Scripture index: Hebrews

Heb 1:1–2
- Eternal generation › Ordered equality
- God’s word › The person of Jesus Christ
- Revelation › John was the last prophet
Heb 1:2
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Holy Spirit is God › “I created alone, by myself”
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Jesus is God › “I created alone, by myself”
- Trinity › Economy of the Trinity
Heb 1:3
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
- Eternal generation › Son is “from” Father (most explicit passages)
- God’s word › Of creation, decree
- Jesus is God › Omnipotence (all-powerful)
- Providence › Preservation
- Scripture › He is sovereignly able to preserve it
- Trinity › Son eternally begotten of Father
Heb 1:3–4
- Jesus is God › “His name alone is exalted”
Heb 1:4
- Eternal generation › Father gives name to Son
Heb 1:5
- Covenant theology › “They will be my people and I will be their God”
- Creator-creature distinction › He is our God and we are his people
- Eternal generation › Son is “from” Father (most explicit passages)
- Father is God › The Father is Yahweh
- God the Father › Of the King of Israel and/or Messiah
- Old Testament canon › Joshua
- Old Testament canon › 1 & 2 Samuel (one book)
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
- Old Testament canon › 1 & 2 Chronicles (one book)
- Trinity › Son eternally begotten of Father
Heb 1:5–6
- Eternal generation › Son is “from” Father (most explicit passages)
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Trinity › Son eternally begotten of Father
Heb 1:6
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Yahweh
- Jesus is God › “You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve”
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Heb 1:7
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 1:8
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Heb 1:8–9
- Hypostatic union › Jesus is God
- Jesus is God › God
- Jesus is God › Father is Jesus’ God
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
- Trinity › Son is fully God
Heb 1:10
- Jesus is God › “I created alone, by myself”
Heb 1:10–12
- Abrahamic covenant › There is a land inheritance in the new covenant
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Yahweh
- Jesus is God › Lord
- Jesus is God › Immortality (eternal life)
- Jesus is God › Immutability (unchanging, unchangeable)
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 1:13
- Father is God › The Father is Yahweh
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 1:14
- Heirs of God › We will inherit salvation, eternal life
Heb 2:2–3
- Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon
- Scripture › Allusions to bi-covenantal canon
Heb 2:3–4
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
Heb 2:6–8
- Jesus is God › Sovereignty
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 2:7
- Heirs of God › We will inherit crowns
- Jesus is God › “My glory I give to no other”
Heb 2:8
- Adamic covenant › Continuity with Covenant of Grace
Heb 2:9
- Arminianism › Atonement is unlimited
- Atonement › Christ’s death and burial redeems us
- Definite atonement › Christ died for “all” or “everyone”
- Jesus is God › “My glory I give to no other”
Heb 2:10
- Atonement › Christ’s suffering and temptation redeem us
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
- Heirs of God › We will inherit glory, glorified bodies
- Holy Spirit is God › “My glory I give to no other”
- Hypostatic union › Was subject to ordinary human experiences, needs, and suffering
- Jesus is God › “My glory I give to no other”
Heb 2:10–17
- God the Father › Of believers, the elect (the true Israel)
Heb 2:11
- Ex nihilo creation › God is source, absolute ground of all being
- Jesus is God › Son a created being?
Heb 2:12
- Church › Nature of
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 2:13
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
Heb 2:14
- Adamic covenant › Continuity with Covenant of Grace
- Covenant theology › Adamic covenant
- Hypostatic union › Had a soul, spirit, body, flesh, and blood
Heb 2:14–15
- Atonement › Christ’s death and burial redeems us
Heb 2:14–17
- Definite atonement › Christ was sent for the elect
- Jesus is God › “Who can intercede?”
