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10 It was appropriate for God, for whom and through whom everything exists, to use experiences of suffering to make perfect the pioneer of salvation. This salvation belongs to many sons and daughters whom he's leading to glory.
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It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11 This is because the one who makes people holy and the people who are being made holy all come from one source. That is why Jesus isn't ashamed to call them brothers and sisters when he says,
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For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,
12 I will publicly announce your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you in the middle of the assembly.
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saying, "I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters, in the midst of the congregation I will praise you."
13 He also says, I will rely on him. And also, Here I am with the children whom God has given to me.
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And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Here am I and the children whom God has given me."
14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he also shared the same things in the same way. He did this to destroy the one who holds the power over death—the devil—by dying.
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Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
15 He set free those who were held in slavery their entire lives by their fear of death.
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and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.
16 Of course, he isn't trying to help angels, but rather he's helping Abraham's descendants.
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For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham.
17 Therefore, he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every way. This was so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, in order to wipe away the sins of the people.
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Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.
18 He's able to help those who are being tempted, since he himself experienced suffering when he was tempted.
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Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
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