Hebrews 12:4

You did not yet resist to blood—striving with sin;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3for again consider Him who endured such contradiction from the sinners to Himself, that you may not be wearied in your souls—being faint.

5and you have forgotten the exhortation that speaks fully to you as to sons, “My son, do not despise [the] discipline of [the] LORD, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

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Cross References

Matthew 24:9then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of My Name;

2 Timothy 4:6for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release has arrived;

Hebrews 12:2looking to the Author and Perfecter of the faith—Jesus, who, for the joy set before Him, endured a cross, having despised shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God;

Revelation 6:9And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held,

Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the holy ones, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and I wondered—having seen her—with great wonder;

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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