KJV King James Version
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,
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Hebrews 2:11
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,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
WEB World English Bible
For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
ASV American Standard Version
For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for both he who is sanctifying and those sanctified are all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Surrounding context — Hebrews 2
8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing [that is] not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
10 For it became him, for whom [are] all things, and by whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
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,
12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
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;
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ὅG3588 · hothe/this/whoτεG5037 · teand/bothγὰρG1063 · garforἁγιάζωνG37 · hagiazōto sanctifyκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἁγιαζόμενοιG37 · hagiazōto sanctifyἐξG1537 · ekout fromἑνὸςG1520 · ehisoneπάντες·G3956 · pasallδι᾽G1223 · diathrough/because ofἣνG3739 · hos, hēwhichαἰτίανG156 · aitiacause/chargeοὐκG3756 · ounoἐπαισχύνεταιG1870 · epaischunomaibe ashamed ofἀδελφοὺςG80 · adelphosbrotherαὐτοὺςG846 · autosit/s/heκαλεῖνG2564 · kaleōto call: call
Cross-references
Hebrews 10:10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].Romans 8:29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.Hebrews 10:14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.John 20:17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and [to] my God, and your God.Hebrews 13:12Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.Matthew 12:48-50But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?John 17:21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.John 17:19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.Galatians 4:4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,Hebrews 2:14Forasmuch 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;Matthew 25:40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.Acts 17:26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;Hebrews 11:16But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.Matthew 28:10Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.Acts 17:28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.Mark 8:38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.Luke 9:26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and [in his] Father’s, and of the holy angels.
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