1 An exhortation to constant faith, patience, and godliness.
22 A commendation of the new testament above the old.

seeing. 11:2-38

a cloud. Isa 60:8 Eze 38:9,16

witnesses. Lu 16:28 Joh 3:32 4:39,44 1Pe 5:12 Re 22:16

let us lay. Mt 10:37,38 Lu 8:14 9:59-62 12:15 14:26-33 18:22-25 21:34 Ro 13:11-14 2Co 7:1 Eph 4:22-24 Col 3:5-8 1Ti 6:9,10 2Ti 2:4 1Pe 2:1 4:2 1Jo 2:15,16

and the sin. 10:35-39 Ps 18:23

and let us. 1Co 9:24-27 Ga 5:7 Php 2:16 3:10-14 2Ti 4:7

with patience. 6:15 10:36 Mt 10:22 24:13 Lu 8:15 Ro 2:7 5:3-5 8:24,25 12:12 Jas 1:3 5:7-11 2Pe 1:6 Re 1:9 3:10 13:10

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Looking. 3 9:28 Isa 8:17 31:1 45:22 Mic 7:7 Zec 12:10 Joh 1:29 6:40 8:56 Php 3:20 2Ti 4:8 Tit 2:13 1Jo 1:1-3 Jude 1:21

the author. or, the beginner. 2:10 Mr 9:24 Lu 17:5 Ac 5:31 *Gr: Re 1:8,11,17 2:8

finisher. 7:19 10:14 *Gr: Ps 138:8 1Co 1:7,8 Php 1:6

for. 2:7-9 5:9 Ps 16:9-11 Isa 49:6 53:10-12 Lu 24:26 Joh 12:24,32 Joh 13:3,31,32 17:1-4 Ac 2:25,26,36 Php 2:8-11 1Pe 1:11

endured. 10:5-12 Mt 16:21 20:18,19,20,28 27:31-50 Mr 14:36 Joh 12:27,28 Eph 2:16 5:2 Tit 2:14 1Pe 2:24 3:18

despising. 10:33 11:36 Ps 22:6-8 69:19,20 Isa 49:7 50:6,7 53:3 Mt 26:67 Mt 26:68 27:27-31,38-44 Mr 9:12 Lu 23:11,35-39 Ac 5:41 1Pe 2:23 4:14-16

and is. See on ch. 1:3,13 8:1 Ps 110:1 1Pe 3:22

3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

consider. 2 3:1 1Sa 12:24 2Ti 2:7,8

contradiction. Mt 10:24,25 11:19 12:24 15:2 21:15,16,23,46 22:15 Lu 2:34 *Gr: Lu 4:28,29 5:21 11:15,16,53,54 13:13,14 14:1 15:2 16:14 19:39 Lu 19:40 Joh 5:16 7:12 8:13,48,49,52,59 9:40 10:20,31-39 12:9 Joh 12:10 15:18-24 18:22

lest. 5 De 20:3 Pr 24:10 Isa 40:30,31 50:4 1Co 15:58 2Co 4:1,16 Ga 6:9 2Th 3:13

4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

2 10:32-34 Mt 24:9 1Co 10:13 2Ti 4:6,7 Re 2:13 6:9-11 12:11 17:6 Re 18:24

5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

ye have forgotten. De 4:9,10 Ps 119:16,83,109 Pr 3:1 4:5 Mt 16:9,10 Lu 24:6,8

the exhortation. 7 Pr 3:11,12

despise. Job 5:17,18 34:31 Ps 94:12 118:18 119:75 Jer 31:18 1Co 11:32 Jas 1:12 Re 3:19

nor faint. 3,4 Jos 7:7-11 2Sa 6:7-10 1Ch 13:9-13 15:12,13 Ps 6:1,2 2Co 4:8,9 12:9,10

