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Hebrews 12:14-17
A Warning against Apostasy on the Basis of the excellency of the New Covenant.
The warning example of Esau:
A Warning against Apostasy on the Basis of the excellency of the New Covenant.
The warning example of Esau:
Verse 14. _FOLLOW PEACE WITH ALL MEN_] Cultivate, as far as you possibly can, a good understanding, both with Jews and Gentiles. ειρηνηνδιωκετε, pursue peace with the same care, attention, and diligen...
FOLLOW PEACE WITH ALL MEN - Do not give indulgence to those passions which lead to litigations, strifes, wars; see the notes on Romans 14:19. The connection here requires us to understand this mainly...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Looking away unto Jesus (Hebrews 12:1)_ 2. The Contradiction of sinners (Hebrews 12:3) 3. Chastened as sons (Hebrews 12:5) 4. Exhortations ...
As the community is to bear up bravely under persecution, so it is to watch carefully over the purity of its own life. There must be no strife or dissension; above all, there must be moral consecratio...
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 peac...
THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Hebrews 12:1-2)...
FOLLOW. Pursue. The force of the Greek _dioko_ is seen in Philippians 1:3; Philippians 1:14 (press toward). WITH. Greek. _meta_. App-104. HOLINESS. Greek. _hagiasmos._ See Romans 6:19
Need of earnest watchfulness 14. _Follow peace with all men_ The word "men" is better omitted, for doubtless the writer is thinking mainly of peace in the bosom of the little Christian community a pea...
CH. 12. An exhortation to faithful endurance (1–3) and a reminder that our earthly sufferings are due to the fatherly chastisement of God (4–13). The need of earnest watchfulness (14–17). Magnificent...
ΜΕΤᾺ ΠΆΝΤΩΝ. The word “men” is better omitted, for doubtless the writer is thinking mainly of peace in the bosom of the little Christian community—a peace which, even in these early days, was often di...
NEED OF EARNEST WATCHFULNESS...
_RUN WITH ENDURANCE -- HEBREWS 12:4-17:_ Christians must be faithful, even during the worst of suffering. Christ suffered, even unto death. His sufferings are contrasted with the sufferings of the Heb...
ΔΙΏΚΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΔΙΏΚΩ (G1377) охотиться, гнать, преследовать, ΆΓΙΑΣΜΌΣ (G38) святость, в данном послании определенная как приближение к Богу с чистой совестью (10:10, 22), истинное пр...
DISCOURSE: 2337 THE NECESSITY OF HOLINESS Hebrews 12:14. _Follow.…holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord_. THE Gospel, while it brings us into a state of reconciliation with God, enjoins u...
_HEBREWS 12:14_.— The sacred writer now proceeds to exhort the Hebrew Christians to the exerciseofuniversalpeacewith believing Gentiles, as well as with the believing Jews, and to the practice of holi...
_Falling short of the grace of God. Hebrews 12:14-17_ _TEXT_ Hebrews 12:14-17 Hebrews 12:14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see t
A CALL TO DILIGENCE (Hebrews 12:14) The connection between the verses which were before us on the last occasion and that which is now to engage our attention is not apparent at the first glance. Ther...
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: FOLLOW PEACE WITH ALL - with the brethren especially (Romans 14:19), that so the "lame" among them be not "turned o...
1 This cloud of "witnesses" consists of those just enumerated, who witness to the life of faith. It has no reference to any who are watching the Hebrews. A witness is one who testifies, and it is the...
12:14 holiness, (p-6) _ Hagiasmos_ . See Note i at Romans 1:4 ....
THE CONTEST. ENDURANCE, HOLINESS, AND DIVINE COMMUNION PROPOSED TO THE SONS OF GOD Inspired by the example of those victorious heroes of faith who now encompass us, we ought to run our race patiently,...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 12 THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE 12:1-29 JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE 12:1-3 V1 Like a great cloud, there are a lot of *witnesses round us. Let us then...
FOLLOW PEACE. — More clearly (as our word “follow” is somewhat ambiguous), _follow after peace._ There is a manifest allusion to Psalms 34:14 (quoted also in 1 Peter 3:11). This charge is general (Rom...
CHAPTER XIV. CONFLICT. "Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with...
The Hebrews are reminded that their sufferings are tokens of God's fatherly love and care....
ENDURE CHASTENING; SEEK HOLINESS Hebrews 12:9 If we are God's children, we will not look on suffering as a punishment. Chastening it may be, but not the penalty of sin. It is administered by our Fath...
After this rapid survey of the past, the writer makes his great appeal. It is that we "consider Him" who is "the Author and Perfecter of faith." The final appeals of the Epistle fall into four sectio...
AN EXHORTATION TO CONTINUE TO THE END OF THE RACE The writer urged the Hebrews to take strength from knowing God loved them and continue the race. To aid in this, he encouraged them to choose as strai...
(9) Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: (9) We must live in peace and holiness with all men....
_Wherefore life up the [4] hands, &c. Be fervent in piety, walk firmly in the way of virtue, make straight [5] steps, without declining to one side or the other, without halting or going astray, and s...
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: I wish the Reader to look at this verse by itself, as so much perversion hath been made of it, that it demands this at...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
_HOLINESS OF LIFE_ ‘Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.’ Hebrews 12:14 Our subject is holiness; personal holiness which shows itself in the daily life;...
