Hebrews 2:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἔπρεπεν γὰρ αὐτῷ, διʼ ὃν τὰ πάντα, καὶ διʼ οὗ τὰ πάντα, πολλοὺς υἱοὺς εἰς δόξαν ἀγαγόντα, τὸν ἀρχηγὸν τῆς σωτηρίας αὐτῶν διὰ παθημάτων τελειῶσαι.

Transliteration

It eprepen gar him, through whom all things, and through whom all things, many huious into doxan agagonta, the archēgon of their sōtērias through pathēmatōn teleiōsai.

Grammar Details

• *eprepen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - it was fitting/proper
• *gar*: conjunction - for
• *huious*: accusative masculine plural - sons
• *doxan*: accusative feminine singular - glory
• *agagonta*: aorist active participle, accusative masculine singular - having brought/led
• *archēgon*: accusative masculine singular - author/leader/founder
• *sōtērias*: genitive feminine singular - of salvation
• *pathēmatōn*: genitive neuter plural - of sufferings
• *teleiōsai*: aorist active infinitive - to perfect/complete

Word Meanings

• *eprepen*: was fitting/proper/suitable
• *huious*: sons/children/descendants
• *doxan*: glory/honor/praise
• *agagonta*: having brought/led/guided
• *archēgon*: author/leader/founder/pioneer
• *sōtērias*: salvation/deliverance/preservation
• *pathēmatōn*: sufferings/afflictions/hardships
• *teleiōsai*: to perfect/complete/fulfill

Referenced Verses

• Luke 24:26 : 26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
• Rom 11:36 : 36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.
• Heb 6:20 : 20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
• Luke 24:46 : 46 and said to them,“Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,
• Acts 5:31 : 31 God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
• Heb 12:2 : 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Heb 7:28 : 28 For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.
• Heb 5:8-9 : 8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. 9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
• Luke 13:32 : 32 But he said to them,“Go and tell that fox,‘Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work.
• Acts 3:15 : 15 You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!
• Eph 3:10 : 10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.
• Col 1:16-17 : 16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created in him– all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers– all things were created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
• Col 3:4 : 4 When Christ(who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him.
• Heb 7:26 : 26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
• 1 Cor 2:7 : 7 Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.
• 1 Cor 8:6 : 6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison
• 2 Cor 5:18 : 18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
• 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the All-Powerful Lord.
• Gal 3:26 : 26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.
• Eph 1:5-8 : 5 He did this by predestining us to adoption as his legal heirs through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will– 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of his grace 8 that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.
• Eph 2:7 : 7 to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 3:25-26 : 25 God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed. 26 This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness.
• Rom 8:14-18 : 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry,“Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 And if children, then heirs(namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ)– if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him. 18 For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the coming glory that will be revealed to us.
• Rom 8:29-30 : 29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.
• Rom 9:23 : 23 And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory–
• Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he also says in Hosea:“I will call those who were not my people,‘My people,’ and I will call her who was unloved,‘My beloved.’” 26 “And in the very place where it was said to them,‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called‘sons of the living God.’”
• John 11:52 : 52 and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.)
• John 19:30 : 30 When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said,“It is completed!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
• Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
• Josh 5:14-15 : 14 He answered,“Truly I am the commander of the LORD’s army. Now I have arrived!” Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground and asked,“What does my master want to say to his servant?” 15 The commander of the LORD’s army answered Joshua,“Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.
• Prov 16:4 : 4 The LORD has worked everything for his own ends– even the wicked for the day of disaster.
• Isa 43:21 : 21 the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me.”
• Isa 55:4 : 4 Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations.”
• Hos 8:10 : 10 Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king.
• Mic 2:13 : 13 The one who can break through barriers will lead them out they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave. Their king will advance before them, The LORD himself will lead them.
• Luke 2:14 : 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”
• 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 (See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.
• Rev 4:11 : 11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!”
• Rev 7:9 : 9 After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.
• 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
• 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 Leading and Living in God’s Flock So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you: