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• Hebrews 1Bible

  The first chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews. It declares that God has spoken in the last days by his Son and weaves together quotations from the Psalms and other Old Testament passages to show that the Son is superior to the angels.

• Hebrews 2Bible

  Hebrews 2 opens with a warning not to neglect so great a salvation. It then explains that Jesus, made for a little while lower than the angels, took on flesh and blood and suffered, thereby becoming the Savior of his brethren and a merciful and faithful high priest.

• Hebrews 12Bible

  Hebrews 12 builds on the witnesses of faith in chapter 11 and exhorts readers to run the race with patience, looking unto Jesus. It addresses the meaning of the Lord's chastening, the warning example of Esau, the contrast between Mount Sinai and Mount Zion, and the kingdom that cannot be moved.

• Hebrews 10Bible

  Hebrews 10 concludes that Christ, by offering his body once for all, brought the repeated sacrifices of the Old Testament to an end. It then urges readers to draw near to God in faith and to keep meeting together, sternly warns against apostasy, and calls for perseverance.

• High PriestBible

  The high priest held the foremost position among the priests of Old Testament Israel, an office whose holder entered the Most Holy Place on the Day of Atonement to make atonement for the people. The New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews presents Jesus Christ as the eternal High Priest.

• Hebrews 4:9–11Bible Verses

  This passage declares that a "rest" still remains for the people of God and urges believers to labor to enter that rest. It is frequently cited in discussions of whether this rest is present or belongs to the last day, and of how it relates to the Sabbath commandment.

• Hebrews 6:4–6Bible Verses

  A warning that those who were once enlightened and made partakers of the Holy Ghost cannot be renewed again unto repentance if they fall away. It is a key text in the debate between Calvinism and Arminianism over whether a true believer can lose salvation.

• Hebrews 10:26–31Bible Verses

  Hebrews 10:26–31 is a passage in the Epistle to the Hebrews that sternly warns against apostasy, the abandonment of faith. Its words "if we sin wilfully... there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins" make it a frequent text in discussions of whether salvation can be lost and of the perseverance of the saints.

• Hebrews 1:1–3Bible Verses

  Hebrews 1:1–3 is the opening passage of the Epistle to the Hebrews. It declares that the God who spoke through the prophets has in these last days spoken through his Son, and it presents the Son as the agent of creation, the brightness of God's glory, and the express image of his being. It is frequently cited as one of the principal Christological texts of the New Testament.

• Hebrews 13:21Bible Verses

  Hebrews 13:21 is the second half of the benediction that closes the Epistle to the Hebrews (13:20–21). It prays that God will equip believers to do his will and is often cited in discussions of how grace relates to human action.

• Hebrews 2:14–17Bible Verses

  A passage explaining that Christ took on the same flesh and blood as human beings in order to destroy the devil, who held the power of death, and to become a high priest who deals with the sins of the people. Because it addresses both the Incarnation and the atonement, it is frequently cited in discussions of Christology and the doctrine of the atonement.

• Hebrews 13:5–6Bible Verses

  This passage exhorts believers not to love money and to be content with what they have. It grounds this exhortation in God's promise never to leave His people and in the confession of Psalm 118. Because it links one's attitude toward material possessions with the presence of God, it is frequently quoted.

• Hebrews 12:6–11Bible Verses

  Hebrews 12:6–11 describes the hardships believers endure as "chastening," the discipline by which a father trains his children, and teaches that its purpose is for them to share in God's holiness. The passage is often cited in sermons on suffering, and it also raises the question of whether all suffering can be regarded as chastening.

• Exodus 24:8Bible Verses

  The verse in which Moses, at Mount Sinai, sprinkles the blood of the sacrifices on the people and declares it "the blood of the covenant," completing the ratification of the covenant between God and Israel. Because Jesus' words instituting the Lord's Supper and the Epistle to the Hebrews take up this expression, these passages are frequently read together.

• Hebrews 4:14–16Bible Verses

  Hebrews 4:14–16 presents the ascended Jesus as the "great high priest" who is touched with the feeling of our infirmities, and it declares that believers may therefore come boldly unto the "throne of grace." The passage is frequently cited in discussions of Christ's true humanity, his sinlessness, and confidence in prayer.

• Hebrews 11:3Bible Verses

  Hebrews 11:3 stands at the head of the "by faith" list in Hebrews 11 and declares that through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. It is frequently cited as a key text for creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo) and is also invoked in discussions of creation and evolution.

• Jeremiah 31:34Bible Verses

  Jeremiah 31:34 is the final verse of the new covenant prophecy (Jeremiah 31:31-34). It promises that all the people will know the LORD and that their sins will be forgiven and remembered no more. Because the Epistle to the Hebrews quotes it, the verse is frequently cited in discussions of the forgiveness of sins and the new covenant, and it also figures in debates over baptism.

• Genesis 14:18-20Bible Verses

  Genesis 14:18-20 is the passage in which Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the most high God, blesses Abram on his return from battle, and Abram gives him a tenth. It is frequently cited in connection with the Epistle to the Hebrews' reading of Melchizedek as a type of Christ and in discussions of tithing.

• Psalm 8:5-8Bible Verses

  Psalm 8:5-8 praises God for making human beings "a little lower than the angels" (or "than God"), crowning them with honor, and giving them dominion over all things. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of human dignity and of responsibility for creation. It is also known as a text that the Epistle to the Hebrews applies to Jesus Christ.