Hebrews 12:4

For you have not yet resisted unto blood, fighting against sin;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3For consider him who has endured so great a contradiction of sinners against himself, in order that you may not become weary, fainting in your souls.

5and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art proven of him:

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Cross References

Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you into tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name,

2 Timothy 4:6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

Hebrews 12:2looking unto Jesus the beginner and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was placed before him, endured the cross, looking with contempt at the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.

Revelation 6:9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw beneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain on account of the word of God, and the testimony which they had.

Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and seeing her, I was astonished with great astonishment.

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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