Hebrews 12:4

Not yet have ye resisted unto blood, in your contest against sin;

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3For consider him that endured such contradiction by sinners against him, lest ye faint in your souls, and become weary.

5and ye have forgotten the exhortation, which reasoneth with you as with sons: “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;

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Cross References

Matthew 24:9Then will they deliver you up to distress, and will kill you; and ye will be hated by all nations on account of my name.

2 Timothy 4:6For I am already about to be offered as a sacrifice, and the time of my departure is at hand.

Hebrews 12:2looking to the author and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and hath sat down at 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 on account of the word of God, and on account of the testimony which they had borne;

Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered 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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