Hebrews 5 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Every high priest who is selected from men and appointed to act on behalf of men in things divine, offering gifts and sacrifices for sins, ² can deal gently with those who err through ignorance, since he himself is beset with weakness — ³ which obliges him to present offerings for his own sins as well as for those of the People. ⁴ Also, it is an office which no one elects to take for himself; he is called to it by God, just as Aaron was. ⁵ Similarly Christ was not raised to the glory of the high priesthood by himself but by Him who declared to him, Thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father. ⁶ Just as elsewhere he says, Thou art a priest for ever, with the rank of Melchizedek. ⁷ In the days of his flesh, with bitter cries and tears, he offered prayers and supplications to Him who was able to save him from death; and he was heard, because of his godly fear. ⁸ Thus, Son though he was, he learned by all he suffered how to obey, ⁹ and by being thus perfected he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, ¹⁰ being designated by God high priest with the rank of Melchizedek. ¹¹ On this point I have a great deal to say, which it is hard to make intelligible to you. For you have grown dull of hearing. ¹² Though by this time you should be teaching other people, you still need someone to teach you once more the rudimentary principles of the divine revelation. You are in need of milk, not of solid food. ¹³ (For anyone who is fed on milk is unskilled in moral truth; he is a mere babe. ¹⁴ Whereas solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by exercise to distinguish good and evil.)

¹⁵ But Jesus answered him, "Come now, this is how we should fulfil all our duty to God." Then John gave in to him.

⁴⁸ You must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

²² The eye is the lamp of the body: so, if your Eye is generous, the whole of your body will be illumined, ²³ but if your Eye is selfish, the whole of your body will be darkened. And if your very light turns dark, then — what a darkness it is!

²⁴ Now, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts upon them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. ²⁵ The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on rock. ²⁶ And everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act upon them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand. ²⁷ The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, and down it fell — with a mighty crash."

²⁵ At that time Jesus spoke and said, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simpleminded;

¹⁵ For the heart of this people is obtuse, their ears are heavy of hearing, their eyes they have closed, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they understand with their heart and turn again, and I cure them.

⁵ He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight: listen to him."

¹⁷ Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I still be with you? How long have I to bear with you? Bring him here to me."

²⁸ this means my blood, the new covenant-blood, shed for many, to win the remission of their sins. ²⁹ I tell you, after this I will never drink this produce of the vine till the day I drink it new with you in the Realm of my Father." ³⁰ After the hymn of praise they went out to the Hill of Olives. ³¹ Then Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted over me to-night, for it is written, I will strike at the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. ³² But after my rising I will precede you to Galilee." ³³ Peter answered, "Supposing they are all disconcerted over you, I will not be disconcerted." ³⁴ Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, you will disown me three times this very night, before the cock crows." ³⁵ Peter said to him, "Even though I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And all the disciples said the same thing. ³⁶ Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, "Sit here till I go over there and pray." ³⁷ But he took Peter and the two sons of Zebedaeus along with him; and when he began to feel distressed and agitated, ³⁸ he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me." ³⁹ Then he went forward a little and fell on his face praying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt." ⁴⁰ Then he went to the disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "So the three of you could not watch with me for a single hour? ⁴¹ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak." ⁴² Again he went away for the second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done." ⁴³ And when he returned he found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴ So he left them and went back for the third time, praying in the same words as before.

⁵² Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; all who draw the sword shall die by the sword. ⁵³ What! do you think I cannot appeal to my Father to furnish me at this moment with over twelve legions of angels?

⁴⁶ and about three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani" (that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

⁵⁰ Jesus again uttered a loud scream and gave up his spirit.

¹⁷ He noted this and said to them, "Why do you argue you have no bread? Do you not see, do you not understand, even yet? Are you still dull of heart? ¹⁸ You have eyes, do you not see? you have ears, do you not hear?

²¹ "Do you not understand now?" he said.

¹⁹ He answered them, "O faithless generation, how long must I still be with you? how long have I to bear with you? Bring him to me."

¹⁵ I tell you truly, whoever will not submit to the Reign of God like a child will never get into it at all."

³² Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, "Sit here till I pray." ³³ But he took Peter and James and John along with him; and as he began to feel appalled and agitated, ³⁴ he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch." ³⁵ Then he went forward a little and fell to the earth, praying that the hour might pass away from him, if possible. ³⁶ "Abba, Father," he said, "thou canst do anything. Take this cup away from me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt." ³⁷ Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour? ³⁸ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak." ³⁹ Again he went away and prayed in the same words as before;

³⁴ and at three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "Elôi, Elôi, lema sabachthanei" (which means, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

³⁷ But Jesus gave a loud cry and expired.

