Hebrews 2:15

15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

Hebrews 2:15 in Other Translations

KJV
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
ESV
15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
NLT
15 Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.
MSG
15 and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death.
CSB
15 and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.

Hebrews 2:15 In-Context

13 And again, “I will put my trust in him.”And again he says, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.”
14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—
15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.
17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S 2 Timothy 1:7
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