2Hebrews 2

This Great Way of Being Saved

1We must give our full attention to what we were told, so we won't drift away.Select Hebrews 2:1

2The message spoken by angels proved to be true, and all who disobeyed or rejected it were punished as they deserved.Select Hebrews 2:2

3So if we refuse this great way of being saved, how can we hope to escape? The Lord himself was the first to tell about it, and people who heard the message proved to us that it was true.Select Hebrews 2:3

4God himself showed that his message was true by working all kinds of powerful miracles and wonders. He also gave his Holy Spirit to anyone he chose to.Select Hebrews 2:4

The One Who Leads Us To Be Saved

5We know that God did not put the future world under the power of angels.Select Hebrews 2:5

6Somewhere in the Scriptures someone says to God, “What makes you care about us humans? Why are you concerned for weaklings such as we?Select Hebrews 2:6

7You made us lower than the angels for a while. Yet you have crowned us with glory and honor.Select Hebrews 2:7

8And you have put everything under our power!” God has put everything under our power and has not left anything out of our power. But we still don't see it all under our control.Select Hebrews 2:8

9What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels. Because of God's gift of undeserved grace, Jesus died for everyone. And now that Jesus has suffered and died, he is crowned with glory and honor!Select Hebrews 2:9

10Everything belongs to God, and all things were created by his power. So God did the right thing when he made Jesus perfect by suffering, as Jesus led many of God's children to be saved and to share in his glory.Select Hebrews 2:10

11Jesus and the people he makes holy all belong to the same family. This is why he isn't ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.Select Hebrews 2:11

12He even said to God, “I will tell them your name and sing your praises when they come together to worship.”Select Hebrews 2:12

13He also said, “I will trust God.” Then he said, “Here I am with the children God has given me.”Select Hebrews 2:13

14We are people of flesh and blood. This is why Jesus became one of us. He died to destroy the devil, who had power over death.Select Hebrews 2:14

15But he also died to rescue all of us who live each day in fear of dying.Select Hebrews 2:15

16Jesus clearly did not come to help angels, but he did come to help Abraham's descendants.Select Hebrews 2:16

17He had to be one of us, so he could serve God as our merciful and faithful high priest and sacrifice himself for the forgiveness of our sins.Select Hebrews 2:17

18And now that Jesus has suffered and was tempted, he can help anyone else who is tempted.Select Hebrews 2:18