Hebrews 12:11-17. Chiastic structure copied from Chiastic Analysis
of the Epistle to the Hebrews, arranged by John Bligh (Athenaeum
Press, Heythrop College, Oxon, England: 1966). Bligh's work is almost entirely
in Greek. For website purposes, I have used unaccented Greek from the Unbound Bible,
Nestle-Aland 26,
at unbound.biola.edu
I have added English from the New American Standard Bible, revised.
A | 11 pasa
de paideia proV men to paron ou dokei caraV einai alla luphV All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; |
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B | usteron de
karpon eirhnikon toiV di authV gegumnasmenoiV apodidwsin dikaiosunhV
yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. |
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C | 12 dio
taV pareimenaV ceiraV kai ta paralelumena gonata anorqwsate
Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, 13 kai trociaV orqaV poieite toiV posin umwn ina mh to cwlon ektraph iaqh de mallon and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed. |
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D | 14 eirhnhn
diwkete meta pantwn
Pursue peace with all men, |
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E | kai ton
agiasmon ou cwriV oudeiV oyetai ton kurion and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord. |
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D* | 15 episkopounteV
See to it |
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C* | mh
tiV usterwn apo thV caritoV tou qeou mh tiV riza pikriaV anw fuousa
enoclh kai di authV mianqwsin polloi
that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled; 16 mh tiV pornoV h bebhloV wV hsau oV anti brwsewV miaV apedeto ta prwtotokia eautou that there be no immoral or godless person like
Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. |
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B* | metepeita
qelwn klhronomhsai thn eulogian apedokimasqh afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, |
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A* | metanoiaV
gar topon ouc euren kaiper meta dakruwn ekzhthsaV authn for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears. |