Hebrews 2:1 - Exposition

On this account ( i.e. on account of what has been seen of the SON 'S superiority to the angels) we ought (or, we are bound ) more abundantly to give heed to the things that we have heard ( i.e. the gospel that has been preached to us in the Son), lest at any time (or, lest haply ) we let them slip (rather, float past them ) . The word παραρρυῶμεν (aorist subjunctive from παραρρέω ) denotes flowing or floating past anything. The allusion is to the danger, incidental to those to whom the Epistle was addressed, of failing to recognize the transcendent character of the gospel revelation, missing it through inadvertence, drifting away from it.