Therefore (τοιγαρουν). Triple compound inferential participle (τοι, γαρ, ουν) like the German doch denn nun, a conclusion o…

Chapter Twelve

Analysis of the Chapter

The apostle, having illustrated the nature and power of faith in the previous chapter, proceed…

Wherefore seeing we also are compa ed about.—Rather, Therefore let us also—since we are compa ed about with so great a cloud o…

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 easil…

“We” links the writer to his readers. He is a competitor in the race as well as they and writes as one who is as much caught up in the contest as t…

Wherefore, seeing we also, etc. This conclusion is, as it were, an epilogue to the previous chapter, in which he shows the purpose for whi…

Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about, As the Israelites were encompassed with the pillar of cloud, or with the c…

The persevering obedience of faith in Christ was the race set before the Hebrews, in which they must either win the crown of glory, or have everlas…

Having commended in a number of ways the faith by which the members are joined to Christ the head, the Apostle now gives a moral admonition to keep…