Hebrews 2:11 (WEB)
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,
Fathers and councils · 5
Augustine of Hippo
“…by means of His pre-eminence, are born again into the grace of God through the adoption of sons, according to the truth commended to us by apostolic teaching.” — editor's note: Luke viii. 21; Rom. viii. 15–17; Gal. iv. 5; Eph. i. 5; Heb. ii. 11
Read the whole comment“…is inscribed to the Hebrews: “Both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren.”…Therefore Jesus Himself speaketh in this prophecy: some things in His Members and in the Unity of His Body, as if in one man diffused over the whole world, and…” — editor's note: Heb. ii. 11, 14.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“And again, ‘Behold I and the children which God hath given me.’”” — editor's note: Heb. ii. 11, 12, 13
Read the whole comment“To which may be added that we are God’s own not simply, but because the Son called us ‘brethren.’” — editor's note: Heb. ii. 11
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Clement of Alexandria
“But since Thou leadest me to the light, O Lord, and I find God through Thee, and receive the Father from Thee, I become “Thy fellow-heir,” since Thou “wert not ashamed of me as Thy brother.”” — editor's note: Heb. ii. 11.
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