Outline of Hebrews[1] | |||
| Week | Outline | Topic | Passage |
| 1 | Introduction: God Has Spoken to Us in a Son | Heb 1:1–4 | |
| 2 | I. | The Position of the Son in Relation to the Angels | Heb 1:5–2:18 |
| 3 | A. | The Son Superior to the Angels Heb 1:5–14 | Heb 1:5–14 |
| 4 | WARNING: Do Not Reject the Word Spoken Through God’s Son! Heb 2:1–4 | Heb 2:1–4 | |
| 5 | ab. | The Superior Son for a Time Became Positionally Lower Than the Angels | Heb 2:5–9 |
| 6 | B. | The Son Lower Than the Angels Heb i.e., among humans to Suffer for the “Sons” Heb i.e., heirs | Heb 2:10–18 |
| 7 | Jesus, the Supreme Example of a Faithful Son | Heb 3:1–6 | |
| 8 | The Negative Example of Those Who Fell Through Faithlessness | Heb 3:7–19 | |
| 9 | Transition | Heb 4:1–2 | |
| 10 | The Promise of Rest for Those Who Are Faithful | Heb 4:3–11 | |
| 11 | WARNING: Consider the Power of God’s Word | Heb 4:12–13 | |
| 12 | II. | The Position of the Son, Our High Priest, in Relation to the Earthly Sacrificial System | Heb 4:14–10:25 |
| 13 | Overlap: We Have a Sinless High Priest Who Has Gone Into Heaven | Heb 4:14–16 | |
| A. | The Appointment of the Son as a Superior High Priest | ||
| 14 | 1 | Introduction: The Son Taken From Among Humans and Appointed According to the Order of Melchizedek | Heb 5:1–10 |
| 15 | The Present Problem With the Hearers | Heb 5:11–6:3 | |
| 16 | WARNING: The Danger of Falling Away from the Christian Faith | Heb 6:4–8 | |
| 17 | Mitigation: The Author’s Confidence in and Desire for the Hearers | Heb 6:9–12 | |
| 18 | God’s Promise Our Basis of Hope | Heb 6:13–20 | |
| 19 | 2 | The Superiority of Melchizedek | Heb 7:1–10 |
| 20 | 3 | The Superiority of Our Eternal, Melchizedekan High Priest | Heb 7:11–28 |
| 21 | ab. | We Have Such a High Priest Who Is a Minister in Heaven | Heb 8:1–2 |
| B. | The Superior Offering of the Appointed High Priest | ||
| 22 | 1 | Introduction: The More Excellent Ministry of the Heavenly High Priest | Heb 8:3–6 |
| 23 | 2 | The Superiority of the New Covenant | Heb 8:7–13 |
| 24 | 3 | The Superior New Covenant – Offering Introduction: The Pattern of Old Covenant Worship: Place, With Blood, Effect | Heb 9:1–10 |
| 25 | a. | Christ’s Superior Blood | Heb 9:13–22 |
| 26 | b. | A Sacrifice in Heaven | Heb 9:23–24 |
| 27 | c. | An Eternal Sacrifice | Heb 10:1–18 |
| 28 | Overlap: We Have a Great Priest Who Takes Us Into Heaven | Heb 10:19–25 | |
| 29 | WARNING: The Danger of Rejecting God’s Truth and God’s Son | Heb 10:26–31 | |
| 30 | The Positive Example of the Hearers’ Past and an Admonition to Endure to Receive the Promise | Heb 10:32–39 | |
| 31 | The Positive Example of the Old Testament Faithful | Heb 11:1–40 | |
| 32 | Reject Sin and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus, Supreme Example of Endurance | Heb 12:1–2 | |
| 33 | Endure Discipline as Sons | Heb 12:3–17 | |
| 34 | The Blessings of the New Covenant | Heb 12:18–24 | |
| 35 | WARNING: Do Not Reject God’s Word! | Heb 12:25–29 | |
| 36 | Practical Exhortations | Heb 13:1–19 | |
| 37 | Benediction | Heb 13:20–21 | |
| 38 | Conclusion | Heb 13:22–25 | |
[1] George Guthrie, Hebrews, The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1998), 39–41.
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Note: Exposition is in plain text, exhortation is italicized and indented, and bold material indicates the unit constitutes an overlap between exposition and exhortation.
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