Heb 2:14–18
- Hypostatic union › Human nature necessary for atonement
Heb 2:17
- Atonement › Penal substitution
Heb 2:18
- Hypostatic union › Was subject to ordinary human experiences, needs, and suffering
- Jesus is God › “God cannot be tempted with evil”
- Preservation of the saints › God is able to preserve
Heb 3:3
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Heb 3:3–4
- Jesus is God › “My glory I give to no other”
Heb 3:5
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Heb 3:6
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- God the Father › Of believers, the elect (the true Israel)
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Heb 3:7–11
- Holy Spirit is God › The Holy Spirit is Yahweh
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 3:7–19
- No second chance › Now is the day of salvation
- Sabbath › Type, shadow of already but not yet eschatalogical reality
Heb 3:14
- Essential practices › Enduring to the end
- Preservation of the saints › Election, salvation (or lack thereof) evidenced by perseverance
Heb 3:15
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 4:1–11
- Sabbath › Type, shadow of already but not yet eschatalogical reality
Heb 4:1–16
- No second chance › Now is the day of salvation
Heb 4:2
- Abrahamic covenant › Condition of the covenant remains the same
Heb 4:3
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 4:4
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
Heb 4:5
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 4:7
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 4:9
- Abrahamic covenant › Blessings of the covenant remain the same
Heb 4:12
- Church › Right preaching of the word
- Means of grace › Preaching/teaching of the Word
Heb 4:12–13
- Scripture › We recognize Scripture by its power and efficacy
Heb 4:13
- Attributes of God › Omniscience (all-knowing)
- Creator-creature distinction › We are creatures, created beings
- Jesus is God › Omniscience (all-knowing)
Heb 4:14
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Heb 4:15
- Atonement › Christ’s obedience redeems us
- Jesus is God › Impeccability (without sin)
- Jesus is God › “God cannot be tempted with evil”
Heb 4:15–16
- Atonement › Christ’s suffering and temptation redeem us
Heb 4:16
- Means of grace › Prayer
Heb 5–7
- Priesthood › Jesus our great high priest
Heb 5:4
- Baptism › Should be performed by an ordained minister
Heb 5:5
- Covenant theology › Covenant of Redemption
- Eternal generation › Son is “from” Father (most explicit passages)
- Father is God › The Father is Yahweh
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- God the Father › Of the King of Israel and/or Messiah
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
- Trinity › Son eternally begotten of Father
Heb 5:6
- Father is God › The Father is Yahweh
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 5:8
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Hypostatic union › Was subject to ordinary human experiences, needs, and suffering
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Jesus is God › Son limited in knowledge?
Heb 5:8–9
- Atonement › Christ’s obedience redeems us
- Atonement › Christ’s suffering and temptation redeem us
Heb 5:12–14
- Lord’s Supper › Only to be received by believers
Heb 6:1–2
- Hell › “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc.
Heb 6:1–12
- Preservation of the saints › Scripture encourages perseverance
Heb 6:2
- Baptism › Places where baptizō and baptismos are not typically translated “baptism”
- Laying on of hands › Other mentions
Heb 6:4–6
- Church › Visible and invisible
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
Heb 6:4–8
- Subjects of baptism › Some church members are unregenerate (i.e. new covenant community is “mixed”)
- Unpardonable sin › Unardonable sin
Heb 6:6
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Heb 6:11–20
- Assurance of salvation › True assurance
Heb 6:12
- Heirs of God › We will inherit covenant promises
Heb 6:13
- Creator-creature distinction › No one else like God
- Monotheism › There is no one else like God
- Simplicity › Nature-supposit composition
- Trinity › There is no one else like God
Heb 6:13–14
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
Heb 6:13–18
- Abrahamic covenant › Christians comforted by immutability of Abrahamic promise
- Attributes of God › Immutability (unchanging, unchangeable)
- Baptism › Old and new covenants are essentially identical, continuous
- Impassibility › God is unchanging, immutable
Heb 6:17
- Attributes of God › Sovereignty
- Creator-creature distinction › God is sovereign over creation
- Heirs of God › Heirs of God
- Providence › Government (sovereignty)
Heb 6:17–18
- Assurance of salvation › Basis of true and false assurance
Heb 6:18
- Attributes of God › Omnipotence (all-powerful)
Heb 7:1–2
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
Heb 7:3
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Jesus is God › Eternity (pre-existent)
- Jesus is God › Immortality (eternal life)
- Jesus is God › Immutability (unchanging, unchangeable)
Heb 7:11–12
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Heb 7:16
- Jesus is God › Immortality (eternal life)
Heb 7:17
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 7:18–19
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Heb 7:21
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 7:24–25
- Jesus is God › Immortality (eternal life)
Heb 7:24–27
- Definite atonement › Propitiation and intercession inseparably linked
Heb 7:25
- Atonement › Christ’s intercession redeems us
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
- Definite atonement › Christ intercedes for the elect
- Hypostatic union › Permanence of union necessary for intercession
- Jesus is God › “Who can intercede?”
