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Hebrews 2:11

Hebrews 2:11 is verse 11 of Hebrews chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

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King James Version

For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

World English Bible

For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”

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Hebrews 2:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

11 For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

12 He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

13 And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Hebrews 10:10

And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 10:14

because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

Hebrews 13:12

And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

John 17:19

For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

Hebrews 2:14

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

John 17:21

that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

Acts 17:26

From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

Galatians 4:4

But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Hebrews 11:16

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Mark 8:38

If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

Luke 9:26

If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

Matthew 12:48

But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?”

Matthew 12:49

Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

Matthew 25:40

And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

Matthew 28:10

“Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”

John 20:17

“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

Romans 8:29

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

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