“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…

“Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.” Context:To understand the significance of Hebrews 12:16, it’s essential to consider…

“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…

“For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” Context:The book of Hebrews was written to encourage and exhort…

“Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.” Context:Hebrews is an epistle written by an anonymous author to a group of Jewish Christians. The letter emphasizes the superiority…

“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.” Context:The book of Hebrews is a letter written to Jewish Christians who were facing persecution and…

“If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?” Context:To understand the meaning of a verse, it’s important…

“But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.” Context:The book of Hebrews was written to encourage and exhort Jewish believers in…

“For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.” Context:To understand the verse…

“Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” Hebrews 12:11 provides…