Hebrews Bible Studies

This is the page for all my resources and documents for the book of Hebrews. The first section contains documents that survey the entire book. The second section has a survey video lecture covering the entire book. The next section is broken down by each passage. Click the label of any document or video to expand for access. Click the label of any passage to expand for access to documents and information about each individual passage. In each section, you can also click to see a detailed, annotated outline of this section. Feel free to use and distribute any information you find helpful as long as you give credit where appropriate.

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Outline

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Outline of Hebrews

God's Final Word 1:1-3

Christ is Superior 1:4-4:13

Superior to Angels 1:4-3:1

Christ is Superior to Angels 1:4-14

Implication/Application: Pay Careful Attention to Hold to This Salvation 2:1-4

Christ is Superior (to Angels) Through Humble Suffering 2:5-18

Implication/Application: Fix Your Thoughts on Jesus 3:1

Superior to Moses 3:2-4:2

Christ is Superior to Moses 3:2-6

Implication/Application: Don't Have an Unbelieving Heart, But Hold Firm to Confidence in Christ 3:7-15

Those Who Rebelled Were Punished 3:16-19

Superior to Joshua 4:3-13

Implication/Application: Be Careful to Not Fall Short Through Unbelief 4:1-2

Those Who Are Faithful Will Enter God's Rest 4:3-10

Implication/Application: Make Every Effort to Enter God's Rest 4:11

God's Word is Powerful and Effective 4:12-13

Christ is High Priest 4:14-10:18

He Can Sympathize 4:14-5:10

Implication/Application: Hold Firm to the Faith 4:14

Christ is a Sympathetic High Priest 4:15

Implication/Application: Approach God's Throne With Confidence to Find Mercy and Grace 4:16

Christ is a Superior High Priest 5:1-10

Implication/Application: Be Diligent to Mature, in Contrast to Falling Away 5:11-6:12

Be Diligent to Mature 5:11-6:3

Be Warned Against Falling Away 6:4-12

God's Certain Promise 6:13-20a

Order of Melchizedek 6:20b-7:28

Christ is Like Melchizedek, Who is Superior to the OT Priesthood 6:20b-7:10

Christ is the Superior High Priest of a Better Covenant 7:11-28

Jesus has a Different, Better Priesthood 7:11-17

The Old, Weak Priesthood is Replaced With Better Hope Through an Oath 7:18-22

Jesus is a Permanent, Effective Priest 7:23-28

Christ is High Priest of the New Covenant, Which is Superior to the Old 8:1-13

Jesus Fulfilled All the Promises of the OT Tabernacle 8:1-6

The Promise of a New Covenant 8:7-13

Better Sacrifice 9:1-10:18

Christ Offered Superior Sacrifice in a Superior Tabernacle 9:1-10

Description of the Tabernacle 9:1-5

The Priest Enters the Inner Room Only Once A Year 9:6-7

This Shows that the Old Tabernacle Does Not Open the Way to God 9:8-10

Christ's Blood is Superior to Other Blood Sacrifices 9:11-28

The Blood of Christ is Greater Than Animal Sacrifices 9:11-14

The Old Covenant Was Inaugurated with Blood by Necessity 9:15-22

Christ Inaugurated the New Covenant With Better, Completely Effective Blood 9:23-28

Christ is the Superior Reality to Which All the Rituals of the Law Point 10:1-18

The Old Sacrifices Were Ineffective for Salvation 10:1-4

Christ Came to Provide Sacrifice 10:5-10

Christ Completed His Effective Sacrifice 10:11-18

Faithful Perseverance 10:19-13:25

Implication/Application: Have Confidence in Christ 10:19-39

Implication/Application: Let Us Take Full Advantage of Our Salvation 10:19-25

Warning Against Sinning 10:26-31

Remember How Well You Lived at First 10:32-34

Persevere With Confidence 10:35-39

Examples of Faith 11:1-40

Faith: Creation Through Abraham 11:1-12

Faith: Looking For a Better Country 11:13-16

Faith: Abraham Through Joseph 11:17-22

Faith: Moses Through Rahab 11:23-31

Faith: All the Rest 11:32-40

Gracious Discipline 12:1-13

Implication/Application: Persevere by Focusing on Christ 12:1-3

God Disciplines Those He Loves 12:4-6

Implication/Application: Endure Hardship as Discipline 12:7a

God's Discipline (though hard) is Beneficial 12:7b-11

Implication/Application: Be Strengthened 12:12-13

Implication/Application: Live a Disciplined Life 12:14-17

Tremble Before God 12:14-29

Heavenly Mount Zion is Superior to Mount Sinai 12:18-24

Implication/Application: Do Not Refuse, But Rather Reverence God 12:25-29

Concluding Exhortations/Commands/Applications 13:1-21

Miscellaneous Commands 13:1-10

Offer God's Acceptable Sacrifices 13:11-16

Final Exhortations 13:17-21

Conclusion 13:22-25

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1:1-4 God's Final Word