| 2:1 | Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. |
| 2:2 | For if the message spoken through angels* proved to be so firm that every violation* or disobedience received its just penalty, |
| 2:3 | how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him, |
| 2:4 | while God confirmed their witness* with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed* according to his will. |
| 2:5 | For he did not put the world to come,* about which we are speaking,* under the control of angels. |
| 2:6 | Instead someone testified somewhere: “What is man that you think of him* or the son of man that you care for him? |
| 2:7 | You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You crowned him with glory and honor.* |
| 2:8 | You put all things under his control.”* For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control,* |
| 2:9 | but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while,* now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death,* so that by God’s grace he would experience* death on behalf of everyone. |
| 2:10 | For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist,* in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer* of their salvation perfect through sufferings. |
| 2:11 | For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin,* and so* he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,* |
| 2:12 | saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers;* in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.”* |
| 2:13 | Again he says,* “I will be confident in him,” and again, “Here I am,* with* the children God has given me.”* |
| 2:14 | Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in* their humanity,* so that through death he could destroy* the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil), |
| 2:15 | and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death. |
| 2:16 | For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham’s descendants. |
| 2:17 | Therefore he had* to be made like his brothers and sisters* in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement* for the sins of the people. |
| 2:18 | For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted. |
Hebrews 2 - NET Bible [draft]
