KJV King James Version
For verily he took not on [him the nature of] angels; but he took on [him] the seed of Abraham.
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Hebrews 2:16
For verily he took not on [him the nature of] angels; but he took on [him] the seed of Abraham.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.
WEB World English Bible
For most certainly, he doesn’t give help to angels, but he gives help to the seed of Abraham.
ASV American Standard Version
For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold,
Surrounding context — Hebrews 2
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;
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 a merciful and faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
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Galatians 3:29And if ye [be] Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.Galatians 3:16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.Romans 4:16-25Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,Genesis 22:18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.Hebrews 12:10For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.Hebrews 6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.Romans 2:25For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.1 Peter 1:20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,Matthew 1:1-17The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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