For surely He does not help the angels, but He helps the seed of Abraham.
Through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
Circumcision indeed is of value if you keep the law, but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
Now the promises were made to Abraham and his Seed. He does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your Seed,” meaning one, who is Christ.
If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
For they indeed disciplined us for a short time according to their own judgment, but He does so for our profit, that we may partake of His holiness.
and deliver those who through fear of death were throughout their lives subject to bondage.
Therefore, in all things it was necessary for Him to be made like His brothers, so that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in the things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
For men indeed swear by a greater authority than themselves, and for them an oath of confirmation ends all dispute.
He was foreordained before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for you.