Hebrews 2:1
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
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ASV
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.
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.
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Commentary
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10 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Διὰ | Dia | Because of | G1223 → |
| τοῦτο | touto | this | G3778 → |
| δεῖ | dei | it behooves | G1163 → |
| περισσοτέρως | perissoterōs | more abundantly | G4056 → |
| προσέχειν | prosechein | to give heed | G4337 → |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | us | G3165 → |
| τοῖς | tois | to the [things] | G3588 → |
| ἀκουσθεῖσιν, | akoustheisin | we have heard, | G191 → |
| μήποτε | mēpote | otherwise | G3361 →G4218 → |
| παραρυῶμεν.¶ | pararuōmen | we may drift away. | G3901 → |
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