³² "Go and tell that fox," he replied, "I cast out daemons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I complete my task!

³² but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers."

⁴¹ He withdrew about a stone's throw and knelt in prayer, ⁴² saying, "Father, if it please thee, take this cup away from me. But thy will, not mine, be done." ⁴³ [And an angel from heaven appeared to strengthen him; ⁴⁴ he fell into an agony and prayed with greater intensity, his sweat dropping to the ground like clots of blood.]

⁴⁶ Then with a loud cry Jesus said, "Father, I trust my spirit to thy hands," and with these words he expired.

²⁵ He said to them, "O foolish men, with hearts so slow to believe, after all the prophets have declared!

¹⁴ So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory — glory such as an only son enjoys from his father — seen it to be full of grace and reality.

¹⁶ For God loved the world so dearly that he gave up his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life, instead of perishing.

²⁷ John answered, "No one can receive anything except as a gift from heaven.

³⁴ Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

⁶ (He said this to test Philip, for he knew what he was going to do himself.)

³⁸ for I have come down from heaven not to carry out my own will but the will of him who sent me,

¹⁸ He who talks on his own authority aims at his own credit, but he who aims at the credit of the person who sent him, he is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him.

⁵⁴ Jesus replied, "Were I to glorify myself, my glory would be nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me; you say 'He is our God,'

³⁵ Jesus burst into tears.

⁴² (I knew thou wouldst always listen to me, but I spoke on account of the crowd around, that they might believe thou hast sent me.)"

²⁷ My soul is now disquieted. What am I to say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, it is something else that has brought me to this hour: ²⁸ I will say, 'Father, glorify thy name.'" Then came a voice from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."

¹⁰ If you keep my commands you will remain within my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain within his love.

¹² I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it just now.

¹ So Jesus spoke; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said: "Father, the time has now come; glorify thy Son that thy Son may glorify thee,

⁴ I have glorified thee on earth by accomplishing the work thou gavest me to do; ⁵ now, Father, glorify me in thy presence with the glory which I enjoyed in thy presence before the world began.

³⁰ And when Jesus took the vinegar, he said, "It is finished," bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

¹⁵ and you killed the pioneer of Life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can bear witness.

¹² There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation."

³² To these facts we bear witness, with the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him."

³⁸ This was the man who at the assembly in the desert intervened between the angel who spoke to him on mount Sinai and our fathers; he received living Words to be given to us.

³³ has been fulfilled by God for us their children, when he raised Jesus. As it is written in the second psalm, thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father.

²⁷ For the heart at this people is obtuse, their ears are heavy at hearing, their eyes they have closed, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they understand with their heart and turn again, and I cure them.

⁵ through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

¹⁷ God's righteousness is revealed in it by faith and for faith — as it is written, Now by faith shall the righteous live. ¹⁸ But God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the impiety and wickedness of those who hinder the Truth by their wickedness.

⁸ but anger and wrath to those who are wilful, who disobey the Truth and obey wickedness —

²⁰ a tutor for the foolish, a teacher of the simple, because in the Law you have the embodiment of knowledge and truth —

² Much in every way. This to begin with — Jews were entrusted with the scriptures of God.

¹⁷ Thank God, though you did serve sin, you have rendered whole-hearted obedience to what you were taught under the rule of faith;

³ For God has done what the Law, weakened here by the flesh, could not do; by sending his own Son in the guise of sinful flesh, to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

⁵ Moses writes of law-righteousness, Anyone who can perform it, shall live by it. ⁶ But here is what faith-righteousness says: — Say not in your heart, 'Who will go up to heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down).

¹⁶ But they have not all given in to the gospel of glad news? No, Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed what they heard from us?

¹ Welcome a man of weak faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his scruples.

¹⁸ I will not make free to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished by me in the way of securing the obedience of the Gentiles, by my words and by my deeds,

⁶ We do discuss 'wisdom' with those who are mature; only it is not the wisdom of this world or of the dethroned Powers who rule this world,

¹⁴ The unspiritual man rejects these truths of the Spirit of God; to him they are 'sheer folly,' he cannot understand them. And the reason is, that they must be read with the spiritual eye. ¹⁵ The spiritual man, again, can read the meaning of everything; and yet no one can read what he is.

