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