
being
mistreated $\{$whom
people
are mistreating$\}$
{\ADD{
because
they
are believers.
As
you
do
that}},
consider
that
you
you
could
suffer
as
they
do.
\par }{\SH Respect
the
marriage relationship,
and
avoid
covetousness.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:4-6
\par }{\PP \VS{4}You
must ◄respect/keep
sacred►
the
marriage relationship
in
every
way,
and
you
must
keep
sexual
relations [EUP]
pure,
because
God
will
surely
condemn
those
who
act immorally
and
those
who
act adulterously.
\VS{5}Live
without
constantly coveting
money,
and
be
content
with
the
things
you
possess,
remembering
what
{\ADD{
Moses}}
wrote
{\ADD{
that
God}}
has
said
{\ADD{
about supplying
what
you
need}},
\par }{\Q I
will
never
leave
you,
\par }{\Q I
will
never
stop
providing
for
you [DOU].
\par }{\PP \VS{6}So
we
can
say
confidently
{\ADD{
as
the
Psalmist
said}},
\par }{\Q Since
the
Lord
is
the
one
who
helps
me,
I
will
not
be
afraid!
People
can
do
nothing
to
me
{\ADD{
that
will
deprive
me
of
God’s
blessings}} [RHQ].
\par }{\SH Remember
how
your
former
spiritual
leaders
lived
and
imitate
their
faith;
since
Christ
never
changes,
do
not
be
diverted
to
strange
teachings.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:7-9
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Your
spiritual
leaders
used
to
tell
you
the
message
from
God
{\ADD{
before
they
died}}.
Remember
how
they
conducted
their
lives.
By
considering ◄how
they
died/what
resulted
from
how
they
lived►,
imitate
how
they
believed
{\ADD{
in Christ/God}}.
\VS{8}Jesus
Christ
{\ADD{
is}}
the
same
now
as
he
was
previously,
and
he
will
be
the
same
forever.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
So}},
do
not
let
yourselves
be
diverted $\{$let
anything divert
you$\}$
so
that
you
believe
various
teachings
{\ADD{
that
are
contrary
to
God’s
truth}}.
It
is
good
that
God
acts
kindly
toward
us
so
that
we
may
be
strengthened spiritually.
{\ADD{
Obeying
rules
about}}
various
foods,
rules
that
have
not
benefited
those
who
obeyed
them,
will
not
benefit
us.
\par }{\SH We
must
stop
practicing
Jewish
sacrifices
and rituals,
and
go
to
Jesus
to
be
saved,
since
we
do
not
have
a
city
like
Jerusalem
where
we
must
offer
sacrifices,
but
instead
we
wait
for
a
future
everlasting
heavenly
city.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:10-14
\par }{\PP \VS{10}We
have
{\ADD{
Jesus}} [MTY].
All
those
who
continue
to
observe
the
Jewish rituals [MTY]
of
sacrifice
have
no
right
to
obtain
the
benefits
of
his
sacrifice [MET].
\VS{11}After
the
high
priest
brings
into
the
most
holy
place
the
blood
of
animals
{\ADD{
that
they
have
sacrificed
to
atone}}
for
sins,
the
bodies
of
those
animals
are
burned $\{$they
burn
the
bodies
of
those
animals$\}$
outside
the
camp.
\VS{12}Similarly,
Jesus
suffered
{\ADD{
and
died}}
outside
the
gate
{\ADD{
of
Jerusalem}}
in
order
that
he
might
make
{\ADD{
us}},
his
people,
holy
by
{\ADD{
offering}}
his
own
blood
{\ADD{
as
a
sacrifice
to
atone
for
our
sins}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}So,
we
must
abandon
{\ADD{
performing
Jewish}}
sacrifices
and rituals [MET]
{\ADD{
in
order
to
be
saved}},
and
let
us
go
to
Jesus
{\ADD{
to
be
saved}}.
As
we
do
that,
we
must
{\ADD{
be
willing
to}}
let
others
reproach
us
just
like
people
reproached
Jesus.
\VS{14}Here
on
earth,
we believers
do
not
have
a
city
{\ADD{
such
as
Jerusalem
where
we
must}}
continually
{\ADD{
offer
sacrifices}} [MET].
Instead,
we
are
waiting
for
a
future
{\ADD{
heavenly}}
city
{\ADD{
that
will
last
forever}}.
\par }{\SH Since Christ
sacrificed
himself
for
us,
let
our
continual
praise
of
God
be
our
sacrifice.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:15
\par }{\PP \VS{15}With
{\ADD{
the
help
of}}
Jesus,
we
must
continually
praise
God.
