⚓WEB · Hebrews 2:3

What does Hebrews 2:3 mean?

"how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;"

— Hebrews 2:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

2

For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense;

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how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;

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God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?

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For he didn’t subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels.

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But one has somewhere testified, saying, “What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?

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