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1 Therefore ought we more diligently to observe the things which we have heard lest perhaps we should let them slip.
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Therefore we must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
2 For if the word spoken by angels became steadfast and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward:
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For if the message declared through angels was valid, and every transgression or disobedience received a just penalty,
3 How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? Which, having begun to be declared by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.
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how can we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,
4 God also bearing them witness by signs and wonders and divers miracles and distributions of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will.
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while God added his testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will.
5 For God hath not subjected unto angels the world to come, whereof we speak.
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Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels.
6 But one in a certain place hath testified, saying: What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
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But someone has testified somewhere, "What are human beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals, that you care for them?
7 Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels: thou hast crowned him with glory and honour and hast set him over the works of thy hands.
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You have made them for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned them with glory and honor,
8 Thou hast subjected all things under his feet. For in that he hath subjected all things to him he left nothing not subject to him. But now we see not as yet all things subject to him.
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subjecting all things under their feet." Now in subjecting all things to them, God left nothing outside their control. As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to them,
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour: that, through the grace of God he might taste death for all.
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but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
10 For it became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things, who had brought many children into glory, to perfect the author of their salvation, by his passion.
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It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying:
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For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,
12 I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
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saying, "I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters, in the midst of the congregation I will praise you."
13 And again: I will put my trust in him. And again: Behold I and my children, whom God hath given me.
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And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Here am I and the children whom God has given me."
14 Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that, through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is to say, the devil:
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Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
15 And might deliver them, who through the fear of death were all their lifetime subject to servitude.
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and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.
16 For nowhere doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold.
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For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham.
17 Wherefore, it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people.
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Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.
18 For in that wherein he himself hath suffered and been tempted he is able to succour them also that are tempted.
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Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
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