Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- KJV
- Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
- WEB
- Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
- ASV
- Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away [from them].
- DARBY
- For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things [we have] heard, lest in any way we should slip away.
- BLB
- Because of this, it is necessary for us to give heed more abundantly to the things having been heard, lest ever we should drift away.
- ÅB
- Derfor må vi så meget mere gi akt på det vi har hørt, for at vi ikke skal drive bort derfra.
- OTB
- Derfor må vi gi desto mer akt på det vi har hørt, så vi ikke driver bort fra det.
- B1930
- Derfor må vi så meget mere gi akt på det vi har hørt, forat vi ikke skal drive bort derfra.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 8:15
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Read in context2 Peter 1:12–13
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Read in contextProverbs 7:1–2
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Read in contextProverbs 2:1–6
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
Read in contextHebrews 1:1–2
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Read in context2 Peter 3:1
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
Read in contextJoshua 23:11–12
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
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