¹ But I could not discuss things with you, my brothers, as spiritual persons; I had to address you as worldlings, as mere babes in Christ.

¹ But I could not discuss things with you, my brothers, as spiritual persons; I had to address you as worldlings, as mere babes in Christ. ² I fed you with milk, not with solid food. You were not able for solid food, and you are not able even now; ³ you are still worldly. For with jealousy and quarrels in your midst, are you not worldly, are you not behaving like ordinary men?

¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I argued like a child; now that I am a man, I am done with childish ways.

¹⁹ but in church I would rather say five words with my own mind for the instruction of other people than ten thousand words in a 'tongue.' ²⁰ Brothers, do not be children in the sphere of intelligence; in evil be mere infants, but be mature in your intelligence.

⁹ If there was glory in the administration that condemned, then the administration that acquits abounds far more in glory

⁵ I demolish theories and any rampart thrown up to resist the knowledge of God, I take every project prisoner to make it obey Christ,

³⁰ If there is to be any boasting, I will boast of what I am weak enough to suffer!

⁵ Of an experience like that I am prepared to boast, but not of myself personally — not except as regards my weaknesses.

⁹ but he told me, "It is enough for you to have my grace: it is in weakness that [my] power is fully felt." So I am proud to boast of all my weakness, and thus to have the power of Christ resting on my life. ¹⁰ It makes me satisfied, for Christ's sake, with weakness, insults, trouble, persecution, and calamity; for I am strong just when I am weak.

⁴ but when the time had fully expired, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

¹³ no, although it was because of an illness (you know) that I preached the gospel to you on my former visit,

¹⁸ illuminating the eyes of your heart so that you can understand the hope to which He calls us, the wealth of his glorious heritage in the saints,

¹³ till we should all attain the unity of the faith and knowledge of God's Son, reaching maturity, reaching the full measure of development which belongs to the fulness of Christ — ¹⁴ instead of remaining immature, blown from our course and swayed by every passing wind of doctrine, by the adroitness of men who are dexterous in devising error;

⁹ And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more rich in knowledge and all manner of insight, enabling you to have a sense of what is vital, ¹⁰ so that you may be transparent and no harm to anyone in view of the day of Christ,

⁸ and appearing in human form, he humbly stooped in his obedience even to die, and to die upon the cross.

¹ Well then, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. I am repeating this word 'rejoice' in my letter, but that does not tire me and it is the safe course for you. —

¹⁵ For all those of our number who are mature, this must be the point of view; God will reveal that to any of you who look at things differently. ¹⁶ Let the inspiration of Christ dwell in your midst with all its wealth of wisdom; teach and train one another with the music of psalms, with hymns, and songs of the spiritual life; praise God with thankful hearts.

²¹ but test them all, retaining what is good

⁸ in flaming fire, to inflict punishment on those who ignore God, even on those who refuse obedience to the gospel of our Lord Jesus,

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope,

¹³ though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;

¹⁶ And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? — it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."

¹⁰ All I endure is for the sake of the elect, to let them obtain their share of the salvation of Christ Jesus and also of eternal glory.

¹⁶ All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for amendment, and for moral discipline,

³ Tell the older women also to be reverent in their demeanour and not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; ⁴ they must give good counsel, so that the young women may be trained to love their husbands and children,

¹ Many were the forms and fashions in which God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets, ² but in these days at the end he has spoken to us by a Son — a Son whom he appointed heir of the universe, as it was by him that he created the world.

⁵ For to what angel did God ever say, 'Thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father'? Or again, 'I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me'?

⁸ he says of the Son, 'God is thy throne for ever and ever, thy royal sceptre is the sceptre of equity:

³ how shall we escape the penalty for neglecting a salvation which was originally proclaimed by the Lord himself and guaranteed to us by those who heard him,

¹⁰ In bringing many sons to glory, it was befitting that He for whom and by whom the universe exists, should perfect the Pioneer of their salvation by suffering.

¹⁴ Since the children then share blood and flesh, he himself participated in their nature, so that by dying he might crush him who wields the power of death (that is to say, the devil)

¹⁷ He had to resemble his brothers in every respect, in order to prove a merciful and faithful high priest in things divine, to expiate the sins of the People. ¹⁸ It is as he suffered by his temptations that he is able to help the tempted.

