Exegesis Paper On Hebrews 2: 1-18

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This outline was written to present the brief outlook and key points that I want to write in my exegesis paper. It will concentrate on one passage from the epistle that I picked, which is Hebrews 2:1-18. According to the background, the Epistle to the Hebrews was written for the Jews who had accepted Jesus as their Messiah. The writer’s primary focus in writing this epistle is to encourage the readers that were in the middle of danger in returning to the traditions of Judaism because they had not put down deep roots in the soil of what they believed regarding Christianity. The idea of “the superiority of Jesus Christ,” “Jesus as the Great High Priest,” “the rest of God” and “Obedience in the faith” plays a significant role in explaining the

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