Hebrews 2:16 Cross References - Anderson

¹⁶ For, verily, he does not take hold of angels, but he takes hold of the posterity of Abraham.

¹ THE book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. ² Abraham begot Isaac: Isaac begot Jacob: Jacob begot Judah and his brothers: ³ Judah begot Phares and Zarah of Thamar: Phares begot Hezron: Hezron begot Aram: ⁴ Aram begot Aminidab: Aminidab begot Nahshon: Nahshon begot Salmon: ⁵ Salmon begot Boa of Rachab: Boaz begot Obed of Ruth: Obed begot Jesse: ⁶ Jesse begot David the king: David the king begot Solomon of her who had been the wife of Uriah: ⁷ Solomon begot Rehoboam: Rehoboam begot Abia: Abia begot Asa: ⁸ Asa begot Jehosaphat: Jehosaphat begot Jehoram: Jehoram begot Uzziah: ⁹ Uzziah begot Jotham: Jotham begot Ahaz: Ahaz begot Ilezekiah: ¹⁰ Hezekiah begot Manasseh: Manasseh begot Amon: Amon begot Josiah: ¹¹ Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers, about the time of the removal to Babylon. ¹² And after the removal to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel: Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel: ¹³ Zerubbabel begot Abiud: Abiud begot Eliakim: Eliakim begot Azor: ¹⁴ Azor begot Sadok: Sadok begot Achim: Achim begot Eliud: ¹⁵ Eliud begot Eleazar: Eleazar begot Matthan: Matthan begot Jacob: ¹⁶ Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. ¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham till David are fourteen generations: and from David till the removal to Babylon are fourteen generations: and from the removal to Babylon till the Christ are fourteen generations.

²⁵ Now, circumcision is indeed profitable, if you keep the law: but, if you transgress the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

¹⁶ Therefore, the inheritance is by faith, that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise may be sure to all his posterity, not to those only who are of the law, but to those, also, who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, ¹⁷ (as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations,) in the sight of him in whom he believed, even God, who makes the dead alive, and calls those things which are not, as though they were. ¹⁸ He, against hope, confidently believed that he would become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken: So shall your posterity be. ¹⁹ And not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body, which was already dead, (for he was about a hundred years old,) nor the deadness of Sarah's womb; ²⁰ and he doubted not, through unbelief, with respect to the promise of God, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God, ²¹ and being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform. ²² For this reason, it was counted to him for righteousness. ²³ But that it was counted to him, was not written for his sake alone, ²⁴ but for our sakes also, to whom it shall be counted, if we believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, ²⁵ who was delivered up for our offenses, and raised again for our justification.

¹⁶ Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring; he does not say: And to offsprings, as if he spoke of many; but as of one, And to your offspring, which is Christ.

²⁹ And if you are Christ s, then you are Abraham's posterity, and heirs according to the promise.

¹⁶ For, verily, men swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.

¹⁰ For they, indeed, for a few days, chastened us as they thought it good; but he chastens us for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

²⁰ who was indeed foreordained before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for you,