Hebrews 5:8

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

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  • Phil 2:8 : 8 He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death– even death on a cross!
  • Isa 50:5-6 : 5 The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back. 6 I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
  • Heb 10:5-9 : 5 So when he came into the world, he said,“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me. 6 “Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in. 7 “Then I said,‘Here I am: I have come– it is written of me in the scroll of the book– to do your will, O God.’” 8 When he says above,“Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them”(which are offered according to the law), 9 then he says,“Here I am: I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first to establish the second.
  • John 6:38 : 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
  • John 15:10 : 10 If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
  • Matt 3:15 : 15 So Jesus replied to him,“Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.
  • Heb 1:5 : 5 The Son Is Superior to Angels For to which of the angels did God ever say,“You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? And in another place he says,“I will be his father and he will be my son.”
  • Heb 1:8 : 8 but of the Son he says,“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.
  • Heb 3:6 : 6 But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.

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    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.

  • Heb 2:8-10
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    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.

  • Heb 5:9
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    9And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

  • Phil 2:7-8
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    7but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.

    8He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death– even death on a cross!

  • Heb 2:17-18
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    17Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

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

  • 1 Pet 2:23-24
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    23When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

    24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.

  • Heb 12:2-7
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    2keeping 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.

    3Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.

    4You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed in your struggle against sin.

    5And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?“My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.

    6“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”

    7Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

  • 1 Pet 2:20-21
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    20For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.

    21For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.

  • Heb 5:5
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    5So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him,“You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,”

  • Mark 14:35
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    35Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.

  • Rom 8:17
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    17And 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.

  • Heb 1:2-5
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    2in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.

    3The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

    4Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs.

    5The Son Is Superior to Angels For to which of the angels did God ever say,“You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? And in another place he says,“I will be his father and he will be my son.”

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    11Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.“My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.

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    1So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

  • Mark 8:31
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    3and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.

  • Rom 15:3
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    3For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written,“The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”

  • Heb 2:14-15
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    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),

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

  • Heb 13:12
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    12Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp.

  • Acts 8:32
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    32Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this:“He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

  • 1 Pet 3:17
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    17For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.

  • Heb 11:25
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    25choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.

  • 1 Pet 4:13
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    13But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

  • Isa 53:7
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    7He was treated harshly and afflicted, but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth.

  • Isa 53:4
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    4But he lifted up our illnesses, he carried our pain; even though we thought he was being punished, attacked by God, and afflicted for something he had done.

  • Heb 4:15
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    15For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

  • Luke 17:25
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    25But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

  • Heb 9:26
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    26for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

  • Luke 22:44
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    44And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

  • Luke 22:42
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    42“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.”[

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.

  • Luke 24:26
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    26Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

  • Heb 10:9
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    9then he says,“Here I am: I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first to establish the second.