2:1  For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.

2:2  For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,

2:3  how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it initially became first spoken through the Lord, those who heard confirmed it to us,

2:4  God also testified with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.

2:5  For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we speak.

2:6  But one has testified somewhere, saying, "WHAT DOES MAN CONSIST OF, THAT YOU REMEMBER HIM? OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT YOU CONCERN YOURSELF ABOUT HIM?

2:7  "YOU HAVE MADE HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, AND HAVE APPOINTED HIM OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;

2:8  YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that has not become subject to him But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

2:9  But we do see Him who God the Father made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

2:10  For it seemed appropriate for Him, for whom came all things, and through whom came all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.

2:11  For both He who sanctifies and those who receive sanctification come from one Father; for which reason He does not feel ashamed to call them brethren,

2:12  saying, "I WILL PROCLAIM YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN, IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION I WILL SING YOUR PRAISE."

2:13  And again, "I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM " And again, "BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME."

2:14  Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, namely, the devil,

2:15  and might free those who through fear of death felt subject to slavery all their lives.

2:16  For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham.

2:17  Therefore, He had to become made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

2:18  For since He Himself received temptation in that which He has suffered, He has the capability to come to the aid of those who undergo temptation.