Hebrews 12:4

Your resistance so far hasn't cost you blood as you fight against sin.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Think about Jesus who endured such hostility from sinful people so you don't grow tired and become discouraged.

5Have you forgotten God's appeal to you when he reasons with you as his children? He says, “My child, don't treat the Lord's discipline lightly, and don't give up when he corrects you either.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:9Then they will arrest you, they will persecute you, and they will kill you. All people will hate you because of me.

2 Timothy 4:6For I'm about to be sacrificed—the time of my death is approaching.

Hebrews 12:2We should keep on looking to Jesus, the one who begins and completes our trust in God. Because of the joy ahead of him Jesus endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and sat down at the right hand of God's throne.

Revelation 6:9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar those who had been killed because of their dedication to the word of God and their faithful witness.

Revelation 17:6I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of believers, and on the blood of martyrs who had died for Jesus. When I saw her, I was totally amazed.

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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