Hebrews 2:15

New International Reader's Version

Jesus could set people free who were afraid of death. All their lives they were held as slaves by that fear.

Cross References

Job 18:11

Terrors alarm them on every side. They follow them every step of the way.

Job 18:14

They are torn away from the safety of their tents. They are marched off to the one who rules over death.

Job 24:17

Midnight is like morning to them. The terrors of darkness are their friends.

Psalm 33:19

He watches over them to save them from death. He wants to keep them alive when there is no food in the land.

Psalm 55:4

I feel great pain deep down inside me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

Psalm 56:13

You have saved me from the darkness of death. You have kept me from tripping and falling. Now I can live with you in the light of life.

Psalm 73:19

It will happen very suddenly. A terrible death will take them away completely.

Psalm 89:48

Who can live and not die? Who can escape the power of the grave?

Romans 8:15

The Spirit you received doesn’t make you slaves. Otherwise you would live in fear again. Instead, the Holy Spirit you received made you God’s adopted child. By the Spirit’s power we call God Abba. Abba means Father.

Romans 8:21

to set the created world free. He didn’t want it to rot away. Instead, God wanted it to have the same freedom and glory that his children have.

2 Corinthians 1:10

God has saved us from deadly dangers. And he will continue to do it. We have put our hope in him. He will continue to save us.

Galatians 4:21

You who want to be under the authority of the law, tell me something. Don’t you know what the law says?

2 Timothy 1:7

God gave us his Spirit. And the Spirit doesn’t make us weak and fearful. Instead, the Spirit gives us power and love. He helps us control ourselves.

Hebrews 2:16

It is certainly Abraham’s children that he helps. He doesn’t help angels.