Hebrews 12:4

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary or lose heart.

5And you have completely forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not think lightly of the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:9“Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

2 Timothy 4:6For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.

Hebrews 12:2fixing our eyes upon Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Revelation 6:9When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and because of the testimony of the Lamb which they had upheld.

Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly 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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