Let’s read through the book of Hebrews one verse at a time in 2023. Every day explore a single verse and its cross references. AI-generated text draws the passages together. RSS feed.
and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
The cross references for Hebrews 2:15 all focus on the idea of deliverance from fear and death. They emphasize the power of God to free us from our fears and the bondage of death, and to give us hope and life instead. They also emphasize the importance of faith and trust in God, as well as the assurance of His love and protection. These cross references encourage us to rely on God's power and grace, and to trust in His promises of deliverance and eternal life.
| Passage | How It’s Related (AI-Generated) |
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| Job 33:21-28: His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out. His soul draws near the pit, and his life to those who bring death. If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him, and he is merciful to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom; let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’; | Both passages speak to the idea of deliverance from death. In Hebrews 2:15, the author speaks of deliverance from the fear of death and the lifelong slavery that comes with it. Job 33:21–28 speaks of a potential deliverance from actually going down into the pit of death. Here, Job speaks of an angel who could be a mediator, declaring what is right for man, and offering a ransom to save man from death. |
| Psalm 55:4: My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me. | Both passages refer to the fear of death and its effects. Hebrews 2:15 states that fear of death can lead to a lifetime of slavery, while Psalm 55:4 expresses the anguish and terror that death can bring. These two passages show how the fear of death can have a powerful and lasting impact on a person's life. |
| Psalm 56:13: For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life. | Both passages speak to the power of God to deliver people from death. Hebrews 2:15 speaks of how God can deliver people from the lifelong slavery caused by fear of death. Psalm 56:13 speaks to how God can deliver one's soul from death, allowing them to walk before God in the light of life. |
| Psalm 89:48: What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah | Both passages address the fear of death and the impossibility of avoiding it. Hebrews 2:15 speaks to the power of fear of death to enslave us, while Psalm 89:48 acknowledges the reality that no one can escape death. Together, these passages emphasize the power of death and the need for deliverance from it. |
| Luke 1:74-75: that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. | Both passages emphasize the importance of being freed from fear of death in order to serve God faithfully. Hebrews 2:15 states that fear of death causes people to be enslaved, and Luke 1:74-75 explains that God delivers us from enemies so that we can serve Him without fear. The passage from Luke emphasizes the importance of living a holy and righteous life before God after being freed from fear. |
| Romans 8:15: For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” | Both passages emphasize the power of fear in our lives. Hebrews 2:15 highlights the detrimental effect of fear, which can lead to a lifelong slavery, while Romans 8:15 encourages us to overcome our fear by recognizing that we have been adopted into God's family. Through the Spirit of adoption, we can cry out to God as our Father, trusting in His love and protection. |
| Romans 8:21: that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. | Both passages discuss the idea of freedom from slavery. Hebrews 2:15 speaks of the fear of death leading to a lifelong slavery, which Jesus came to deliver us from. Romans 8:21 speaks of a freedom of the glory of the children of God, which is a freedom from the bondage of corruption that Creation is subject to. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:50-57: I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” | Both passages discuss the transformation of believers from mortality to immortality. Hebrews 2:15 speaks to how Jesus has freed us from the fear of death, which was a lifelong slavery, and 1 Corinthians 15:50–57 speaks to the transformation of our bodies from perishable to imperishable, mortal to immortal, which will happen at the last trumpet. This transformation is a mystery, but it will be complete when death is swallowed up in victory. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:10: He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. | Both passages emphasize the power of God to deliver from danger. In Hebrews 2:15, it is the fear of death that enslaves people, but God can set them free. 2 Corinthians 1:10 points to God's past deliverance and his promise to deliver us again. This encourages us to put our hope in God and trust that he will save us. |
| 2 Timothy 1:7: for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. | Both passages address the power of fear in a person's life. Hebrews 2:15 speaks to the power of fear in that it can enslave a person to a lifetime of servitude. 2 Timothy 1:7 speaks to the power of God in that He gives us a spirit that can conquer fear, replacing it with power, love, and self-control. |
Heavenly Father, we thank You for Your loving mercy and grace that has delivered us from the fear of death and the bondage of slavery. We thank You for the promise of life and resurrection, and for the hope of eternal life in You. We pray that You would fill us with Your Spirit of power, love, and self-control, so that we may live in holiness and righteousness before You all our days. We thank You for the mystery of the transformation we will experience when we are changed from perishable to imperishable, from mortal to immortal. We ask that You would guard us from the terrors of death and that You would deliver us from the power of Sheol. In Jesus' name, Amen.
This reading plan reads through a single verse each day, six days a week, paired with the most-popular cross references for the verse. AI-generated (and human-reviewed) text provides an opening thought and concluding prayer along with an explanation for how each cross reference relates to the verse. In 2023, this reading plan works through Hebrews one verse at a time. Every seventh day is a catchup day. Want more info? Try this blog post.
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