hebrews-12:11-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:4-17

Here the apostle presses the exhortation to patience and perseverance by an argument taken from the gentle measure and gracious nature of those sufferings which the believing Hebrews endured in their Christian course. I. From the gentle and moderate degree and measure of their sufferings: You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin, Heb. 12:4. Observe, 1. He owns that they had suffered much, they had been striving to an agony against sin. Here, (1.) The cause of the conflict was... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:5-11

12:5-11 Have you forgotten the appeal, an appeal which reasons with you as sons? "My son, do not treat lightly the discipline which the Lord sends; Never lose heart when you are put to the test by him; For the Lord disciplines the man whom he loves, and scourges every son whom he receives." It is for the sake of discipline that you must endure. It is because he is treating us as sons that God sends these things upon us. What son is there whom his father does not discipline? If... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:12-17

12:12-17 So, then, lift up the slack hands. Strengthen the weak knees. And make straight the paths of your feet so that the bones of the lame may not be completely dislocated but rather may be cured. Make peace your aim--and do it all together--and aim at that holiness without which no one can see the Lord. Watch that no one misses the grace of God. Watch that no pernicious influence grows up to involve you in troubles. And watch that the main body of your people are not soiled by any such... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:11

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous ,.... These words anticipate an objection, taken from the grief and sorrow that comes by afflictions; and therefore how should they be for profit and advantage? The apostle answers, by granting that no affliction "seemeth" to be joyous, in outward appearance to flesh and blood, and according to the judgment of carnal sense and reason; in this view of afflictions, it must be owned, they do not appear to be matter, cause, or occasion of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:12

These words may be considered as spoken to the Hebrews, with respect to themselves; accordingly, the Syriac version reads, "your hands", and "your knees"; who were sluggish, and inactive in prayer, in hearing the word, in attendance on ordinances, in holding fast their profession, and in the performance of those things which adorn it; they were weary and fatigued with weights and burdens of sins and afflictions; and were faint, fearful, and timorous, through distrust of the promised good,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:13

And make straight paths for your feet ,.... By "feet" are meant the walk and conversation of the saints, both in the church, and in the world, Song of Solomon 7:1 and there are paths made ready for these feet to walk in; as the good old paths of truth, of the word and worship of God, of faith and holiness: and to make these paths "straight", is to make the word of God the rule of walking; to avoid carefully joining anything with it as a rule; to attend constantly on the ordinances of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:14

Follow peace with all men ,.... That are in a natural and domestic relation to one another, being of the same family; and that are in a civil and political one, being of the same nation, city, or society; and that are in a spiritual one, being members of the same church; or, if not, yet being saints, and though in some things different in judgment; yea, even peace is to be followed with enemies, as much as in us lies: and perhaps by "all men", the Gentiles may be more especially designed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:15

Looking diligently ,.... Acting the part of bishops, or overseers, as the word signifies; and so this exhortation either respects officers of the church of the Hebrews, whose business it was more especially to inspect into the principles and practices of the members of it, and take care that they did not imbibe false doctrines, or live immoral lives; or rather the several members of the church, whose business it is to watch over one another, since this epistle seems to be written to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:16

Lest there be any fornicator or profane person ,.... The first of these is guilty of a sin against the second table of the law, as well as against his own body; and which is opposed to the holiness the apostle had before exhorted to; such who are guilty of it, are not to be continued in the communion of the church; and it is a sin, which, lived in not repented of, excludes from the kingdom of heaven: the latter is one who is a transgressor of the first table of the law; who is an idolater, a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:17

For ye know how that afterwards ,.... After he had had his pottage; after he had sold his birthright for it, and the blessing with it; after his father had blessed Jacob: this the apostle relates to the Hebrews, as a thing well known to them; they having read the books of Moses, and being conversant with them, in which the whole history of this affair is recorded: how that when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected ; by his father, who refused to give him the blessing,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:4-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:5-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:12-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:17

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