Hebrews 12:3-13. 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 | 3 analogisasqe
gar ton toiauthn upomemenhkota upo twn amartwlwn eiV eauton antilogian
ina mh kamhte taiV yucaiV umwn ekluomenoi
For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. |
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B | 4 oupw
mecriV aimatoV antikatesthte proV thn amartian antagwnizomenoi
You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding
blood in your striving against sin; and you have forgotten the exhortation which is
addressed to you as sons, "My son, do not regard lightly the
discipline of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by Him; For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son whom He receives." 7 eiV paideian upomenete It is for discipline that you endure; |
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C | wV
uioiV umin prosferetai o qeoV tiV gar uioV on ou paideuei pathr
God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there
whom his father does not discipline? But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. |
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D | 9 eita
touV men thV sarkoV hmwn pateraV eicomen paideutaV kai enetrepomeqa
Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; |
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E | ou
polu [de] mallon upotaghsomeqa shall we not much rather be subject |
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F | tw patri
twn pneumatwn to the Father of spirits, |
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E* | kai
zhsomen and live? |
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D* | 10 oi
men gar proV oligaV hmeraV kata to dokoun autoiV epaideuon
For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, |
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C* | o
de epi to sumferon eiV to metalabein thV agiothtoV autou but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. |
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B* | 11 pasa
de paideia proV men to paron ou dokei caraV einai alla luphV usteron de
karpon eirhnikon toiV di authV gegumnasmenoiV apodidwsin dikaiosunhV
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. |
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A* | 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. |