Hebrews 12:3

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

"For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds." - Hebrews 12:3
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What does Hebrews 12:3 mean?

Hebrews 12:3 in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible reads: "For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds." Hebrews 12:3 is a powerful and encouraging verse that calls believers to reflect on Jesus'…

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Enduring the Contradictions: Focusing on Christ

Hebrews 12:3 tells us, "For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds." This powerful verse invites believers to reflect deeply on the sufferings of Jesus Christ, urging us to look to Him as the ultimate…

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A Prayer for Strength and Endurance in Faith

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I seek Your divine presence, recognizing the weight of the trials and tribulations that life brings. In Your Word, I find comfort and guidance, particularly in Hebrews 12:3, which reminds us, "For consider him that endured such…

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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."
Hebrews 3:12 - "Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God."
Hebrews 12:8
Hebrews 12:12 - "Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;"
Hebrews 13:3
Hebrews 12:29 - "For our God is a consuming fire."
"Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God." - Hebrews 3:12
Hebrews 3:12-13 - "See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."
Hebrews 7:12 - "For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law."
Hebrews 6:3 - "And this will we do, if God permit."
Hebrews 12:21 - "And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)"
Hebrews 12:4 - "Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin."
Hebrews 4:12 – "For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword."
"For our God is a consuming fire." - Hebrews 12:29
Hebrews 8:12 - "For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more."
Hebrews 3:8 - "Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:"
Hebrews 3:19 - "So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief."
Hebrews 4:12 – "For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword."
"For our God [is] a consuming fire." - Hebrews 12:29
"For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." - Hebrews 4:12
Hebrews 12:6 - "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth."
Hebrews 6:12 - "That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Hebrews 3:18 - "And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?"
Hebrews 3:11 - "So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)"
"Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;" - Hebrews 12:12
"For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." - Hebrews 4:12
Hebrews 12:14 - "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:"
Hebrews 12:24 - "And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel."
"And this will we do, if God permit." - Hebrews 6:3