Hebrews 2:3
1 We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
2 For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
4 and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
5 For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,
- ASV
- how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
- DARBY
- how shall *we* escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken [of] by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard;
- BLB
- how will we escape, having neglected such a great salvation, which, having received a beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those having heard,
- ÅB
- hvordan skal da vi undfly om vi ikke akter så stor en frelse? - den som først ble forkynt ved Herren og deretter stadfestet for oss av dem som hadde hørt ham,
- OTB
- hvordan skal vi da unnslippe om vi forsømmer en så stor frelse? Denne frelsen, som først ble talt av Herren, ble bekreftet for oss av dem som hørte ham.
- B1930
- hvorledes skal da vi undfly om vi ikke akter så stor en frelse? - den som først blev forkynt ved Herren og derefter stadfestet for oss av dem som hadde hørt ham,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 10:28–29
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Read in contextHebrews 12:25
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
Read in contextHebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
Read in contextActs 4:12
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
Read in context1 Peter 4:17–18
For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
Read in contextRomans 2:3
So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
Read in contextEzekiel 17:15
But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
Read in contextIsaiah 12:2
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
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