The Letters · New Testament
Hebrews
Hebrews is book 58 of 66 and belongs to the Letters in the New Testament. It has 13 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 26 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Hebrews 1: Hebrews 1: God speaks by his Son, who is set above the angels
God spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets and has in these last days spoken by his Son. The Son is appointed heir of all things, the… - Hebrews 2: Hebrews 2: the first warning, and the Son made lower than the angels
The argument breaks off into a warning. Because of what has been said, the hearers ought to give the more earnest heed to what they have heard, lest… - Hebrews 3: Hebrews 3: Moses in the house and the warning from the wilderness
The hearers are addressed as holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, and told to consider the Apostle and High Priest of their profession… - Hebrews 4: Hebrews 4: a rest that remains, and a high priest who was tempted
A promise of entering into rest is said to be left open, so the hearers are told to fear lest any of them fall short. The message reached them as it… - Hebrews 5: Hebrews 5: what a high priest is, and a rebuke about dull hearing
The chapter begins with a description of the office. Every high priest is taken from among men and ordained for men in things pertaining to God, to… - Hebrews 6: Hebrews 6: the severest warning, and an oath sworn to Abraham
The writer proposes to leave the first principles and go on to perfection, listing a foundation he will not lay again: repentance from dead works… - Hebrews 7: Hebrews 7: Melchisedec, tithes and a priesthood held by oath
Melchisedec is introduced as king of Salem and priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed… - Hebrews 8: Hebrews 8: the sum of the argument and a quoted new covenant
The writer says this is the sum of what has been spoken. The hearers have a high priest set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the… - Hebrews 9: Hebrews 9: the first tabernacle described, and a blood that enters once
The first covenant is said to have had ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary. The tabernacle is described in two parts: the first held… - Hebrews 10: Hebrews 10: one offering for ever, a second warning, and the former days
The law is called a shadow of good things to come rather than the very image, and its yearly sacrifices never perfect those who come. If they had… - Hebrews 11: Hebrews 11: a roll of those who lived by faith and did not receive the promise
Faith is called the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen, the thing by which the elders obtained a good report and by… - Hebrews 12: Hebrews 12: running the race, chastening as sons, and two mountains
Because of the witnesses just listed, the hearers are told to lay aside every weight and the besetting sin and to run with patience, looking to… - Hebrews 13: Hebrews 13: closing instructions, an altar outside the camp, and personal news
The letter closes in short instructions. Brotherly love is to continue; strangers are to be entertained, since some have entertained angels unawares…
