Hebrews 2

1 We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

So then, we really must pay the utmost attention to the things we have heard, so that we not drift away.

2 For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

For if the word spoken through angels became binding, and every violation and disobedience received a deserved penalty,

3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

how shall we escape if we are careless about that tremendous salvation?—it received its beginning through the Lord's declaration and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him[S],

4 and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.

God adding His[F] attestation by signs, wonders, various miracles, and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.

5 For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

Because it is not to angels that He has subjected the coming inhabited earth, about which we are speaking;

6 But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

rather, there is a place where someone testified saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or son of man that you care for him?

7 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor

You made him lower than the angels, for a little while; You crowned him with glory and honor,

8 and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

You subjected all things under his feet.” It follows that in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not so subjected. However, we do not yet see everything subjected to him, at present.

9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

But we do see Jesus, who ‘was made lower than the angels, for a little while’ (in order to suffer death), ‘crowned with glory and honor’—this, by the grace of God, so that He[S] might taste death on behalf of everyone.

10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

Because it was appropriate to Him[F], for whom are all things and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons into glory, to complete the Author of their salvation through sufferings.

11 For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

For both He[S] who is sanctifying and those who are being sanctified are all from One, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them ‘brothers’,

12 He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

saying, “I will declare Your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing praise to You.”

13 And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”

And again, “I will put my trust in Him[F]”; and again, “Here am I and the children whom God has given me.”

14 Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

Since, then, the children have flesh and blood as their share, He[S] Himself likewise partook of the same, in order that through His death He might abolish the one who had the power of death—that is, the devil—

15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

and set free these [the children] who during their whole lifetime were subject to slavery through fear of death.

16 For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.

(Now surely He does not assist angels, but He does assist Abraham's seed.)

17 For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

That is why He was obliged to become like those ‘brothers’ in all respects, so that He could be a merciful and faithful high priest, in what concerns God, with a view to making propitiation for the sins of the people.

18 Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

For in that in which He Himself endured suffering, having been tested, He is able to assist those who are being tested.