Hebrews 2:16 Cross References - Common

¹⁶ For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned, but with the descendants of Abraham.

¹ The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: ² Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, ³ and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, ⁴ Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, ⁵ Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, ⁷ Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa, ⁸ Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, ⁹ Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, ¹⁰ Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah, ¹¹ and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. ¹² And after the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, ¹³ Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, ¹⁴ Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, ¹⁵ Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, ¹⁶ and Jacob the father of Josnt the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. ¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the exile to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

²⁵ Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

¹⁶ Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all his descendantsnot only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all ¹⁷ (as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls things that do not exist as though they did. ¹⁸ In hope, he believed against hope, so that he became the father of many nations; as he had been told, "So shall your descendants be." ¹⁹ And he did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. ²⁰ He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, ²¹ being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. ²² That is why it was "reckoned to him as righteousness." ²³ But the words, "it was reckoned to him," were written not for his sake alone, ²⁴ but for us also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, ²⁵ who was delivered to death for our sins and was raised for our justification.

¹⁶ Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to seeds," as referring to many, but rather to one, "And to your seed," that is, Christ.

²⁹ And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.

¹⁶ Men swear by one greater than themselves, and in all their disputes the oath is final for confirmation.

¹⁰ For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

²⁰ He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.