In his epistles, the apostle Paul treats Jesus as fully human, one who redeemed the human race from sin by the death and resurrection of his body. The gospel Infancy Narratives clearly assume that Jesus was born a human being, although conceived in a special way. No New Testament writer doubted his full humanity, although the Epistle to the Hebrews (4:15) made the vital point that he never sinned. That did not make him less human because ancient Jews and Christians believed sin was a defect in our humanity and not an essential ingredient of it.
