Hebrews 12:15

Moffatt

Hebrews 12:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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;

Looking

Any man

Luke 22:32

1 Corinthians 13:8

Galatians 5:4

Fail of

Galatians 5:4

Any root

Hebrews 3:12

Matthew 7:16

Trouble

Ephesians 5:3

Colossians 3:5

And thereby

General references

Mark 13:33

Acts 5:11

Bible References

Looking

We must therefore pay closer attention to what we have heard, in case we drift away.

Brothers, take care in case there is a wicked, unbelieving heart in any of you, moving you to apostatize from the living God.

Well then, as the promise of entrance into his Rest is still left to us, let us be afraid of anyone being judged to have missed it.

It is my heart's desire that each of you would prove equally keen upon realizing your full hope to the very end,

let us hold the hope we avow without wavering (for we can rely on him who gave us the Promise);

Do you not know that in a race, though all run, only one man gains the prize? Run so as to win the prize.

So let anyone who thinks he stands secure, take care in case he falls.

I appeal to you too, as a worker with God, do not receive the grace of God in vain.

Put yourselves to the proof, not me; test yourselves, to see if you are in the faith. Do you not understand that Christ Jesus is within you? Otherwise you must be failures.

So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;

Now as all things are thus to be dissolved, what holy and pious men ought you to be in your behaviour,

Watch yourselves; you must not lose what you have been working for, but gain a full reward.

But do you, beloved, build up yourselves on your most holy faith and pray in the holy Spirit,

Any man

but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers."

Love never disappears. As for prophesying, it will be superseded; as for 'tongues,' they will cease; as for knowledge, it will be superseded.

You are for justification by the Law? Then you are done with Christ, you have deserted grace,

Fail of

You are for justification by the Law? Then you are done with Christ, you have deserted grace,

Any root

Brothers, take care in case there is a wicked, unbelieving heart in any of you, moving you to apostatize from the living God.

You will know them by their fruit; do men gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? No,

Trouble

Never let any sexual vice or impurity or lust be so much as mentioned by you ??that is the proper course for saints to take;

So put to death those members that are on earth: sexual vice, impurity, appetite, evil desire, and lust (which is idolatry),

And thereby

and men of your own number will arise with perversions of the truth to draw the disciples after them.

Your boasting is no credit to you. Do you not know that a morsel of dough will leaven the whole lump?

Make no mistake about this: 'bad company is the ruin of good character.'

The rest of the Jewish Christians also played false along with him, so much so that even Barnabas was carried away by their false play.

Avoid all that profane jargon, for it leads people still further into irreligion,

Still, false prophets did appear among the People, as among you also there will be false teachers, men who will insinuate destructive heresies, even disowning the Lord who ransomed them; they bring rapid destruction on themselves,

General references

Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time.

Great awe came over the whole church and over all who heard about this.