Hebrews 2:3 (BSB)

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

From Hebrews 2. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Hebrews 2:3

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Hebrews 2:3: 3. If we neglect so great a salvation, etc. Not only the rejection of the Gospel, but also its neglect, deserves the heaviest punishment, and that on account of the greatness of the grace which it offers; hence he says, so great a salvation. God would indeed leave his gifts valued by us according to their worth.
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Hebrews 2:1-4: The apostle proceeds in the plain profitable method of doctrine, reason, and use, through this epistle. Here we have the application of the truths before asserted and proved; this is brought in by the illative particle therefore, with which this chapter begins, and which shows its connection with the former, where the apostle having proved Christ to be superior to the angels by whose ministry...
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Hebrews 2:3: God also bearing them witness,.... The apostles of Christ; God testifying to their mission and commission, and the truth of the doctrine they preached: both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles; such as taking up serpents without hurt, healing the sick, causing the lame to walk, and raising the dead, and casting out devils, and the like; all which were for the confirmation...
  • Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Hebrews 2:3: Verse 3. How shall we escape. How shall we escape the just recompense due to transgressors? What way is there of being saved from punishment, if we suffer the great salvation to be neglected, and do not embrace its offers ? The sense is, that there is no other way of salvation, and the neglect of this will be followed by certain destruction.