Hebrews 2:15 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 2:15

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

KJV

And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And deliver them - Not all of them “in fact,” though the way is open for all. This deliverance relates: (1) To the dread of death. He came to free them from that. (2) From death itself - that is, ultimately to bring them to a world where death shall be unknown.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And deliver them, as many as through fear of death were all their lifetime, till then, subject to bondage - Every man who fears death is subject to bondage; is in a slavish, uncomfortable state. And every man fears death, more or less, who knows not Christ: death is unwelcome to him, if he knows what death is.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3125: “Fear of Death” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1909)

IT is a very natural thing that man should fear to die, for man was not originally created to die. When Adam and Eve were first placed in the Garden of Eden, they were in such a condition that they might have remained there for a myriad years if they had kept their integrity. There was no reason why unfallen man should die—but now that we have sinned, the seeds of corruption are in this flesh of ours—and it is appointed unto men once to die.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπαλλάξῃ	apallaxē	may set free	G525 →
τούτους	toutous	those	G3778 →
ὅσοι	hosoi	as many as	G3745 →
φόβῳ	phobō	fear	G5401 →
θανάτου	thanatou	of death	G2288 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
παντὸς	pantos	all [times]	G3956 →
τοῦ	tou	of them	G3588 →
ζῆν	zēn	to live	G2198 →
ἔνοχοι	enochoi	subject	G1777 →
ἦσαν	ēsan	they were	G1510 →
δουλείας.	douleias	to slavery.	G1397 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
leads to
- Romans 8:15
  For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- 1 John 4:18
  There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
- John 14:27
  Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
- Galatians 5:22
  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- Luke 10:19
  Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
Through
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
leads to
- Galatians 4:5–7
  to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
- 2 Timothy 1:7
  For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- 1 Corinthians 2:12
  We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews