Hebrews 1:3

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Hebrews 1:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

The brightness

John 1:14

John 14:9

2 Corinthians 4:6

Image

2 Corinthians 4:4

Colossians 1:15

Upholding

John 1:4

Colossians 1:17

Revelation 4:11

The word

Romans 1:16

2 Corinthians 4:7

By himself

Sat

Majesty

2 Peter 1:16

General references

John 1:3

John 12:45

Hebrews 10:12

Bible References

The brightness

So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Let us see the Father'?

For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, that is on the face of Christ.

Image

In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.

He is a likeness of the unseen God, born before any creature,

Upholding

It was by him that life came into existence, and that life was the light of mankind.

He existed before all things and he sustains and embraces them all.

"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory, honor, and power, for you created all things; by your will they existed and were created."

The word

For I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who has faith, of the Jew first and then of the Greek.

But I have this treasure in a mere ear then jar, to show that its amazing power belongs to God and not to me.

By himself

who does not need, as the old high priests did, to offer sacrifices every day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people??or this last he has done once for all, in offering up himself.

taking with him no blood of goats and calves, but his own, and secured our permanent deliverance.

But if we live in the light, just as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.

You know that he appeared to take our sins away, and that there is no sin in him.

Sat

Since then we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great high priest who has gone up into heaven, let us keep firm hold of our religion.

Now the main point in what I am saying is this: We have such a high priest as this, and he has taken his seat in heaven at the right hand of God's Majesty,

But Christ has offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, and has taken his seat at God's right hand,

fixing our eyes upon Jesus, our leader and example in faith, who in place of the happiness that belonged to him, submitted to a cross, caring nothing for its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

"Master, Moses said, 'If a man dies without children his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.'

So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was caught up into heaven and took his seat at God's right hand.

For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand,

So he has been exalted to God's right hand, and has received from his Father and poured over us the holy Spirit that had been promised, as you see and hear.

And he said, "Look! I can see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"

who can condemn them? Christ Jesus who died, or rather who was raised from the dead, is at God's right hand, and actually pleads for us.

he exerted in raising Christ from the dead, and seating him at his right hand in heaven,

If, then, you have been raised to life with Christ, set your hearts on the things that are where Christ is, above, seated at God's right hand.

for the sake of you who through him trust in God, who raised him from the dead and showed him honor; and so your faith and hope rest on God.

who has gone to heaven and is at God's right hand, with angels, hierarchies, and powers made subject to him.

I will permit him who is victorious to take his seat beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and taken my seat beside my Father on his throne.

Majesty

For they were no fictitious stories that we followed when we informed you of the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and of his coming, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty.

General references

Everything came into existence through him, and apart from him nothing came to be.

and whoever sees me, sees him who has sent me.

But Christ has offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, and has taken his seat at God's right hand,