Hebrews: Bible Study and Commentary

Jesus, our chief priest

A Bible Study in EasyEnglish (2800 word vocabulary) on the Book of Hebrews

Keith Simons

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Hebrews chapter 1
The Old Testament is about Jesus - Hebrews 1:1
God the Father and the Son - Hebrews 1:2
The reality that we cannot see - Hebrews 1:3
The angels and God’s Son - Hebrews 1:4
How to understand the Old Testament - Hebrews 1:5
The angels worship God’s Son - Hebrews 1:6
The greatness of angels - Hebrews 1:7
The rule of God’s Son - Hebrews 1:8-9
God declares the greatness of his Son - Hebrews 1:10-12
Christ at God’s right side - Hebrews 1:13
The work of angels - Hebrews 1:14
Hebrews chapter 2
We must give attention to Christ - Hebrews 2:1-3
The wonderful things that God does - Hebrews 2:4
The wine-press - Hebrews 2:5-8
The perfect sacrifice - Hebrews 2:9
Brothers in God’s family - Hebrews 2:10-11
A lesson from Psalm 22 - Hebrews 2:12
The family of God - Hebrews 2:13
Christ became a man - Hebrews 2:14-15
Christ is Abraham’s descendant - Hebrews 2:16
Priests and brothers - Hebrews 2:17
Christ, our helper - Hebrews 2:18
Hebrews chapter 3
Jesus, God’s faithful Son - Hebrews 3:1-2
A great house - Hebrews 3:3-4
Moses, God’s servant - Hebrews 3:5
Christ, God’s Son - Hebrews 3:6
As the Holy Spirit says - Hebrews 3:7
Lack of faith - Hebrews 3:8
Lessons from history - Hebrews 3:9
The anger of God - Hebrews 3:10
God’s oath - Hebrews 3:11
The sin of unbelief - Hebrews 3:12
The danger of unbelief - Hebrews 3:13
Sharers - Hebrews 3:14
Why the Bible repeats itself - Hebrews 3:15
Who makes God angry? - Hebrews 3:16
Is there anyone whom God cannot forgive? - Hebrews 3:17
Why people must obey God - Hebrews 3:18-19
Hebrews chapter 4
God’s rest - Hebrews 4:1
The same gospel - Hebrews 4:2
How to enter God’s rest - Hebrews 4:3-5
Why today is important - Hebrews 4:6-7
Joshua wins peace for Israel - Hebrews 4:8
The Sabbath day’s rest - Hebrews 4:9
Rest and work - Hebrews 4:10-11
God’s word tests us - Hebrews 4:12
God knows everything - Hebrews 4:13
Jesus, our great chief priest - Hebrews 4:14
Jesus’ sympathy - Hebrews 4:15
Pray with confidence - Hebrews 4:16
Hebrews chapter 5
Israel’s chief priests - Hebrews 5:1
How chief priests deal with sin - Hebrews 5:2
Why did priests make sacrifices? - Hebrews 5:4
How Jesus became our chief priest - Hebrews 5:5-6
The prayers of Jesus - Hebrews 5:7
The Son who became the servant - Hebrews 5:8
The meaning of ‘perfect’ - Hebrews 5:9-10
Develop and grow in faith - Hebrews 5:11
Time to grow up - Hebrews 5:12
Why Christians need to become mature - Hebrews 5:13-14
Hebrews chapter 6
Repentance and faith - Hebrews 6:1
Lessons for new Christians - Hebrews 6:2
If God permits - Hebrews 6:3
Is there anyone whom God cannot forgive? - Hebrews 6:4-6
How people react to God’s goodness - Hebrews 6:7-8
Good works by Christians - Hebrews 6:9-10
The importance of hope - Hebrews 6:11
Hope, faith and patience - Hebrews 6:12
The promise with an oath to Abraham - Hebrews 6:13-14
Abraham’s patience and its reward - Hebrews 6:15
The importance of oaths - Hebrews 6:16-17
The hope that never disappoints - Hebrews 6:18
The anchor of hope - Hebrews 6:19
Where Jesus went - Hebrews 6:20
Hebrews chapter 7
About Melchizedek - Hebrews 7:1-2
Melchizedek: without father or mother - Hebrews 7:3
Abraham’s tithe - Hebrews 7:4
Two kinds of priests - Hebrews 7:5-6
The blessings in Genesis - Hebrews 7:7
A matter of life and death - Hebrews 7:8
A greater priest than the priests from Levi’s family - Hebrews 7:9-10
Christ, the perfect priest - Hebrews 7:11
When God’s law changes - Hebrews 7:12
Jesus, from the tribe of Judah - Hebrews 7:13-14
Think about Christ - Hebrews 7:15-17
The flesh is weak - Hebrews 7:18
A better hope - Hebrews 7:19