⁶ Christ is faithful as a Son over God's house. Now we are this house of God, if we will only keep confident and proud of our hope.

¹⁵ for ours is no high priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every respect like ourselves, yet without sinning.

⁵ Similarly Christ was not raised to the glory of the high priesthood by himself but by Him who declared to him, Thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father. ⁶ Just as elsewhere he says, Thou art a priest for ever, with the rank of Melchizedek.

¹⁰ being designated by God high priest with the rank of Melchizedek.

¹³ (For anyone who is fed on milk is unskilled in moral truth; he is a mere babe.

¹ Let us pass on then to what is mature, leaving elementary Christian doctrine behind, instead of laying the foundation over again with repentance from dead works, with faith in God,

²⁰ There Jesus entered for us in advance, when he became high priest for ever with the rank of Melchizedek.

³ He has neither father nor mother nor genealogy, neither a beginning to his days nor an end of his life, but, resembling the Son of God, continues to be priest permanently.

¹⁵ This becomes all the more plain when another priest emerges resembling Melchizedek,

¹⁷ for the witness to him is, Thou art priest for ever, with the rank of Melchizedek.

²¹ Previous priests became priests apart from any oath, but he has an oath from Him who said to him, The Lord has sworn, and he will not change his mind, thou art a priest for ever.

²⁷ one who has no need, like yonder high priests, day by day to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for those of the People — he did that once for all in offering up himself. ²⁸ For the Law appoints human beings in their weakness to the priesthood; but the word of the Oath appoints a Son who is made perfect for ever.

³ Now, as every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, he too must have something to offer.

⁷ but the second tent is entered only once a year by the high priest alone — and it must not be without blood, which he presents on behalf of himself and the errors of the People.

⁹ (which foreshadowed the present age) was still standing, with its offerings of gifts and sacrifices which cannot possibly make the conscience of the worshipper perfect,

¹² not taking any blood of goats and oxen but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy place. He secured an eternal redemption.

¹⁵ He mediates a new covenant for this reason, that those who have been called may obtain the eternal inheritance they have been promised, now that a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions involved in the first covenant.

⁵ Hence, on entering the world he says, Thou hast no desire for sacrifice or offering; it is a body thou hast prepared for me — ⁶ in holocausts and sin-offerings thou takest no delight. ⁷ So I said, 'Here I come — in the roll of the book this is written of me — I come to do thy will, O God.' ⁸ He begins by saying, thou hast no desire for, thou takest no delight in, sacrifices and offerings and holocausts and sin-offerings (and these are what are offered in terms of the Law); ⁹ he then adds, Here I come to do thy will. He does away with the first in order to establish the second.

¹¹ Again, while every priest stands daily at his service, offering the same sacrifices repeatedly, sacrifices which never can take sins away —

⁴ It was by faith that Abel offered God a richer sacrifice than Cain did, and thus won from God the record of being 'just,' on the score of what he gave; he died, but by his faith he is speaking to us still.

⁸ It was by faith that Abraham obeyed his call to go forth to a place which he would receive as an inheritance; he went forth, although he did not know where he was to go.

⁴⁰ God had something better in store for us; he would not have them perfected apart from us.

² our eyes fixed upon Jesus as the pioneer and the perfection of faith — upon Jesus who, in order to reach his own appointed joy, steadily endured the cross, thinking nothing of its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹³ And make straight paths for your feet to walk in. You must not let the lame get dislocated, but rather make them whole.

²⁸ Therefore let us render thanks that we get an unshaken realm; and in this way let us worship God acceptably —

²⁰ May the God of peace who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of the eternal covenant,

² We all make many a slip, but whoever avoids slips of speech is a perfect man; he can bridle the whole of the body as well as the tongue.

²² Now that your obedience to the Truth has purified your souls for a brotherly love that is sincere, love one another heartily and steadily.

² Like newly-born children, thirst for the pure, spiritual milk to make you grow up to salvation.

¹¹ If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.

¹⁶ speaking of this as he has done in all his letters — letters containing some knotty points, which ignorant and unsteady souls twist (as they do the rest of the scriptures) to their own destruction.

³ and every spirit which does not confess Jesus [incarnate] does not come from God. This latter is the spirit of antichrist; you were told it was coming, and here it is already in the world.

²⁰ We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.

⁷ I say this, because a number of impostors have emerged in the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; that marks the real 'impostor' and 'antichrist.'

²¹ so keeping yourselves within the love of God and waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that ends in life eternal.