6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

whom. De 8:5 Ps 32:1-5 73:14,15 89:30-34 119:71,75 Pr 3:12 13:24 Isa 27:9 Jer 10:24 Jas 1:12 5:11 Re 3:19

and scourgeth. 7,8 2Sa 7:14

7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

endure. Job 34:31,32 Pr 19:18 22:15 23:13,14 29:15,17 Ac 14:22

for what. 1Sa 2:29,34 3:13 1Ki 1:6 2:24,25 Pr 13:24 29:15

8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

6 Ps 73:1,14,15 1Pe 5:9,10

9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

fathers. Joh 3:6 Ac 2:30 Ro 1:3 9:3,5

corrected. See on ver. 7

we gave. Ex 20:12 Le 19:3 De 21:18-21 27:16 Pr 30:17 Eze 22:7 Eph 6:1-4

shall we not. Mal 1:6 Jas 4:7,10 1Pe 5:6

the Father. Nu 16:22 27:16 Job 12:10 Ec 12:7 Isa 42:5 57:16 Zec 12:1

10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

after their own pleasure. or, as seemed good, or meet, to them. but he. See on. 5,6

partakers. Le 11:44,45 19:2 Ps 17:15 Eze 36:25-27 Eph 4:24 5:26,27 Col 1:22 Tit 2:14 1Pe 1:15,16 2:5,9 2Pe 1:4

11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

no chastening. Ps 89:32 118:18 Pr 15:10 19:18

nevertheless. See on. 5,6,10

peaceable. Ps 119:165 Isa 32:17 Ro 5:3-5 14:17 2Co 4:17 Ga 5:22,23 Jas 3:17,18

exercised. 5:14 1Ti 4:7,8 2Pe 2:14 *Gr:

12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

3,5 Job 4:3,4 Isa 35:3 Eze 7:17 21:7 Da 5:6 Na 2:10 1Th 5:14

13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

make. Pr 4:26,27 Isa 35:3,8-10 40:3,4 42:16 58:12 Jer 18:15 Lu 3:5

straight. or, even. lame. Isa 35:6 Jer 31:8,9

but let. Ga 6:1 Jude 1:22,23

14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Follow. Ge 13:7-9 Ps 34:14 38:20 120:6 133:1 Pr 15:1 16:7 17:14 Isa 11:6-9 Mt 5:9 Mr 9:50 Ro 12:18 14:19 1Co 1:10 Ga 5:22,23 Eph 4:1-8 1Th 5:15 1Ti 6:11 2Ti 2:22 Jas 3:17,18 1Pe 3:11

and holiness. 10 Ps 94:15 Isa 51:1 Lu 1:75 Ro 6:22 2Co 6:17 7:1 Php 3:12 1Th 3:13 4:7 1Pe 1:15,16 3:13 2Pe 3:11,18 3Jo 1:11

no man. Ge 32:30 Job 19:26 33:26 Mt 5:8 1Co 13:12 2Co 7:1 Eph 5:5 Ga 3:21 1Jo 3:2,3 Re 21:24-27 22:3,4,11-15

15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Looking. 2:1,2 3:12 4:1,11 6:11 10:23-35 De 4:9 Pr 4:23 1Co 9:24-27 1Co 10:12 2Co 6:1 13:5 2Pe 1:10 3:11,14 2Jo 1:8 Jude 1:20,21

any man. Lu 22:32 1Co 13:8 Ga 5:4

fail of. or, fall from. Ga 5:4

any root. 3:12 De 29:18 32:32 Isa 5:4,7 Jer 2:21 Mt 7:16-18

trouble. Jos 6:18 7:25,26 22:17-20 Eph 5:3 Col 3:5

and thereby. Ex 32:21 1Ki 14:16 Ac 20:30,31 1Co 5:6 15:33 Ga 2:13 2Ti 2:16,17 2Pe 2:1,2,18

16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

any fornicator. 13:4 Mr 7:21 Ac 15:20,29 1Co 5:1-6,9-11 6:15-20 10:8 2Co 12:21 Ga 5:19-21 Eph 5:3,5 Col 3:5 1Th 4:3-7 Re 2:20-23 21:8 22:15

as Esau. Ge 25:31-34 27:36

17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

when he. Ge 27:31-41

he was. 6:8 Pr 1:24-31 Jer 6:30 Mt 7:23 25:11,12 Lu 13:24-27

for he. 6:4-6 10:26-29

place for repentance. or, way to change his mind.

