Hebrews 2

Warnings Against Neglecting Salvation

1Therefore we ought to give earnest heed to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2For if the word spoken by angels was true, and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment, 3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation; first declared by the Lord, and then confirmed unto us by those that heard him; 4while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and diverse miracles and by gifts of the Holy Ghost, distributed according to his will.

The Author of Salvation

5For it was not to angels that God gave the world to come, of which we are speaking. 6It is written, somewhere, “What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you care for him? 7You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,^a and set him over the works of your hands; 8You have placed everything in subjection under his feet.” Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing that is not put under him. And yet now we see that not all things are put under him. 9But we see Jesus, who while for a little while was made a little lower than the angels, crowned with glory and honour for suffering death, so that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. 10For it is fitting that he, the author of salvation, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should be made perfect through sufferings. 11For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are of one; That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, 12saying, “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.” 13And again, “I will put my trust in him.”

And again, “Behold, I and the children God has given me.” 14For as the children share in the flesh and in the blood, so did Jesus also take part in them; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death; that is, the devil; 15And deliver all them who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. 16For Jesus did not take for himself the form of an angel, but he took for himself the seed of Abraham. 17Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18For because he himself suffered death he was tempted, he is now able to help those who are being tempted.