Hebrews 2:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 8:15 : 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.”
  • 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.
  • 1 Cor 15:50-57 : 50 Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed– 52 in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen,“Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
  • Ps 55:4 : 4 My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.
  • Ps 56:13 : 13 when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.
  • Job 18:11 : 11 Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step.
  • Job 33:21-28 : 21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible. 22 He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death. 23 If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness; 24 and if God is gracious to him and says,‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’ 25 then his flesh is restored like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor. 26 He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God’s face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness. 27 That person sings to others, saying:‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved. 28 He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’
  • 2 Cor 1:10 : 10 He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.
  • Luke 1:74-75 : 74 that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.
  • Ps 33:19 : 19 by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.
  • Job 18:14 : 14 He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.
  • Job 24:17 : 17 For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.
  • Ps 73:19 : 19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
  • Ps 89:48 : 48 No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.(Selah)
  • Gal 4:21 : 21 An Appeal from Allegory Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Heb 2:13-14
    2 verses
    83%

    13Again he says,“I will be confident in him,” and again,“Here I am, with the children God has given me.”

    14Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death(that is, the devil),

  • Heb 2:8-11
    4 verses
    73%

    8You put all things under his control.” For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control,

    9but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.

    10For 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.

    11For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

  • Heb 5:7-9
    3 verses
    70%

    7During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

    8Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered.

    9And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

  • 2 Cor 1:10
    70%

    10He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,

  • Heb 9:15
    69%

    15And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

  • 1 Cor 15:26-28
    3 verses
    69%

    26The last enemy to be eliminated is death.

    27For he has put everything in subjection under his feet. But when it says“everything” has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him.

    28And when all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

  • Heb 2:16
    69%

    16For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham’s descendants.

  • Rom 6:7
    68%

    7(For someone who has died has been freed from sin.)

  • Col 1:13
    68%

    13He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

  • Matt 10:28
    68%

    28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Gal 4:3
    68%

    3So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world.

  • Rom 8:2
    68%

    2For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    68%

    19Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.

  • Heb 13:20
    68%

    20Benediction and Conclusion Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus,

  • Col 2:15
    68%

    15Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

  • Rom 6:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

    22But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

  • Ps 107:14
    68%

    14He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

  • Gal 5:1
    68%

    1Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

  • Acts 2:24
    68%

    24But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

  • Heb 2:18
    68%

    18For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

  • Rom 6:16
    68%

    16Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?

  • Luke 12:5
    68%

    5But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

  • Ps 33:19
    68%

    19by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.

  • Heb 4:1
    68%

    1God’s Promised Rest Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

  • Heb 11:35
    68%

    35and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.

  • Prov 14:27
    68%

    27The fear of the LORD is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.

  • Rom 8:21
    67%

    21that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.

  • Heb 2:5
    67%

    5Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity For he did not put the world to come, about which we are speaking, under the control of angels.

  • Luke 1:74
    67%

    74that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear,

  • Phil 2:12
    67%

    12Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,

  • 2 Tim 2:26
    67%

    26and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive to do his will.

  • 1 Cor 15:55
    67%

    55“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”

  • Heb 12:9
    67%

    9Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

  • 2 Cor 4:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.

    12As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

  • Heb 2:2
    67%

    2For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,

  • Heb 10:31
    67%

    31It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

  • Heb 13:6
    67%

    6So we can say with confidence,“The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can people do to me?”

  • Heb 12:28
    67%

    28So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

  • 2 Tim 1:10
    67%

    10but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!

  • Heb 1:14
    66%

    14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?