Hebrews 5:9
And having reached his consummation, he was made, for all who are obedient to him, the cause of eternal salvation,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
In Context
8And although, certainly, he is the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things that he suffered.
10having been called by God to be the High Priest, according to the order of Melchizedek.
Cross References
Psalms 51:8The just will see and be afraid, and they will laugh over him, and say:
Isaiah 45:22All ends of the earth, be converted to me, and you will be saved. For I am God, and there is no other.
Isaiah 50:10Who is there among you who fears the Lord? Who hears the voice of his servant? Who has walked in darkness, and there is no light in him? Let him hope in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon his God.
Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks of years are concentrated on your people and on your holy city, so that transgression shall be finished, and sin shall reach an end, and iniquity shall be wiped away, and so that everlasting justice shall be brought in, and vision and prophecy shall be fulfilled, and the Saint of saints shall be anointed.
Matthew 7:24Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them shall be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 5:2-10
The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. 5 So also Christ… Read the whole commentary →