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Hebrews 2:14

Ἐπεὶ οὖν τὰ παιδία κεκοινώνηκεν σαρκὸς καὶ αἵματος, καὶ αὐτὸς παραπλησίως μετέσχεν τῶν αὐτῶν, ἵνα διὰ τοῦ θανάτου καταργήσῃ τὸν τὸ κράτος ἔχοντα τοῦ θανάτου, τοῦτ' ἔστιν τὸν διάβολον,
Epei oyn ta paidia kekoinōnēken sarkos kai aimatos, kai aytos paraplēsiōs meteschen tōn aytōn, ina dia toy thanatoy katargēsē ton to kratos echonta toy thanatoy, toyt' estin ton diabolon,
King James Version (KJV)

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Modern English

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death — that is, the devil —

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