THIS chapter contains an application of the doctrine, declared and confirmed in the foregoing chapter, unto the use of the Hebrews. Doctrine and use were the apostle's method; and must, at least virtu…

The apostle here riseth unto the highest direction, encouragement, and example, with respect unto the same duty, whereof we are capable. Hitherto he hath proposed unto us their example who had and pro…

And the apostle carries on the same argument, with respect unto an especial improvement, of it in this verse. Ver. 3.—Ἀναλογίσασθε γὰρ τὸν τοιαύτην ὑπομεμενηκότα ὑπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν εἰς αὑτὸν ἀντιλογία…

Οὔπω μέχρις αἵματος ἀντικατέστητε πρὸς τὴν ἀμαρτίαν ἀνταγωνιζόμενοι. Ver. 4.—Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. Having proposed the great example of Jesus Christ, and given d…

Καὶ ἐκλέλησθε τῆς παρακλήσεως, ἤτις ὑμῖν ὡς υἱοῖς διαλέγεται· Υι̇έ μου, μὴ ὀλιγώρει παιδείας Κυρίου, μηδὲ ἐκλύου ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐλεγχόμενος. Παρακλήσεως. Vulg. Lat., "consolationis," "of the comfort" or "…

Ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ Κύριος, παιδεύει· μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται. The apostle, proceeding with the divine testimony unto his purpose recorded by Solomon, retaining the sense of the whole exactly,…

Εἰ παιδείαν ὑπομένετε, ὡς υἱοῖς ὑμῖν προσφἐρεται ὁ Θεὸς· τίς γάρ ἐστιν υἱὸς ὅν οὐ παιδεύει πατήρ; Παιδείαν ὑπομένετε. Vulg. Lat., "in disciplina perseverate;" Rhem., "persevere ye in discipline:" nei…

Εἰ δὲ χωρίς ἐστε παιδείας, ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασι πάντες, ἄρα νόθοι ἐστὲ, και οὐχ υἱοί. Νόθοι. Syr., גוּכְיָיֵא, "aliens," "foreigners," "strangers." Vulg. Lat., "adulteri;" which the Rhem. render "bast…

Εἶτα τοὺς μὲν τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν πατέρας εἴχομεν παιδευτὰς, καὶ ἐνετρεπόμεθα· οὐ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὑποταγησόμεθα τῷ Πατρὶ τῶν πνευμάτων, καὶ ζήσομεν; Οἱ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμέρας, κατὰ τὸ δοκοῦν αὐτοῖς, ἐπαί…

Πᾶσα δὲ παιδεία πρὸς μὲν τὸ παρὸν οὐ δοκεῖ χαρᾶς εἶναι, ἀλλὰ λύπης· ὕστερον δὲ καρπὸν εἰρηνικὸν δἰ αὐτῆς γεγυμνασμένοις ἀποδίδωσι δικαιοσύνης. Καρπόν. Syr., פִּארֵא דָּשְׁלָמָא וַדְזַדּיקוּתָא, "the…

In these verses an entrance is made into the second part of the chapter, which is designed unto the application of the doctrine concerning sufferings, afflictions, and chastisements, before insisted o…

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…

From a prescription of necessary duties, the apostle proceedeth to give caution and warning against sundry sins and evils that are contrary unto them, and such as, if admitted, would prove ruinous unt…

Μή τις πόρνος ἢ βέζηλος ὡς Ἠσαῦ, ὅς ἀντὶ βρώσεως μιᾶς ἀπέδοτο τὰ πρωτοτόκια αὑτοῦ· ἴστε γὰρ ὅτι καὶ μετέπειτα θέλων κληρονομῆσαι τὴν εὐλογίαν ἀπεδοκιμάσθη· μετανοίας γὰρ τόπον οὐχ εὗρε, καίπερ μετὰ δα…

The discourse from hence unto the end of the chapter is of great weight, and accompanied with sundry difficulties, of which expositors do scarcely so much as take notice. Hence many different interpre…