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Hebrews 2
After exalting the Son above angels, the writer pauses for the first of the letter's warnings: pay closer attention, lest we drift away. The reasoning is from lesser to greater — if breaking the angel-given law brought penalty, neglecting so great a salvation is graver still. Then the angle flips. Quoting Psalm 8 on man crowned with glory, the writer admits we don't yet see everything subjected to him — but we do see Jesus, made lower than angels, crowned through death.
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Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
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For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,
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how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,
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God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
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For he didn’t subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels.
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But one has somewhere testified, saying, “What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?
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You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.
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You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don’t yet see all things subjected to him.
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But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
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For it became him, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
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For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
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saying, “I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the congregation I will sing your praise.”
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Again, “I will put my trust in him.” Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.”
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Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
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and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
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For most certainly, he doesn’t give help to angels, but he gives help to the offspring of Abraham.
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Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
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For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
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POR tanto, es menester que con más diligencia atendamos á las cosas que hemos oído, porque acaso no nos escurramos.
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Porque si la palabra dicha por los ángeles fué firme, y toda rebelión y desobediencia recibió justa paga de retribución,
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¿Cómo escaparemos nosotros, si tuviéremos en poco una salud tan grande? La cual, habiendo comenzado á ser publicada por el Señor, ha sido confirmada hasta nosotros por los que oyeron;
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Testificando juntamente con ellos Dios, con señales y milagros, y diversas maravillas, y repartimientos del Espíritu Santo según su voluntad.
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Porque no sujetó á los ángeles el mundo venidero, del cual hablamos.
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Testificó empero uno en cierto lugar, diciendo: ¿Qué es el hombre, que te acuerdas de él? ¿ó el hijo del hombre, que le visitas?
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Tú le hiciste un poco menor que los ángeles, coronástele de gloria y de honra, y pusístele sobre las obras de tus manos;
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Todas las cosas sujetaste debajo de sus pies. Porque en cuanto le sujetó todas las cosas, nada dejó que no sea sujeto á él; mas aun no vemos que todas las cosas le sean sujetas.
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Empero vemos coronado de gloria y de honra, por el padecimiento de muerte, á aquel Jesús que es hecho un poco menor que los ángeles, para que por gracia de Dios gustase la muerte por todos.
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Porque convenía que aquel por cuya causa son todas las cosas, y por el cual todas las cosas subsisten , habiendo de llevar á la gloria á muchos hijos, hiciese consumado por aflicciones al autor de la salud de ellos.
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Porque el que santifica y los que son santificados, de uno son todos: por lo cual no se avergüenza de llamarlos hermanos,
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Diciendo: Anunciaré á mis hermanos tu nombre, en medio de la congregación te alabaré.
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Y otra vez: Yo confiaré en él. Y otra vez: He aquí, yo y los hijos que me dió Dios.
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Así que, por cuanto los hijos participaron de carne y sangre, él también participó de lo mismo, para destruir por la muerte al que tenía el imperio de la muerte, es á saber, al diablo,
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Y librar á los que por el temor de la muerte estaban por toda la vida sujetos á servidumbre.
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Porque ciertamente no tomó á los ángeles, sino á la simiente de Abraham tomó.
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Por lo cual, debía ser en todo semejante á los hermanos, para venir á ser misericordioso y fiel Pontífice en lo que es para con Dios, para expiar los pecados del pueblo.
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Porque en cuanto él mismo padeció siendo tentado, es poderoso para socorrer á los que son tentados.
Why the Son became lower
The chapter's heart is verse 14: because children share flesh and blood, the Son shared them too, so that through death he could destroy the one holding death's power. Far from diminishing the Son, his lowering qualifies him — verse 17 calls him a merciful and faithful high priest, the first appearance of the title that will dominate the rest of the letter.
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- AtonementWhat atonement means in the Bible, how it relates to sin, sacrifice, and reconciliation, and where to read it without reducing it to a slogan.
- FaithWhat faith means in the Bible, how it differs from vague belief, and how to read it without turning it into self-confidence.
- GraceWhat grace means in the Bible, how it differs from vague kindness, and which passages help define it clearly.
- ObedienceWhat obedience means in the Bible, how it relates to faith and love, and why it should not be confused with legalistic performance.
- Romans 5:3Related through the topic "Suffering".
- James 5:10Related through the topic "Suffering".
- Matthew 24:21Related through the topic "Suffering".
- Matthew 24:29Related through the topic "Suffering".
- Romans 8:18Related through the topic "Suffering".
- 2 Corinthians 1:5Related through the topic "Suffering".
- 2 Corinthians 1:6Related through the topic "Suffering".
- 2 Corinthians 1:7Related through the topic "Suffering".
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