Hebrews 12:15

Be carefully on your guard lest there be any one who falls back from the grace of God; lest any root bearing bitter fruit spring up and cause trouble among you, and through it the whole brotherhood be defiled;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

In Context

14but may rather be restored. Persistently strive for peace with all men, and for that growth in holiness apart from which no one will see the Lord.

16lest there be a fornicator, or an ungodly person like Esau, who, in return for a single meal, parted with the birthright which belonged to him.

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Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:5-18

The Benefit of Afflictions; The Use of Afflictions; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father… Read the whole commentary →

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