Hebrews 12:3
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.
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
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:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
- KJV
- For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
- WEB
- For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
- ASV
- For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
- DARBY
- For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.
- BLB
- For consider fully the One having endured such great contradiction by sinners against Himself, so that you⁺ might not grow weary, fainting in your⁺ souls.
- ÅB
- Ja, gi akt på ham som tålmodig har lidt en slik motsigelse av syndere, så dere ikke skal gå trett og bli motløse i deres sjeler!
- OTB
- Tenk på ham som utholdt slik fiendtlighet fra syndere, så dere ikke blir trette og mister motet.
- B1930
- Ja, gi akt på ham som tålmodig har lidt en slik motsigelse av syndere, så I ikke skal gå trett og bli motløse i eders sjeler!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Read in contextRevelation 2:3
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Read in contextHebrews 12:2
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.
Read in contextHebrews 3:1
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Read in contextJohn 15:18–24
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
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