- Preservation of the saints › Christ intercedes for the elect
- Preservation of the saints › God is able to preserve
- Trinity › Distinction between persons
Heb 7:26
- Hypostatic union › Divine nature necessary for atonement
- Jesus is God › “His name alone is exalted”
Heb 7:26–27
- Atonement › Christ’s obedience redeems us
- Jesus is God › Impeccability (without sin)
Heb 7:27
- Baptism › Shedding of blood now done away with
Heb 7:28
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
Heb 8–9
- Temple › No earthly temple under new covenant
Heb 8:1–13
- Revelation › Holy Spirit replaces revelation from prophets
Heb 8:5
- Old Testament canon › Exodus
Heb 8:6
- Jesus is God › “Who can intercede?”
Heb 8:6–8
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Heb 8:6–13
- Baptism › Baptism corresponds to characteristic graces of new covenant
Heb 8:8–12
- Old Testament canon › Jeremiah-Lamentations (one book)
Heb 8:10
- Covenant theology › “They will be my people and I will be their God”
- Creator-creature distinction › He is our God and we are his people
Heb 8:11
- Revelation › No need for a teacher
Heb 8:13
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Heb 9:10
- Baptism › Passages cited for aspersion (sprinkling)
- Baptism › Places where baptizō and baptismos are not typically translated “baptism”
- Baptism › Ceremonial washings in the old covenant
Heb 9:11–12
- Atonement › Christ’s intercession redeems us
- Definite atonement › Christ intercedes for the elect
- Definite atonement › Propitiation and intercession inseparably linked
- Hypostatic union › Permanence of union necessary for intercession
- Preservation of the saints › Christ intercedes for the elect
Heb 9:11–15
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
Heb 9:12–14
- Baptism › Shedding of blood now done away with
Heb 9:13–14
- Baptism › Passages cited for aspersion (sprinkling)
Heb 9:14
- Atonement › Christ’s obedience redeems us
- Baptism › Baptism refers to washing away of sin and spiritual renewal
- Baptism › Baptism signifies spiritual washing (implying water is only necessary symbol)
- Holy Spirit is God › Eternity
- Jesus is God › Impeccability (without sin)
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
Heb 9:15
- Definite atonement › Christ died for the elect
- Jesus is God › “Who can intercede?”
- Jesus is God › “No man can ransom another”
Heb 9:17
- Baptism › Examples of salvation before or without circumcision/baptism
Heb 9:18
- Baptism › Shedding of blood was integral to old covenant
Heb 9:19
- Baptism › Passages cited for aspersion (sprinkling)
Heb 9:20
- Old Testament canon › Exodus
Heb 9:21
- Baptism › Passages cited for aspersion (sprinkling)
Heb 9:22
- Baptism › Shedding of blood was integral to old covenant
- Hypostatic union › Human nature necessary for atonement
Heb 9:24
- Atonement › Christ’s intercession redeems us
- Definite atonement › Christ intercedes for the elect
- Hypostatic union › Permanence of union necessary for intercession
- Jesus is God › “Who can intercede?”
- Preservation of the saints › Christ intercedes for the elect
Heb 9:25–26
- Baptism › Shedding of blood now done away with
Heb 9:26
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
Heb 9:27
- No second chance › No chance to accept the gospel after death
Heb 9:28
- Definite atonement › Christ died for the elect
Heb 10:5–7
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 10:5–9
- Mosaic covenant › Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)
Heb 10:7
- Atonement › Christ’s obedience redeems us
Heb 10:8–10
- Baptism › Shedding of blood now done away with
Heb 10:9
- Atonement › Christ’s obedience redeems us
Heb 10:11–14
- Baptism › Shedding of blood now done away with
Heb 10:14
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
Heb 10:15
- Revelation › God’s method hasn’t changed—Holy Spirit led prophets in former days
Heb 10:15–17
- Holy Spirit is God › The Holy Spirit is Yahweh
Heb 10:15–18
- Baptism › Baptism corresponds to characteristic graces of new covenant
Heb 10:16–17
- Old Testament canon › Jeremiah-Lamentations (one book)
Heb 10:19–22
- Definite atonement › Propitiation and intercession inseparably linked
Heb 10:19–39
- Preservation of the saints › Scripture encourages perseverance
Heb 10:22
- Baptism › Baptism refers to washing away of sin and spiritual renewal
- Baptism › Passages cited for aspersion (sprinkling)
- Baptism › Baptism signifies spiritual washing (implying water is only necessary symbol)
- Baptism › “Born of water” in Jn 3:5 indicates inward washing and renewal
Heb 10:24–25
- Church membership › Members obligated to fellowship
Heb 10:25
- Second coming › “No man knows the day or the hour”
Heb 10:26–30
- Church › Visible and invisible
- Subjects of baptism › Some church members are unregenerate (i.e. new covenant community is “mixed”)
Heb 10:26–31
- Unpardonable sin › Unardonable sin
Heb 10:27
- Hell › “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc.
