Salvation Confirmed
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. Luk 8:152Pe 1:12-13Pro 7:1-2Pro 2:1-6Deu 4:9Heb 1:1-22Pe 3:12Pe 1:15 For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, Act 7:53Gal 3:19Heb 10:28Jud 1:5Deu 27:26Deu 17:12Deu 17:5Deu 4:3-4 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? Heb 10:28-29Heb 12:25Heb 5:9Act 4:121Pe 4:17-18Ezk 17:15Rom 2:3Heb 1:2
This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will. Act 14:3Eph 1:5Mrk 16:201Co 12:4-11Eph 4:8-11Rom 15:18-19Act 19:11-12Jhn 4:48
Jesus like His Brothers
For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. Rev 11:152Pe 3:13Heb 6:5 But somewhere it is testified in these words: Psa 8:4-8Psa 144:3Job 7:17-18Isa 51:12Job 15:14Job 25:6Heb 4:41Pe 1:11
“What is man that You are mindful of him,
or the son of man that You care for him?
You made him a little lower 1than the angels; Psa 8:5Php 2:6-7
You crowned him with glory and honor 2
and placed everything under his feet.” 3 Jhn 13:31Co 15:27Psa 8:61Pe 3:22Dan 7:141Co 15:24-25Eph 1:21-22Php 2:9-11
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. 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. Php 2:7-9Rev 5:91Jn 2:21Jn 4:9-10Rom 5:18Act 2:332Co 5:15Jhn 3:16
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author 4of their salvation perfect through suffering. Rom 11:36Col 1:16-17Heb 5:8-91Co 8:6Act 5:31Heb 12:2Heb 6:20Luk 24:26 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. Heb 10:10Rom 8:29Heb 10:14Heb 13:12Jhn 20:17Mat 12:48-50Jhn 17:19Jhn 17:21 He says: Psa 22:22Psa 40:10Jhn 18:20Psa 111:1Psa 22:25
“I will proclaim Your name to My brothers;
I will sing Your praises in the assembly.” 5
And again: Isa 8:17-18Isa 12:2Psa 91:2Gen 48:9Jhn 10:291Co 4:152Sa 22:3Gen 33:5
“I will put My trust in Him.” 6
And once again:
“Here am I, and the children God has given Me.” 7
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, 2Ti 1:10Rom 8:3Col 2:151Co 15:54-57Jhn 1:14Hos 13:14Isa 25:8Jhn 12:31-33 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. Rom 8:152Ti 1:7Luk 1:74-752Co 1:10Psa 55:4Rom 8:211Co 15:50-57Psa 89:48
For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham. Gal 3:29Gal 3:16Rom 4:16-25Gen 22:18Heb 12:10Heb 6:16Rom 2:251Pe 1:20 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 8for the sins of the people. Heb 4:14Php 2:7-8Heb 2:14Rom 5:102Co 5:18-21Heb 7:26Dan 9:24Heb 2:11 Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted. 1Co 10:13Heb 4:15-16Heb 7:25-26Jud 1:24Heb 5:22Ti 1:12Rev 3:102Pe 2:9