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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Hebrews 2 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hebrews/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/hebrews/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Hebrews 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrews/1.htm" title="Hebrews 1">◄</a> Hebrews 2 <a href="../hebrews/3.htm" title="Hebrews 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/hebrews/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">A Warning against Drifting Away</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose.</p><p class="hdg">Jesus, the Man</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we are talking about. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For in one place the Scriptures say, </p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“What are mere mortals that you should think about them,</p><p class="line2">or a son of man<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> that you should care for him?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Yet for a little while you made them a little lower than the angels</p><p class="line2">and crowned them with glory and honor.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You gave them authority over all things.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="m">Now when it says “all things,” it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all things put under their authority. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while was given a position “a little lower than the angels”; and because he suffered death for us, he is now “crowned with glory and honor.” Yes, by God’s grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For he said to God,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters.</p><p class="line2">I will praise you among your assembled people.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He also said,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“I will put my trust in him,”</p><p class="line2">that is, “I and the children God has given me.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> the power of death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>We also know that the Son did not come to help angels; he came to help the descendants of Abraham. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">the Son of Man.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts add </span><span class="it">You gave them charge of everything you made.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:6-8 </span><span class="ft">Ps 8:4-6 (Greek version).</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:11 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">brothers;</span><span class="ft"> also in 2:12.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">Ps 22:22.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:13 </span><span class="ft">Isa 8:17-18.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">has.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">like the brothers.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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