Hebrews:2

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* Therefore we must pay the closer attention to what we have heard , lest we drift away from it . * For if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution , * how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation ? It was declared at first by the Lord , and it was attested to us by those who heard him , * while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will . * For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come , of which we are speaking . * It has been testified somewhere , "What is man that thou art mindful of him , or the son of man , that thou carest for him ? * Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels , thou hast crowned him with glory and honor , * putting everything in subjection under his feet ." Now in putting everything in subjection to him , he left nothing outside his control . As it is , we do not yet see everything in subjection to him . * But we see Jesus , who for a little while was made lower than the angels , crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death , so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one . * For it was fitting that he , for whom and by whom all things exist , in bringing many sons to glory , should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering . * For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin . That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren , * saying , "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren , in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee ." * And again , "I will put my trust in him ." And again , "Here am I , and the children God has given me ." * Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood , he himself likewise partook of the same nature , that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death , that is , the devil , * and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage . * For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham . * Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect , so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God , to make expiation for the sins of the people . * For because he himself has suffered and been tempted , he is able to help those who are tempted .

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