18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Ex 19:12-19 20:18 24:17 De 4:11 5:22-26 Ro 6:14 8:15 2Ti 1:7

19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

the sound. Ex 19:16-19 1Co 15:52 1Th 4:16

and the voice. Ex 20:1-17,22 De 4:12,33 5:3-22

they that. Ex 20:18,19 De 5:24-27 18:16

20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

For they. De 33:2 Ro 3:19,20 Ga 2:19 3:10

if so much. Ex 19:13,16

21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

Moses. Ex 19:16,19 Ps 119:120 Isa 6:3-5 Da 10:8,17 Re 1:17

22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

ye are come. Ps 2:6 48:2 132:13,14 Isa 12:6 14:32 28:16 51:11,16 59:20 Isa 60:14 Joe 2:32 Ro 11:26 Ga 4:26 Re 14:1

the city. 13:14 Ps 48:2 87:3 Mt 5:35 Php 3:20 *marg: Re 3:12 21:2,10 22:19

of the. 3:12 9:14 10:31 De 5:26 Jos 3:10 2Ki 19:4 Ps 42:2 84:2 Jer 10:10 Da 6:26 Ho 1:10 Mt 16:16 Ro 9:26 1Th 1:9 Re 7:2

an innumerable. De 33:2 Ps 68:17 Da 7:10 Jude 1:14 Re 5:11,12

23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

the general. Ps 89:7 111:1 Ac 20:28 Eph 1:22 5:24-27 Col 1:24 1Ti 3:5

the firstborn. Ex 4:22 13:2 De 21:17 Ps 89:27 Jer 31:9 Jas 1:18 Re 14:4

which. Ex 32:32 Ps 69:28 Lu 10:20 Php 4:3 Re 13:8 20:15

written. or, enrolled. God. 6:10-12 9:27 Ge 18:25 Ps 50:5,6 94:2 96:13 98:9 Mt 25:31-34 Joh 5:27 2Th 1:5-7 1Pe 2:23

the spirits. 11:4,40 Ec 12:7 1Co 13:12 15:49,54 2Co 5:8 Php 1:21-23 Php 3:12 *etc: Col 1:12 Re 7:14-17

24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel.

Jesus. 7:22 8:6,8 1Ti 2:5

new. 13:20 Isa 55:3 Jer 31:31-33

covenant. or, testament. 9:15 Mt 26:28 Mr 14:24 Lu 22:20

to the blood. 9:21 10:22 11:28 Ex 24:8 1Pe 1:2

speaketh. 11:4 Ge 4:10 Mt 23:35 Lu 11:51

25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

See. 8:5 Ex 16:29 1Ki 12:16 Isa 48:6 64:9 Mt 8:4 1Th 5:15 1Pe 1:22 Re 19:10 22:9

refuse. Pr 1:24 8:33 13:18 15:32 Jer 11:10 Eze 5:6 Zec 7:11 Mt 17:5 Ac 7:35

if they. See on ch. 2:1-3 3:17 10:28,29

turn away. Nu 32:15 De 30:17 Jos 22:16 2Ch 7:19 Pr 1:32 2Ti 4:4

26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

voice. Ex 19:18 Ps 114:6,7 Hab 3:10

Yet once. 27 Isa 2:19 13:13 Joe 3:16 Hag 2:6,7,22

27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

signifieth. Ps 102:26,27 Eze 21:27 Mt 24:35 2Pe 3:10,11 Re 11:15 21:1

are shaken. or, may be shaken.

28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

a kingdom. Isa 9:7 Da 2:44 7:14,27 Mt 25:34 Lu 1:33 17:20,21 1Pe 1:4,5 Re 1:6 5:10

have. or, hold fast. See on ch. 3:6 10:23

we may. Ps 19:14 Isa 56:7 Ro 12:1,2 Eph 1:6 5:10 Php 4:18 1Pe 2:5,20

with reverence. 4:16 5:7 10:19,22 Le 10:3 Ps 2:11 89:7 Pr 28:24 Ro 11:20 1Pe 1:17 Re 15:4

29 For our God is a consuming fire.

10:27 Ex 24:17 Nu 11:1 16:35 De 4:24 9:3 Ps 50:3 97:3 Isa 66:15 Da 7:9 2Th 1:8