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Hebrews 12:3

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

KJV

ἀναλογίσασθε γὰρ τὸν τοιαύτην ὑπομεμενηκότα ὑπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἀντιλογίαν, ἵνα μὴ κάμητε ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν ἐκλυόμενοι.

Greek NT

Recogitate enim eum qui talem sustinuit a peccatoribus adversum semetipsum contradictionem : ut ne fatigemini, animis vestris deficientes.

Vulgate

For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.

ASV

For think diligently upon him that endured such opposition from sinners against himself that you be not wearied, fainting in your minds.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κάμνω
kamno
verb · 2×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
τοιοῦτος
toioutos
demonstrative · 57×
ψυχή
psuche
noun · 102×
ἀναλογίζομαι
analogizomai
verb · 1×
ἀντιλογία
antilogia
noun · 4×
ἁμαρτωλός
amartolos
adjective · 47×
ἐκλύω
ekluo
verb · 5×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπομένω
upomeno
verb · 17×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἑαυτοὺς | WH: ἑαυτοὺς | Treg/NIV: ἑαυτὸν
  • ἑαυτοὺςSBLGNT
  • ἑαυτοὺςWestcott-Hort
  • ἑαυτὸνTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

§598In her Magisterial teaching of the faith and in the witness of her saints, the Church has never forgotten that "sinners were the authors and the ministers of all the sufferings that the divine Redeemer endured."389 Taking into account the fact that our sins affect Christ himself,390 The Church does not hesitate to impute to Christians the gravest responsibility for the torments…
Should the Son of God have assumed in human nature defects of body? Did he assume the obligation of being subject to these defects? Did He contract these defects? Did he assume all these defects? Article 1. Whether the Son of God in human nature ought to have assumed defects of body? Objection 1. It would seem that the Son of God ought not to have assumed human nature with defe…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
  • 1Pet 2:23 — Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
  • 1Pet 4:1 — Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
  • 1Sam 12:24 — Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
  • 2Cor 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
  • 2Cor 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
  • 2Cor 4:16 — For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
  • 2Thess 3:13 — But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
  • 2Thess 3:13 — But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
  • 2Tim 2:7 — Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
  • 2Tim 2:7 — Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
  • Deut 20:3 — And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
  • Eph 3:13 — Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
  • Gal 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
  • Gal 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
  • Heb 3:1 — Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
  • Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
  • Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
  • Heb 12:12 — Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
  • Heb 13:13 — Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
  • Isa 40:30 — Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
  • Isa 40:31 — But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
  • Isa 50:4 — The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned
  • Jer 12:5 — If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in
  • John 5:16 — And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
  • John 8:52 — Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
  • John 15:18 — If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
  • John 18:22 — And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
  • Luke 14:1 — And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
  • Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
  • Luke 19:39 — And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
  • Mark 2:24 — And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
  • Mark 14:37 — And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
  • Matt 10:24 — The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
  • Matt 21:15 — And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
  • Prov 24:10 — If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
  • Prov 24:10 — If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
  • Rev 2:3 — And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.