Hebrews Chapter 2 verse 1 Holy Bible
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away `from them'.
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For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.
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For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things [we have] heard, lest in any way we should slip away.
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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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Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
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Because of this it behoveth `us' more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 1-5. - INTERPOSED EXHORTATION as explained above. Verse 1. - On this account (i.e. on account of what has been seen of the SON'S superiority to the angels) we ought (or, we are bound) more abundantly to give heed to the things that we have heard (i.e. the gospel that has been preached to us in the Son), lest at any time (or, lest haply) we let them slip (rather, float past them). The word παραρρυῶμεν (aorist subjunctive from παραρρέω) denotes flowing or floating past anything. The allusion is to the danger, incidental to those to whom the Epistle was addressed, of failing to recognize the transcendent character of the gospel revelation, missing it through inadvertence, drifting away from it.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersII.(1-4) These verses must be closely joined with the first chapter. Before advancing to the next step in his argument, the writer pauses to enforce the duty which results from what has been already established. But (as in Hebrews 4:14-16) the exhortation does not interrupt the thought, but rather serves as a connecting link. (See Note on Hebrews 2:5.)(1) Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard.--Better, to the things heard; for this expression contains the complement of the thought of Hebrews 1:1. Both "speak" and "hear" are words which carry weighty emphasis in this Epistle. (See Hebrews 1:1; Hebrews 2:2; Hebrews 12:25; Hebrews 3:5; Hebrews 3:7; Hebrews 4:2, et al.) Because of the supreme dignity of Him in whom at the last God speaks, men are bound to give the more earnest heed to the words spoken, whether heard by them from the Lord Himself or (as in this case, Hebrews 2:3) from His servants. . . .
