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Hebrews 12:15-16 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 12 · verses 15–16
15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; 16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.Hebrews 12:15-16 · King James Version
Hebrews 12:15-16 in context
13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
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Key words (Strong's)
- diligentlyepiskopeōto look upon, inspect, oversee, look after, care for, of the care of the church which…G1983 →
- bitternesspikriabitter gall, extreme wickedness, a bitter root, and so producing a bitter fruit, metaph…G4088 →
- fornicatorpornosa man who prostitutes his body to another's lust for hire, a male prostitute, a man who…G4205 →
- springingphyōto beget, bring forth, produce, to be born, to spring up, to grow, to shoot forth, spring…G5453 →
- troubleenochleōto excite, disturbance, to trouble, annoyG1776 →
- therebydiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- personbebēlosaccessible, lawful to be trodden, of places, profane, unhallowed, common, public place…G952 →
- gracecharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-17