Hebrews 4:15 (WEB)
For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
As quoted in the map (KJV)
Hebrews 4:15 (KJV)
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Key words
- χωρὶς ἁμαρτίαςchōris hamartias · Greek
- 'yet without sin' — Jesus, tempted in every way, is sinless.
Why it matters
The New Testament says plainly that Jesus was without sin. Pitre states the Protestant question in its sharpest form (p 39): Scripture makes an exception for Jesus, so how can Mary be added to the list? His answer is that a sinless human is not less than human — Adam and Eve before the fall were sinless and fully human — and that the New Eve is sinless by the grace of her Son, not by nature.
Catechism · 6
Celebrating the Church's Liturgy
“It then shows the Lamb, "standing, as though it had been slain": Christ crucified and risen, the one high priest of the true sanctuary, the same one "who offers and is offered, who gives and is given."” — Catechism footnote: Rev 5:6; Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Anaphora; cf. Jn 1:29; Heb 4:14-15; 10:19-2.
In the Fullness of Time
“Jesus, the Word who has become flesh, shares by his human prayer in all that "his brethren" experience; he sympathizes with their weaknesses in order to free them.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Heb 2:12, 15; 4:15.
The Son of God Became Man
“He was begotten from the Father before all ages as to his divinity and in these last days, for us and for our salvation, was born as to his humanity of the virgin Mary, the Mother of God.” — Catechism footnote: Council of Chalcedon (451): DS 301; cf. Heb 4:15.
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
“This is why Christ vanquished the Tempter for us: "For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sinning."” — Catechism footnote: Heb 4:15.
Jesus Died Crucified
“In suffering and death his humanity became the free and perfect instrument of his divine love which desires the salvation of men.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Heb 2:10, 17-18; 4:15; 5:7-9.
“Like ours, his human nature is destined for eternal life; but unlike ours, it is perfectly exempt from sin, the cause of death.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 5:12; Heb 4:15.
Fathers and councils · 11
Gregory of Nyssa
“But if the whole compound nature of man was in Him (for He was “in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin”), it is surely necessary to believe that every property of the transcendent essence is also in Him, as the Word “Son” claims for Him both alike—the Human in the man, but in the God the Divine.” — editor's note: Heb. iv. 15.
Read the whole comment“For we give the name of “passion” only to that which is opposed to the virtuous unimpassioned state and of this we believe that He Who granted us salvation was at all times devoid, Who “was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin.”” — editor's note: Heb. iv. 15.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X V.5Conference V
“And so our Lord Jesus Christ, though declared by the Apostle’s word to have been tempted in all points like as we are, is yet said to have been “without sin,” i.e., without the infection of this appetite, as He knew nothing of incitements of carnal lust, with which we are sure to be troubled even against our will…” — editor's note: Heb. iv. 15.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.6Book II
“For to have hated wickedness is what the Scripture says of Him, that “He did no sin, neither was any guile found in His mouth,” and that “He was tempted in all things like as we are, without sin.”” — editor's note: Heb. iv. 15.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
- Theodoret of Cyrus, Dialogues (Eranistes) Demonstrations by.2Demonstrations by Syllogisms
“And to this the divine Apostle bears testimony when he says “For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities but was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin.”” — editor's note: Hebrews iv. 15
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“He has summed up what was said before, “in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin.” ( c. iv. 15.)” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 102Letters on the Apollinarian Controversy
“And so they declare that the Perfect Man is not He who was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin; but the mixture of God and Flesh.” — editor's note: Heb. iv. 15.
Read the whole comment “For He was tempted in all points like as we are yet without sin.” — editor's note: Heb. iv. 15.
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Tertullian
“For to the Son of God alone was it reserved to persevere to the last without sin.” — editor's note: Heb. iv. 15. [See p. 221, supra.]
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Augustine of Hippo
“It could be said only of Him, for He also “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”” — editor's note: Heb. iv. 15.
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Cross-references · 36
Cited together in Catechism §609 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §609 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §609.
Cited together in Catechism §612.
Cited together in Against Eunomius III.4.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VI.3.
Cited together in Catechism §540.
Cited together in Letters Letter 102.
Cited together in Letters Letter 102.
Cited together in Against Eunomius III.4.
Cited together in Catechism §612.
Cited together in Catechism §609.
Cited together in Catechism §2602.
Cited together in Catechism §2602.
Cited together in Catechism §2602.
Cited together in Catechism §612.
Cited together in Catechism §612.
Cited together in Letters Letter 102.
Cited together in Dialogues (Eranistes) Demonstrations by.2.
Cited together in Catechism §612.
Cited together in Catechism §609.
Cited together in Letters Letter 102.
Cited together in Catechism §609.
Cited together in Catechism §609.
Cited together in Catechism §609.
Cited together in Catechism §609.
Cited together in Catechism §609.
Cited together in Catechism §612.
Cited together in Dialogues (Eranistes) Demonstrations by.2.
Cited together in Dialogues (Eranistes) Demonstrations by.2.
Cited together in Dialogues (Eranistes) Demonstrations by.2.
Cited together in Catechism §609.
Cited together in Catechism §2602.
Cited together in Catechism §2602.
Cited together in Catechism §609.
Cited together in Catechism §609.