CHRIST SHARED OUR HUMANITY

 

14 Since Children have Flesh and Blood,

He too Shared in their Humanity

So that by His Death He might Break the Power

Of him who holds the Power of Death--

That is the Devil--

15 And Free those

Who all their lives were Held in Slavery

By their Fear of Death.

16 For surely it is not angels He helps,

But Abraham's Descendants.

17 for this Reason He had to be made like them,

Fully Human in every way,

In order that He might become

A Merciful and Faithful High Priest

In Service to God,

And that He might make Atonement

For the Sins of the People

18 Because He Himself Suffered

When He was Tempted,

He is Able to Help those who are Being Tempted.

(Hebrews 2:14-18, NIV)