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So The Son Took On Mortal Flesh And Died To Release Us From The Power of Death

14 Therefore, since the children have shared of blood and flesh, He Himself also similarly partook of the same things in order that through death He might do-away-with[a] the one having the power of death (that is, the devil), 15 and release these: all-who by the fear of death were subject-to[b] slavery through all their living. 16 For He surely does not take-hold-of [c] angels, but He takes hold of the seed of Abraham.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:14 Or, render-powerless.
  2. Hebrews 2:15 Or, held-in.
  3. Hebrews 2:16 That is, to help.

14 Since the children have flesh and blood,(A) he too shared in their humanity(B) so that by his death he might break the power(C) of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil(D) 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear(E) of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.(F)

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