14._Follow peace, etc. _Men are so born that they all seem to shun peace; for all study their own interest, seek their own ways, and care not to accommodate themselves to the ways of others. Unless th...
The epistle now enters on the practical exhortations that flow from its doctrinal instruction, with reference to the dangers peculiar to the Hebrew Christians - instruction suited throughout to inspir...
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 socie...
From his exhortation unto patient perseverance in the profession of the gospel, under sufferings and afflictions, the apostle proceeds unto a prescription of practical duties; and although they are su...
Follow peace with all _men_, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Ver. 14. _Follow peace_] Gr. pursue it, though it flee from you. I am for peace (saith David), but when I speak of...
HEB. 12:14. FOLLOW PEACE WITH ALL (MEN), AND HOLINESS, WITHOUT WHICH NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD: Holiness is "the common beaten road in which all the godly travel" according to the sermon, "Hypocrite...
_Wherefore_ Since afflictions are so beneficial; _lift up the hands_ Whether your own or your brethren's; _which hang down_ Unable to continue the combat; shake off discouragement, sloth, and indolenc...
FOLLOW PEACE WITH ALL; so far as duty will permit. SEE THE LORD; dwell with or enjoy him....
How rightly now Chapter 12 admonishes the saints of God to act by faith; for where faith is in godly exer\-cise, every honorable and true responsibility will be willingly assumed, with the confidence...
12-17 A burden of affliction is apt to make the Christian's hands hang down, and his knees grow feeble, to dispirit him and discourage him; but against this he must strive, that he may better run his...
OLBGrk; Here begins the second head of counsel in this chapter. That seeing the gospel church Officer, the great Reconciler of sinners to, and Sanctifier of them for, God, was fully revealed to them,...
Hebrews 12:14 Pursue G1377 (G5720) peace G1515 with G3326 all G3956 and G2532 holiness G38 without G5565 which...
‘Follow after (‘pursue') peace with all, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord.' Some see this as meaning ‘all men' as in Romans 12:18, but the context rather suggests it mean...
Hebrews 12:12-17. Further exhortations. Hebrews 12:12. WHEREFORE (connecting the practical appeals, as is usual in this Epistle, with the reasoning and imagery of the previous verses) LIFT UP (make st...
Hebrews 12:14. FOLLOW PEACE WITH ALL (believers, the true parallel being Romans 14:19), AND HOLINESS (the appropriation by us of the Divine holiness of Hebrews 12:10; there it is the Divine attribute,...
FOLLOW AFTER PEACE (ειρηνην διωκετε). Give peace a chase as if in a hunt.WITH ALL MEN (μετα παντων). Like Paul's use of διωκω with ειρηνην in Romans 14:19 and his to εξ υμων (so far as proceeds fr...
Hebrews 12:14 Peace and Holiness. The two exhortations to follow peace with all men and that holiness without which none can see the Lord comprise the whole Christian life. I. The characteristic fea...
Hebrews 12:14 The Peaceful Temper. There are many particular duties in which Christianity and worldly wisdom meet, both recommending the same course. One of these is the duty mentioned in the text, v...
May the Spirit of God graciously instruct us while we read this chapter! You know that, in the eleventh chapter, the apostle has pictured the ancient worshipers and their victories. Imagine that you...
Hebrews 12:1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience th...
The apostle, having deserted the heroes of the faith, represents them as witnesses of the great race which Christians in all ages have to run. All through the chapter he keeps up the idea of the great...
L, 2. _Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race...
After giving a long list of the heroes of faith, the apostle adds: Hebrews 12:1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and th...
CONTENTS: The Father's chastening of believers and its purpose. The difference between living under law and under grace. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Esau, Moses, Abel. CONCLUSION: Christians have a race...
Hebrews 12:1. _Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses._ Confessors and martyrs of the ancient church are here supposed to be the spectators of our course, and...
TRY TO BE AT PEACE. "You must make an effort to be at peace with the Gentiles as well as the Jews, and even with your enemies!" TRY TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE. "You must make a positive effort to live pure a...
_Follow peace._ ., and holiness THE WINNOWING FAN I. TWO THINGS TO BE FOLLOWED. We are to follow peace and holiness; the two are consistent with each other and may be followed together. Peace is to...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 12:14 PEACE WITH EVERYONE. See Romans 12:18;...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 12:9. FATHER OF SPIRITS.—See Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16; Zechariah 12:1. “The Creator of
EXPOSITION The exhortation, begun at Hebrews 10:19, but interrupted at Hebrews 11:1. I by the chapter on faith, is now taken up again with increased force from the array of examples that have been add...
Shall we turn now to Hebrews, chapter 12. Wherefore, seeing we are also compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses (Hebrews 12:1), What this does not mean is that the Old Testament saints, wh...
1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 John 3:2; 1 John 3:3;...
Follow peace [ε ι ρ η ν η ν δ ι ω κ ε τ ε]. Comp. LXX, Psalms 23:14, and Romans 14:19; 1 Peter 3:11. The verb is used of the pursuit of moral and spiritual ends,...
Follow peace with all men — This second branch of the exhortation concerns our neighbours; the third, God. And holiness — The not following after all holiness, is the direct way to fall into sin of ev...
Our apostle having now finished his exhortation unto patient perseverance in the profession of the gospel under all sufferings and afflictions, he now proceeds to. prescription of practical duties inc...