Hebrews 12:15
13 Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
16 See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it,
- ASV
- looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby the many be defiled;
- DARBY
- watching lest [there be] any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and many be defiled by it;
- BLB
- overseeing, lest any be falling short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up should trouble [you], and by this the many might be defiled,
- ÅB
- Og gi akt på at ikke noen viker tilbake fra Guds nåde, at ikke noen bitter rot skal vokse opp og volde men, og mange bli smittet ved den,
- OTB
- Se til at ingen faller fra Guds nåde, og at ingen bitter rot vokser opp og volder skade og mange blir besmittet.
- B1930
- Og gi akt på at ikke nogen viker tilbake fra Guds nåde, at ikke nogen bitter rot skal vokse op og volde men, og mange bli smittet ved den,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 3:12
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:18
Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
Read in contextGalatians 5:4
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:1
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Read in context2 John 1:8
Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
Read in context2 Peter 3:14
Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Read in contextProverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
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