I. God has spoken through His Son 1:1-4
II. The superiority and sacrificial work of Christ 1:5-10:18
A. Christ's superiority 1:5-7:28
1. His superiority to the angels 1:5-14
2. Exhortation to pay attention to the greater
salvation 2:1-4
Note: See the Five Warnings to the Hebrews
3. Christ as the perfect man 2:5-18
4. Christ, superior to Moses 3:1-6
5. Christ, superior to the rest of Israel 3:7-4:13
6. Christ, High Priest in the order of
Melchizdek 4:14-5:10
7. A rebuke for lack of understanding and
immaturity 5:11-6:20
8. The priesthood of Melchizdek 7:1-28
B. Christ, the minister and High Priest of the New
Covenant 8:1-10:18
1. The New Covenant in relation to the old 8:1-9
2. The better covenant explained 8:10-13
3. The new sanctuary and perfect sacrifice 9:1-28
4. The New Covenant at work 10:1-18
III. Elements of Faith 10:19-13:17
A. Description of faith 10:19-25
B. Description of those who reject the faith 10:26-39
C. Examples of the life of faith 11:1-40
D. Christ, the supreme example of faith 12:1-4
E. The Fathers love made known thru chastening 12:5-11
F. Christian conduct under the New Covenant 12:12-29
G. Life in daily practice 13:1-17
IV. Final exhortation and farewell 13:18-25