The oath that appointed Christ as priest - Hebrews 7:20-22
Jesus’ work as priest never ends - Hebrews 7:23-24
Jesus intercedes for us - Hebrews 7:25
Qualities that our chief priest needs - Hebrews 7:26
The most important events - Hebrews 7:27
The oath is stronger than the law - Hebrews 7:28
Hebrews chapter 8
A simpler explanation of Jesus’ work as priest - Hebrews 8:1-2
What did Jesus offer? - Hebrews 8:3
Our priest in heaven: Jesus - Hebrews 8:4
The tabernacle - Hebrews 8:5
A better covenant - Hebrews 8:6
Why was the new covenant necessary? - Hebrews 8:7
The meaning of ‘the New Testament’ - Hebrews 8:8
Wrong attitudes - Hebrews 8:9
How God changes lives - Hebrews 8:10
How do Christians know God? - Hebrews 8:11
How God forgives - Hebrews 8:12
The end of the temple in Jerusalem - Hebrews 8:13
Hebrews chapter 9
The first holy place in this world - Hebrews 9:1
The outer room of the tabernacle - Hebrews 9:2
The Holy of Holies behind the curtain - Hebrews 9:3
What was in the ark of the covenant? - Hebrews 9:4
What was the purpose of the Holy of Holies? - Hebrews 9:5
Israel’s priests and their daily work - Hebrews 9:6
The Day of Atonement - Hebrews 9:7
The way into the holiest place - Hebrews 9:8
The parable of God’s house - Hebrews 9:9-10
The real house of God - Hebrews 9:11
Christ’s work as our chief priest - Hebrews 9:12
Why did animals die as sacrifices? - Hebrews 9:13
The importance of Christ’s death - Hebrews 9:14
A covenant, a mediator, and a death - Hebrews 9:15
Christ’s death makes the covenant certain - Hebrews 9:16-17
Whose blood made the first covenant definite? - Hebrews 9:18
Each person must join in God’s covenant - Hebrews 9:19
The purpose of the communion - Hebrews 9:20
The use of blood in the Bible - Hebrews 9:21
The importance of the blood for Christians - Hebrews 9:22
Heaven is a real place - Hebrews 9:23
The meaning of the Day of Atonement - Hebrews 9:24
Christ: our priest and our sacrifice - Hebrews 9:25-26
The judgement of God - Hebrews 9:27
Christ died once to save many people - Hebrews 9:28
Hebrews chapter 10
A shadow of future things - Hebrews 10:1
Reasons for the sacrifice of animals - Hebrews 10:2-3
The blood has special meaning - Hebrews 10:4
Psalm 40 and the Septuagint - Hebrews 10:5
Reasons why God should answer a prayer - Hebrews 10:6-7
It is better to obey God than to offer sacrifices - Hebrews 10:8-9
God’s plan to make his people holy - Hebrews 10:10
Christ’s work to forgive sins is complete and perfect - Hebrews 10:11-12
God is establishing Christ’s rule - Hebrews 10:13
Why are Christians not perfect? - Hebrews 10:14
The Bible’s evidence that Christ has defeated the devil, sin and death - Hebrews 10:15-16
When God does not remember sin - Hebrews 10:17
The perfect sacrifice was the death of Jesus - Hebrews 10:18
The closest relationship with God - Hebrews 10:19
The new and living way to God - Hebrews 10:20
Jesus, our great priest - Hebrews 10:21
When God declares people clean - Hebrews 10:22
God is faithful - Hebrews 10:23
Why Christians should carry out good works - Hebrews 10:24
Why Christians should go to church - Hebrews 10:25
Evil deeds that God does not forgive - Hebrews 10:26
When God shows no mercy - Hebrews 10:27-28
The worst sins - Hebrews 10:29
God is the judge of Christian leaders, too - Hebrews 10:30
How people may offend against God’s most holy things - Hebrews 10:31
How to be strong during troubles - Hebrews 10:32-33
Better possessions - Hebrews 10:34
The reward for confidence in God - Hebrews 10:35
What to do during troubles - Hebrews 10:36
How to live during difficult troubles - Hebrews 10:37
Constant faith - Hebrews 10:38
Opposite reactions to God - Hebrews 10:39
Hebrews chapter 11
What is faith? - Hebrews 11:1
Faith in the Old Testament - Hebrews 11:2
