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.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsTherefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
Because of this it behoveth us more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,
For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things [we have] heard, lest in any way we should slip away.
About this book
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About this book
New TestamentHebrews — The NT's most sustained Old-Testament argument — an extended demonstration that Jesus is ‘better than’ every institution Judaism knew. Priesthood, covenant, tabernacle, sacrifice: all fulfilled in one great high priest.
- Author
- Unknown — the book itself does not name its author. Traditional attribution is Pauline (Clement of Alexandria, Origen, much of the Eastern church); Luther proposed Apollos; Tertullian preferred Barnabas; Harnack proposed Priscilla. Site does not adjudicate
- Date
- Mid-to-late 1st century AD, almost certainly before AD 70 (the book argues against the ongoing Temple liturgy as if the Temple still stands)