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Hebrews 2:11Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:152 Pet 1:12-13Prov 7:1-2Prov 2:1-6Deut 4:9Heb 1:1-22 Pet 3:12 Pet 1:15Josh 23:11-12Prov 3:21
Hebrews 2:22For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 7:53Gal 3:19Heb 10:28Jude 1:5Deut 27:26Deut 17:12Deut 17:5Deut 4:3-4Heb 10:35Heb 11:26
Hebrews 2:33how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 10:28-29Heb 12:25Heb 5:9Acts 4:121 Pet 4:17-18Ezek 17:15Rom 2:3Heb 1:2Heb 4:11Isa 12:2
Hebrews 2:44while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 14:3Eph 1:5Mark 16:201 Cor 12:4-11Eph 4:8-11Rom 15:18-19Acts 19:11-12Dan 4:35John 4:48Acts 3:15-16
Hebrews 2:55For he did not put the world to come, about which we are speaking, under the control of angels.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 11:152 Pet 3:13Heb 6:5
Hebrews 2:66Instead someone testified somewhere: “What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 8:4-8Ps 144:3Job 7:17-18Isa 51:12Job 15:14Job 25:6Heb 4:41 Pet 1:11Gen 50:24Luke 7:16
Hebrews 2:77You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You crowned him with glory and honor.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 8:5Phil 2:6-7
Hebrews 2:88You put all things under his control.” For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 13:31 Cor 15:27Ps 8:61 Pet 3:22Dan 7:141 Cor 15:24-25Eph 1:21-22Phil 2:9-11Heb 1:13John 3:35
Hebrews 2:99but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 2:7-9Rev 5:91 John 2:21 John 4:9-10Rom 5:18Acts 2:332 Cor 5:15John 3:16Heb 10:5John 1:29
Hebrews 2:1010For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 11:36Col 1:16-17Heb 5:8-91 Cor 8:6Acts 5:31Heb 12:2Heb 6:20Luke 24:26Luke 24:461 John 3:1-2
Hebrews 2:1111For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 10:10Rom 8:29Heb 10:14Heb 13:12John 20:17Matt 12:48-50John 17:19John 17:21Acts 17:26Gal 4:4
Hebrews 2:1212saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 22:22Ps 40:10John 18:20Ps 111:1Ps 22:25
Hebrews 2:1313Again he says, “I will be confident in him,” and again, “Here I am, with the children God has given me.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 8:17-18Isa 12:2Ps 91:2Gen 48:9John 10:291 Cor 4:152 Sam 22:3Gen 33:5Ps 18:2Ps 36:7-8
Hebrews 2:1414Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 1:10Rom 8:3Col 2:151 Cor 15:54-57John 1:14Hos 13:14Isa 25:8John 12:31-33Heb 9:151 Cor 15:50
Hebrews 2:1515and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 8:152 Tim 1:7Luke 1:74-752 Cor 1:10Ps 55:4Rom 8:211 Cor 15:50-57Ps 89:48Job 24:17Job 33:21-28
Hebrews 2:1616For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham’s descendants.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 3:29Gal 3:16Rom 4:16-25Gen 22:18Heb 12:10Heb 6:16Rom 2:25
Hebrews 2:1717Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 4:14-5:2Phil 2:7-8Heb 2:14Rom 5:102 Cor 5:18-21Heb 7:26Dan 9:24Heb 2:11Heb 3:5Col 1:21
Hebrews 2:1818For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:13Heb 4:15-16Heb 7:25-26Jude 1:24Heb 5:22 Tim 1:12Rev 3:102 Pet 2:9John 10:29Luke 22:53
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