and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”
Hebrews 2:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For it is clear that he did not come to help angels but the descendants of Abraham. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For, as we all know, He [Christ] did not take hold of angels [the fallen angels, to give them a helping and delivering hand], but He did take hold of [the fallen] descendants of Abraham [to reach out to them a helping and delivering hand]. [Isa. 41:8, 9.] American Standard Version (1901) For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham. Common English Bible Of course, he isn’t trying to help angels, but rather he’s helping Abraham’s descendants. Catholic Public Domain Version For at no time did he take hold of the Angels, but instead he took hold of the offspring of Abraham. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For no where doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold. |
and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”
Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring; it does not say, “And to offsprings,” as of many, but it says, “And to your offspring,” that is, to one person, who is Christ.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to the promise.
For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness.
and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.
Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.
Humans, of course, swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all dispute among them.
He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.