Heb 10:28
- Epistemology › By the evidence of two or three witnesses
Heb 10:28–31
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
Heb 10:29
- Arminianism › Atonement is unlimited
- Definite atonement › Some for whom Christ died may not ultimately be saved
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Holy Spirit is a person › Holy Spirit is a person
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Trinity › Holy Spirit is a person
Heb 10:30
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 10:37–38
- Old Testament canon › Twelve Minor Prophets (one book)
Heb 11
- Abrahamic covenant › Condition of the covenant remains the same
Heb 11:1–3
- Essential doctrines › God exists (theism)
Heb 11:3
- Creator-creature distinction › God created everything from nothing
- Ex nihilo creation › Creation from nothing (most explicit passages)
Heb 11:5
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
- Sons of God in Genesis 6 › Sethites were noted for devotion to God, walking with God
Heb 11:6
- Essential doctrines › God exists (theism)
- Essential practices › Faith, belief in essential doctrines
Heb 11:7
- Subjects of baptism › Household head has representative role
Heb 11:7–9
- Baptism › Household baptisms
Heb 11:8–12
- Abrahamic covenant › Conditions
Heb 11:9–10
- Abrahamic covenant › There is a land inheritance in the new covenant
Heb 11:10
- Abrahamic covenant › Blessings of the covenant remain the same
Heb 11:12
- Joseph › Abraham’s descendants were in number like the stars of heaven or the sands of the seashore
Heb 11:13–16
- Abrahamic covenant › There is a land inheritance in the new covenant
Heb 11:16
- Subjects of baptism › Old covenant was primarily outward, physical; new covenant is primarily inward, spiritual
Heb 11:18
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
Heb 11:21
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
Heb 11:21–22
- Joseph › Joseph never received the promised blessings
Heb 11:27
- Attributes of God › Incorporeality (“without body”, immaterial, invisible, spirit)
- Incorporeality › God is invisible
- Simplicity › Form-matter composition
Heb 11:39–40
- Joseph › Joseph never received the promised blessings
Heb 12:1
- Church › Nature of
- Scripture › The church will corporately recognize Scripture
Heb 12:1–29
- Preservation of the saints › Scripture encourages perseverance
Heb 12:3
- Atonement › Christ’s suffering and temptation redeem us
Heb 12:5–6
- Old Testament canon › Proverbs
Heb 12:5–9
- God the Father › Of believers, the elect (the true Israel)
Heb 12:6
- God is love › God loves an otherwise unspecified audience (“you” or “us”)
Heb 12:9
- God the Father › Of all men?
Heb 12:13
- Old Testament canon › Proverbs
Heb 12:14
- Essential practices › Holiness
- Theophany › Pure in heart will see God
Heb 12:20
- Old Testament canon › Exodus
Heb 12:21
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Heb 12:22–23
- Abrahamic covenant › There is a land inheritance in the new covenant
- Church › Nature of
Heb 12:23
- Church › Visible and invisible
- Eternal generation › Son is “from” Father (most explicit passages)
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Trinity › Son eternally begotten of Father
Heb 12:24
- Covenant theology › New covenant
- Jesus is God › “Who can intercede?”
Heb 12:26
- Old Testament canon › Twelve Minor Prophets (one book)
Heb 12:29
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Heb 13:5
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
Heb 13:6
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
Heb 13:8
- Jesus is God › Immutability (unchanging, unchangeable)
- Scripture › We recognize Scripture by its unity and harmony
- Simplicity › Act-potency composition
Heb 13:12
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
Heb 13:14
- Abrahamic covenant › There is a land inheritance in the new covenant
Heb 13:17
- Church membership › Church government implies membership
Heb 13:20
- Church government › Chief shepherd, teacher, overseer, cornerstone of the church
- Definite atonement › Christ died for the elect
- Jesus is God › “I myself will be the shepherd”
Heb 13:20–21
- Providence › Concurrence in human will

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