"in the sense that these Hebrews possessed the Holy Spirit as an indwelling Person who had come to take up His permanent abode in their hearts. The word is a compound of the Greek verb "to have or hold", and a preposition meaning "with" thus "to hold with." It is used...
Hebrews 4:4Quote fromGen. 2:2. Hebrews 4:9seventh-day restLiterally, “Sabbath rest,” meaning a sharing in the rest God began after he created the world. Hebrews 4:12God’s wordGod’s teachings and commands. Hebrews 4 New International Version ...
Verse 2.-For truly we have had good tidings(or,a gospel)preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, not being mingled by faith with those that heard it. The meaning and purpose of the first part of this verse is plain, as is also the general...
12:1 That clings to us: the meaning is uncertain, since the Greek word euperistatos, translated cling, occurs only here. The papyrus P46 and one minuscule read euperispastos,“easily distracting,” which also makes good sense. 12:15–17 Esau serves as an example in two ways: his profane...
4:12).And first to a Psalm hitherto unnoticed (22) we are to be turned, and to that verse of it (22) which declares what would be the first act on the Sufferer's part when heard by God and raised from the dead. "I do always those things that please Him" (John 8:29), He ...
29Our "God is like a fire that burns everything up."(Deuteronomy 4:24) Hebrews 12:29 Meaning and Commentary Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire. ] Either God personally considered, God in the person of Christ; so the Shechinah, with the Jews, is called a consuming fireF...
. .--The meaning of the verse will be seen more clearly if one clause be placed in a parenthesis: "For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing he was rejected (for he found no place of repentance), though he sought it earnestly with tears." The blessing ...
3:14 How does this verse affect the assurance of one's salvation? How do you know whether you've become a partaker of Christ? 3:18,19 What is the correlation between obedience and faith? 4:1 Fear what? Fear why? And what good does such fear do?
"Lose heart" (NIV, NRSV) or "faint" (KJV), isekluō, "be exhausted in strength, become weary, give out, lose courage, lose heart," in both verse 4 and 6. "Encouragement" (NIV) or "exhortation" (KJV, NRSV) isparaklēsis, "act of emboldening another in belief or course of acti...
The Hebrew writer taps into this reality in verse one as he calls us to “run the race marked out for us.” The goal is not simply to keep running, but to keep running the specific race that God made for us to run. Although many can inspire and teach me, I must only give my li...