Hebrews 2:3-9

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³·So surely we also will be punished [^LHow will we escape…?] if we ignore ·this [such a] great salvation. The Lord himself first ·told about [announced] this salvation, and those who heard him ·testified [confirmed to us] it was true. ⁴God also ·testified to the truth of the message [joined in/confirmed their testimony] by using great signs, wonders, many kinds of ·miracles [acts of power], and by ·giving people [^Lthe distribution/apportioning of] gifts through the Holy Spirit, ·just as he wanted [or however he desired].

Christ Became like Us

⁵[^LFor] God did not ·choose angels to be the rulers of the new world that was coming [^Lsubject the world to come to angels], which is what we have been talking about. ⁶·It is written in the Scriptures [^LSomeone has testified somewhere],

“·Why are people even important to you [^LWhat is man/humanity that you remember/think about him/them]?
·Why do you take care of human beings [^LOr the son of man/children of Adam that you care for/about them]?
⁷You made ·them [or him] ·a little [or for a little while] lower than the angels
and crowned ·them [or him] with glory and honor.^[a]
⁸You ·put all things under their control [^Lsubjected everything under his feet; Ps. 8:4–6].”

[^LFor] When God ·put everything under their control [^Lsubjected everything to him], there was nothing left ·that they did not rule [uncontrolled; not subjected]. Still, [^Lnow; at the present time] we do not yet see ·them [or him; ^Creferring to humanity] ruling over everything. ⁹But we see Jesus, who for a short time was made lower than the angels. This was so that, by God’s grace, he could ·die [^Ltaste death] for everyone. And now, because he suffered and died, he is ·wearing a crown of [^Lcrowned with] glory and honor. [^CJesus fulfills humanity’s destiny: to be crowned with glory and honor; Ps. 8 (cited above).]