That
will
be
something
we
can
sacrifice
{\ADD{
to
him}} [MET]
{\ADD{
instead
of
our
sacrificing
animals
only
at
specific
times}}.
Specifically,
we
must
say
openly [MTY]
{\ADD{
that
we
have
trusted}}
in Christ [MTY].
\par }{\SH Continually
do
good
deeds
and
share
with
others,
because
this
too
will
be
a
sacrifice
pleasing
to
God.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:16
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Be
continually [LIT]
doing
good
deeds
{\ADD{
for
others}},
and
be
continually
sharing
{\ADD{
with
others
the
things
you
have}},
because
doing
things
like
that
will
{\ADD{
also}}
be
{\ADD{
as
though
you
are
offering}}
sacrifices
that
will
please
God.
\par }{\SH Obey
your
spiritual
leaders.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:17
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Obey
your
{\ADD{
spiritual}}
leaders;
do
what
they
tell
you,
since
they
are
the
ones
who
are
looking
out
for
your
spiritual
welfare [SYN].
{\ADD{
Some
day}}
they
will
have
to
stand
before
God
so
that
he
can
say
if
he
approves
of
what
they
have
done.
Obey
them
in
order
that
they
can
do
the
work
of
guarding
you
joyfully,
and
not
have
to
do
it
sadly,
because
if
you
cause
them
to
do
it
sadly,
that
will
certainly
not
help
you
at
all (OR,
they
will
not
be
able
to
help
you
at
all).
\par }{\SH Pray
for
me
that
God
will
quickly
remove
the
things
that
hinder
my
coming
to
you.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:18-19
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Pray
for
me.
I
am
certain
that
I
have
not
done
anything
that
displeases
God.
I
have
tried
to
act
honorably
{\ADD{
toward
you}}
in
every
way.
\VS{19}I
urge
you
earnestly
to
pray
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
quickly
remove
the
things
that
hinder
my
coming
to
you.
\par }{\SH May
God equip
you
with
everything
good
that
you
need,
and
may Christ
be
praised
forever.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:20-21
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Jesus
{\ADD{
provides
for
us}},
{\ADD{
protects
us,
and
guides
us
as}}
a
great
shepherd
does
for
his
sheep [MET].
And
God,
who
gives
us
{\ADD{
inner}}
peace,
brought
our
Lord
Jesus
back
to
life.
By
doing
that,
God ratified
his
eternal
covenant
with
us
by
the
blood
{\ADD{
that
flowed
from
Jesus
when
he
died
on
the}}
cross.
\VS{21}So
I
pray
that
God
will
equip
you
with
everything
good
{\ADD{
that
you
need
in
order}}
that
you
may
do
the
things
that
he
desires.
May
he
accomplish
in
our
lives
whatever
he
considers
pleasing
as
a
result
of
Jesus
Christ
{\ADD{equipping
us}}.
May
Jesus
Christ
be
praised
forever. ◄Amen!/May
it
be
so!►
\par }{\SH Patiently
consider
what
I
have
written
in
this
short exhortation.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:22
\par }{\PP \VS{22}My
fellow believers,
I
appeal
to
you
that
you
patiently
consider
{\ADD{
what}}
I
have
written
in
this
short
letter,
to
exhort
you.
\par }{\SH Since Timothy
has
been
released
from
prison,
he
will
accompany
me
when
I
go
to
see
you.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:23
\par }{\PP \VS{23}I
want
you
to
know
that
our
fellow believer
Timothy
has
been
released $\{${\ADD{
the
authorities}}
have
released
our
fellow believer
Timothy$\}$
{\ADD{
from
prison}}.
If
he
comes
here
soon,
he
will
accompany
me
when
I
go
to
see
you.
\par }{\SH Greet
your
spiritual
leaders
and
all
other believers;
the believers
who
are
from Italy
send
you
their greetings.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:24
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Tell
all
your
{\ADD{
spiritual}}
leaders
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
fellow believers
{\ADD{
in
your
city}}
that ◄I
am
thinking fondly
about
them/I
am
sending
them
my greetings►.
The believers
{\ADD{
in
this
area
who
have
come}}
from
Italy
{\ADD{
want
you
to
know
they}}
are ◄thinking
about
you/sending
you
their greetings►.
\par }{\SH May
God
act
graciously
to
you
all.
\par }{\SR Hebrews 13:25
\par }{\PP \VS{25}{\ADD{
I
pray
that}}
you
will
continue
to
experience
God’s
acting
kindly
toward
you
all.
\par }