Gareth Lee Cockerill offers fresh insight into the Epistle to the Hebrews, treating it as what it claims to be: a well-constructed sermon that urges its hearers to persevere despite persecution and hardship, in light of Christ's unique sufficiency as Savior. He analyzes the book's rhetorical and chiastic shape and interprets each passage in the light of that structure rather than in isolation.

Particular care goes to the way Hebrews uses the Old Testament, which is where most of the letter's difficulty lies, and to the warning passages that have divided interpreters. Cockerill's handling is exegetically thorough and pastorally alert, and the NICNT format keeps the Greek in the notes so the main exposition stays readable. A substantial reference for preaching Hebrews.