Focused Passage

Hebrews 12:12-17

Run with Endurance, Receive the Father's Discipline, and Worship the Unshakable Kingdom

Hebrews 12 moves from the cloud of witnesses to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of faith, then to fatherly discipline, communal holiness, the contrast between Sinai and Zion, and the final warning not to refuse the God whose kingdom cannot be shaken.

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12 Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

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.

15 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.

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References and Original Words

Verse 12

Original words

Therefore Διὸ G1352 Conjunction strengthen ἀνορθώσατε G461 Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural [your] τὰς G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Plural limp παρειμένας G3935 Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Plural hands χεῖρας G5495 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction - τὰ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Plural weak παραλελυμένα G3886 Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural knees γόνατα G1119 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural

BSB notes

  • Isaiah 35:3
Verse 13

Original words

- καὶ G2532 Conjunction Make ποιεῖτε G4160 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural straight ὀρθὰς G3717 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural paths τροχιὰς G5163 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural for τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Plural your ὑμῶν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural feet ποσὶν G4228 Noun - Dative Masculine Plural so that ἵνα G2443 Conjunction the τὸ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Singular lame χωλὸν G5560 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular {may} not μὴ G3361 Adverb be disabled ἐκτραπῇ G1624 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular but δὲ G1161 Conjunction rather μᾶλλον G3123 Adverb healed ἰαθῇ G2390 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular

BSB notes

  • Proverbs 4:26 (see also LXX)
Verse 14

Original words

Pursue διώκετε G1377 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural peace Εἰρήνην G1515 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular with μετὰ G3326 Preposition everyone πάντων G3956 Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural as well as καὶ G2532 Conjunction - τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular holiness ἁγιασμόν G38 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular without χωρὶς G5565 Preposition which οὗ G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular no one οὐδεὶς G3762 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular will see ὄψεται G3708 Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular the τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Lord Κύριον G2962 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Verse 15

Original words

See to it that ἐπισκοποῦντες G1983 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural no μή G3361 Adverb one τις G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular falls short ὑστερῶν G5302 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular of ἀπὸ G575 Preposition the τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular grace χάριτος G5485 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular - τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Singular of God Θεοῦ G2316 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular [and] that no μή G3361 Adverb . . . τις G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular root ῥίζα G4491 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular of bitterness πικρίας G4088 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular springs φύουσα G5453 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular up ἄνω G507 Adverb to cause trouble ἐνοχλῇ G1776 Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction - δι’* G1223 Preposition - αὐτῆς* G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular defile μιανθῶσιν G3392 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Plural - 〈οἱ〉 G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural many πολλοί G4183 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural

BSB notes

  • See Deuteronomy 29:18
Verse 16

Original words

[See to it] that μή G3361 Adverb [no one is] τις G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular sexually immoral πόρνος G4205 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular or G2228 Conjunction is godless βέβηλος G952 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular like ὡς G5613 Adverb Esau Ἠσαῦ G2269 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular who ὃς G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular for ἀντὶ G473 Preposition a single μιᾶς G1520 Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular meal βρώσεως G1035 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular sold ἀπέδετο G591 Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular his ἑαυτοῦ G1438 Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular - τὰ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Plural birthright πρωτοτόκια G4415 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Verse 17

Original words

For γὰρ G1063 Conjunction you know ἴστε G1492 Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural that ὅτι G3754 Conjunction - καὶ G2532 Conjunction afterward μετέπειτα G3347 Adverb when he wanted θέλων G2309 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular to inherit κληρονομῆσαι G2816 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active the τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular blessing εὐλογίαν G2129 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular he was rejected ἀπεδοκιμάσθη G593 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular vvv γὰρ G1063 Conjunction He could find εὗρεν G2147 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular no οὐχ G3756 Adverb ground τόπον G5117 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular for repentance μετανοίας G3341 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular though καίπερ G2539 Conjunction he sought ἐκζητήσας G1567 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular [the blessing] αὐτήν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular with μετὰ G3326 Preposition tears δακρύων G1144 Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural

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