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14 Since then the children were made subject to a state of mortality, so he himself likewise was subject to the same condition: that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 and deliver them who thro' fear of death were all their life-time in a state of slavery. 16 for he is not the deliverer of angels; but the deliverer of Abraham's posterity. 17 whence it was necessary he should be in all things like his brethren; that he might be a merciful high priest, and faithfully discharge the divine office of expiating the sins of the people. Hebrews 2:14-17, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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