Hebrews 12:4

For you have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

In Context

3For think diligently upon him that endured such opposition from sinners against himself; that you be not wearied, fainting in your minds.

5And you have forgotten the consolation, which speaketh to you, as unto children, saying: My son, neglect not the discipline of the Lord; neither be thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked by him.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

2 Timothy 4:6For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand.

Hebrews 12:2Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God.

Revelation 6:9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.

Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered, when I had seen her, with great admiration.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:2-4

Christ the Great Exemplar. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners… Read the whole commentary →

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