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Hebrews 12:15

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

KJV

ἐπισκοποῦντες μή τις ὑστερῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ, μή τις ῥίζα πικρίας ἄνω φύουσα ἐνοχλῇ καὶ διὰ ταύτης μιανθῶσιν οἱ πολλοί,

Greek NT

contemplantes nequis desit gratiæ Dei : ne qua radix amaritudinis sursum germinans impediat, et per illam inquinentur multi.

Vulgate

looking carefully lestthere beany man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;

ASV

Looking diligently, lest any man be wanting to the grace of God: lest any root of bitterness springing up do hinder and by it many be defiled:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διά
dia
preposition · 633×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μιαίνω
miaino
verb · 5×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πικρία
pikria
noun · 4×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
φύω
phuo
verb · 3×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄνω
ano
adverb · 9×
ἐνοχλέω
enochleo
verb · 2×
ἐπισκοπέω
episkopeo
verb · 1×
o
article · 19778×
ὑστερέω
ustereo
verb · 15×
ῥίζα
riza
noun · 17×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: δι᾽ αὐτῆς | WH/NIV: δι᾽ αὐτῆς | Treg/RP: διὰ ταύτης
  • δι᾽ αὐτῆςSBLGNT
  • δι᾽ αὐτῆςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • διὰ ταύτηςTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: πολλοί | NIV/RP: πολλοί | WH/Treg: οἱ πολλοί
  • πολλοίSBLGNT
  • πολλοίReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • οἱ πολλοίWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 5:6 — Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
  • 1Cor 6:12 — All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
  • 1Cor 10:12 — Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
  • 1Cor 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
  • 1Cor 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
  • 1Kgs 14:16 — And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
  • 1Pet 5:2 — Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
  • 1Tim 3:1 — This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
  • 1Tim 4:16 — Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
  • 2Cor 6:1 — We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
  • 2Cor 6:1 — We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
  • 2Cor 7:11 — For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement des
  • 2Cor 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
  • 2Cor 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
  • 2John 1:8 — Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
  • 2John 1:8 — Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
  • 2Pet 1:5 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
  • 2Pet 3:14 — Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
  • 2Thess 3:6 — Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
  • 2Tim 2:16 — But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
  • 2Tim 2:16 — But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
  • Acts 5:11 — And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
  • Acts 8:23 — For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
  • Acts 13:43 — Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
  • Acts 20:28 — Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
  • Deut 4:9 — Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons,
  • Deut 29:18 — Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a
  • Deut 29:18 — Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a
  • Deut 32:32 — For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
  • Deut 32:32 — For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
  • Exod 23:13 — And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
  • Gal 5:4 — Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
  • Gal 5:4 — Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
  • Gal 6:17 — From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Heb 4:1 — Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
  • Heb 4:1 — Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
  • Heb 4:11 — Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • Heb 6:4 — For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,