Hebrews 2:15
and free everyone who through fear of death were enslaved all their lives.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
In Context
16Of course it's not angels he's concerned about; he's concerned to help the children of Abraham.
Cross References
Job 18:14They are torn from the homes they trusted in and taken to the king of terrors.
Job 33:21Their flesh wastes away to nothing; all that's left is skin and bones.
Psalms 55:4My heart thumps in agony! Terrified, I feel I'm about to die!
Psalms 73:19How quickly they're destroyed! They come to a terrifying end.
Luke 1:74He gives us freedom from fear and rescues us from our enemies,
Romans 8:21But creation itself waits in hope for the time when it will be set free from the slavery of decay and share the glorious freedom of God's children.
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 →