Hebrews 2:15

and so that he might free those who, through the fear of death, had been condemned to servitude throughout their entire life.

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In The King James Version

And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

In Context

14Therefore, because children have a common flesh and blood, he himself also, in like manner, has shared in the same, so that through death, he might destroy him who held the dominion of death, that is, the devil,

16For at no time did he take hold of the Angels, but instead he took hold of the offspring of Abraham.

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Cross References

Job 18:14Let his confidence be torn away from his tabernacle, and let ruin trample over him like a king.

Job 33:21His body will waste away, and his bones, which had been covered, will be revealed.

Psalms 55:4From the height of the day, I will be afraid. But truly, I will hope in you.

Psalms 73:19Do not hand over to beasts the souls that confess to you; and do not forget the souls of your poor until the end.

Luke 1:74so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear,

Romans 8:21For the creature itself shall also be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the sons of God.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 2:15-18

Christ's Incarnation. ( a. d. 62.) 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be… Read the whole commentary →

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