In this Epistle, moreover (and even in this context, Hebrews 4:2), reference is repeatedly made to the word of God in revelation, without a trace of any other meaning. The key to the language of this verse, so far as it is exceptional, is found in that characteristic of the Epistle...
4 既然我们能够进入上帝安息的许诺依然存在,那么就让我们当心吧,不要让你们中间任何人被认为失败了。 2 我们像以色列人一样,上帝的福音已经传播给了我们,但是以色列人听到福音却没有受益,因为他们听到福音时,没有怀着信仰去接受。 3 只有我们这些相信的人才能得到这安宁。正如上帝所说: “我在愤怒中发誓说:‘他们...
According to this rendering, the meaning is that one must avoid the appearance of having failed to enter into the rest; the perfect tense (ὑστερηκέναι) placing the reader at the parousia, when judgment will be pronounced. This is forced, tame, and irrelevant to the pr...
"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 4:2 Some manuscripts because those who heard did not combine it with faith Hebrews 4:3 Psalm 95:11; also in verse 5 Hebrews 4:4 Gen. 2:2 Hebrews 4:7 Psalm 95:7,8 Hebrews 4:10 Or labor Hebrews 4:14 Greek has gone through the heavens Hebrews 5:5 Psalm 2:7 Hebrews 5...
Rather than seeing tough times as opposition, they must begin to see it as the "discipline of the Lord" (verse 5 and following). Jesus endured; so must they. Enduring a Long-Standing Spiritual War (12:3-4) During the Second Gulf War in Iraq, the longer the war continued, the more ...
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...
Hebrews 12:15 Guard against turning back from the grace of God. Let no one become like a bitter plant that grows up and causes many troubles with its poison... Read verse in Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
Much of this chapter is a validation of his comment in verse 2. And if it's faith that is commendable, and indeed the very thing upon which our salvation is contingent then it is would seem rather important for each individual to evaluate their faith. Would your faith be commendable?
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...