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Announced originally through the Lord, it was confirmed for us by those who had heard.<a id="ren65002003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65002003-b">b</a> <span id="v65002004" class="ver">4</span>God added his testimony by signs, wonders, various acts of power, and distribution of the gifts of the holy Spirit according to his will.<a id="ren65002004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65002004-c">c</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Exaltation Through Abasement.<a id="rfn65002005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn65002005-1">*</a></span> <span id="v65002005" class="ver">5</span>For it was not to angels that he subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. <span id="v65002006" class="ver">6</span>Instead, someone has testified somewhere:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“What is man that you are mindful of him,</p> <p class="sl1">or the son of man that you care for him?<a id="ren65002006-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65002006-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v65002007" class="ver">7</span>You made him for a little while lower than the angels;</p> <p class="sl1">you crowned him with glory and honor,</p> <p class="sl1l"><span id="v65002008" class="ver">8</span>subjecting all things under his feet.”</p> </div> <p class="pcon">In “subjecting” all things [to him], he left nothing not “subject to him.” Yet at present we do not see “all things subject to him,”<a id="ren65002008-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65002008-e">e</a> <span id="v65002009" class="ver">9</span>but we do see Jesus “crowned with glory and honor” because he suffered death, he who “for a little while” was made “lower than the angels,” that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.<a id="ren65002009-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65002009-f">f</a></p> <p><span id="v65002010" class="ver">10</span>For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering.<a id="ren65002010-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65002010-g">g</a> <span id="v65002011" class="ver">11</span>He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin. Therefore, he is not ashamed to call them “brothers,” <span id="v65002012" class="ver">12</span>saying:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“I will proclaim your name to my brothers,</p> <p class="sl1l">in the midst of the assembly I will praise you”;<a id="ren65002012-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65002012-h">h</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v65002013" class="ver">13</span>and again:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sls">“I will put my trust in him”;</p> </div> <p class="pcon">and again:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sls">“Behold, I and the children God has given me.”<a id="ren65002013-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65002013-i">i</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v65002014" class="ver">14</span>Now since the children share in blood and flesh, he likewise shared in them, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,<a id="ren65002014-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65002014-j">j</a> <span id="v65002015" class="ver">15</span>and free those who through fear of death had been subject to slavery all their life. <span id="v65002016" class="ver">16</span>Surely he did not help angels but rather the descendants of Abraham; <span id="v65002017" class="ver">17</span>therefore, he had to become like his brothers in every way, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest before God to expiate the sins of the people.<a id="ren65002017-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en65002017-k">k</a> <span id="v65002018" class="ver">18</span>Because he himself was tested through what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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