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Hebrews 2:1 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 2 · verse 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.Hebrews 2:1 · King James Version
Hebrews 2:1 in context
1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
2For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
3How 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;
Commentary
Cross references
- Luke 8:15
- 2 Peter 1:12-13
- Proverbs 7:1-2
- Deuteronomy 4:9
- Proverbs 2:1-6
- Hebrews 1:1-2
- 2 Peter 3:1
- 2 Peter 1:15
Key words (Strong's)
- earnestperissoterōsmore abundantly, more in a greater degree, more earnestly, more exceedingly, especially…G4056 →
- oughtdeiit is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper, necessity lying in…G1163 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- heedprosechōto bring to, bring near, to bring a ship to land, and simply to touch at, put in, to turn…G4337 →
- timemēpotethat... not, lest, whether perhaps, whether or not, in no way, perhapsG3379 →
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The apostle proceeds in the plain profitable method of doctrine, reason, and use, through this epistle. Here we have the application of the truths before asserted and proved;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4