¹¹ For both he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying:

¹² I will declare thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the church will I praise thee.

¹³ And again: I will put my trust in him. And again: Behold I and my children, whom God hath given me.

¹⁴ Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that, through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is to say, the devil:

¹⁵ And might deliver them, who through the fear of death were all their lifetime subject to servitude.

¹⁶ For no where doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold.

¹⁷ Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful priest before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people.

¹⁸ For in that, wherein he himself hath suffered and been tempted, he is able to succour them also that are tempted.