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.