Hebrews 2 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

It was not to angels that God subjected the [inhabited] world of the future [when Christ reigns], about which we are speaking.

“WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM,

OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT YOU GRACIOUSLY CARE FOR HIM?

“YOU HAVE MADE HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER [in status] THAN THE ANGELS;

YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR,

[fn]AND SET HIM OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;

YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET [confirming his supremacy].”

Now in putting all things in subjection to man, He left nothing outside his control. But at present we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

For it was fitting for God [that is, an act worthy of His divine nature] that He, for whose sake are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the [fn]author and founder of their salvation perfect through suffering [bringing to maturity the human experience necessary for Him to be perfectly equipped for His office as High Priest].

“I WILL DECLARE YOUR (the Father’s) NAME TO MY BRETHREN (believers),

IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION I WILL SING YOUR PRAISE.”

And again [[fn]He says],

“MY TRUST and CONFIDENT HOPE WILL BE PLACED IN HIM.”

And again,

“HERE I AM, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME.”

Therefore, since [these His] children share in flesh and blood [the physical nature of mankind], He Himself in a similar manner also shared in the same [physical nature, but without sin], so that through [experiencing] death He might make powerless (ineffective, impotent) him who had the power of death—that is, the devil—