Faith in God’s word - Hebrews 11:3
The faith of Abel - Hebrews 11:4
The faith of Enoch - Hebrews 11:5
How to please God - Hebrews 11:6
The faith of Noah - Hebrews 11:7
The faith of Abraham - Hebrews 11:8
God chooses when to carry out his promises - Hebrews 11:9
The city of God - Hebrews 11:10
The faith of Sarah - Hebrews 11:11
The results of Abraham’s faith - Hebrews 11:12
The life of faith - Hebrews 11:13
God’s promises to Christians - Hebrews 11:14
Citizens of heaven - Hebrews 11:15
God is not ashamed! - Hebrews 11:16
The sacrifice of Isaac - Hebrews 11:17-18
God can make dead people alive again - Hebrews 11:19
The faith of Isaac - Hebrews 11:20
The faith of Jacob - Hebrews 11:21
The bones of Joseph - Hebrews 11:22
The faith of Moses’ parents - Hebrews 11:23
How Moses started to have faith - Hebrews 11:24
The decision to join God’s people - Hebrews 11:25
What wealth really is - Hebrews 11:26
Moses left Egypt in faith - Hebrews 11:27
Faith at the Passover - Hebrews 11:28
The Israelites cross the Red Sea - Hebrews 11:29
The faith of Joshua at Jericho - Hebrews 11:30
The faith of Rahab, the prostitute - Hebrews 11:31
Faith in the Books of Judges and Samuel - Hebrews 11:32
What faith achieves - Hebrews 11:33
Faith is powerful - Hebrews 11:34
The power of faith against death - Hebrews 11:35
Faith when we suffer - Hebrews 11:36
Trust God during troubles - Hebrews 11:37
When enemies send God’s people away - Hebrews 11:38
Why God allows his people’s troubles - Hebrews 11:39-40
Hebrews chapter 12
Christians are like runners in a race - Hebrews 12:1
Joy in Jesus - Hebrews 12:2
A Christian’s battle - Hebrews 12:3
When Christians die for their beliefs - Hebrews 12:4
Why do Christians suffer? - Hebrews 12:5-6
How God uses a Christian’s troubles - Hebrews 12:7
How Christians become the children of God - Hebrews 12:8
The meaning of God as our Father - Hebrews 12:9-10
The reward when we learn from God - Hebrews 12:11
God changes lives - Hebrews 12:12-13
Peace and holiness - Hebrews 12:14
People who cannot benefit from God’s kindness - Hebrews 12:15
How Esau sold his right to have a relationship with God - Hebrews 12:16
When must people repent? - Hebrews 12:17
A special reason to be grateful to God - Hebrews 12:18
When God spoke his commands - Hebrews 12:19
It is a serious matter to approach God - Hebrews 12:20
Moses’ fear - Hebrews 12:21
The New Jerusalem - Hebrews 12:22
Citizens of the New Jerusalem - Hebrews 12:23
The blood of Abel and the blood of Jesus - Hebrews 12:24
God warns us, too
God’s voice shakes the heavens and the earth - Hebrews 12:26
The authority of God - Hebrews 12:27
God’s people love to serve him - Hebrews 12:28
God is like a burning fire - Hebrews 12:29
Hebrews chapter 13
Christian love - Hebrews 13:1
Strangers and angels - Hebrews 13:3
What the Bible says about sex and marriage - Hebrews 13:4
Trust God, not your money - Hebrews 13:5
Why Christians can be confident - Hebrews 13:6
Great Christian leaders - Hebrews 13:7
Jesus Christ is always God - Hebrews 13:8
New ideas about religion - Hebrews 13:9
An altar for Christians - Hebrews 13:10
The perfect sin offering - Hebrews 13:11
Christ’s shame - Hebrews 13:12
Christians’ shame - Hebrews 13:13
A city that has real wealth and security - Hebrews 13:14
How Christians worship God - Hebrews 13:15
Can our works please God? - Hebrews 13:16
Why Christians should obey church leaders - Hebrews 13:17
A request for prayer - Hebrews 13:18
The author’s love for his readers - Hebrews 13:19
Jesus, the great shepherd - Hebrews 13:20
A prayer for God’s people - Hebrews 13:21
How we should read the Bible - Hebrews 13:22
Love and the first Christians - Hebrews 13:23
How Christians greet each other - Hebrews 13:24
A blessing - Hebrews 13:25
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