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Hebrews 2:18

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16 For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.

17 For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
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BSB
Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
KJV
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
WEB
For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
ASV
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.
DARBY
for, in that himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are being tempted.
BLB
For in that He Himself has suffered, having been tempted, He is able to help those being tempted.
ÅB
For derved at han selv har lidt og har vært fristet, kan han komme dem til hjelp som blir fristet.
OTB
For siden Han selv ble fristet i det Han led, er Han i stand til å hjelpe dem som blir fristet.
B1930
For derved at han selv har lidt og har vært fristet, kan han komme dem til hjelp som blir fristet.

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 10:13

    No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

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  • Hebrews 4:15–16

    For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

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  • Hebrews 7:25–26

    Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

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  • Jude 1:24

    Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

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  • Hebrews 5:2

    He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.

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  • Revelation 3:10

    Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

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  • 2 Timothy 1:12

    For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

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  • 2 Peter 2:9

    if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

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