Verš 1
Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.
Rim 6:4 - For through baptism we have been buried with him into death, so that, in the manner that Christ rose from the dead, by the glory of the Father, so may we also walk in the newness of life.
Ef 4:22 - to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error,
Kol 3:8 - But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth.
1Pt 2:1 - Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction.
Rim 12:12 - in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;
Heb 10:36 - For it is necessary for you to be patient, so that, by doing the will of God, you may receive the promise.
1Kor 9:24 - Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.
Verš 2
Let us gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of God.
Lk 24:26 - Was not the Christ required to suffer these things, and so enter into his glory?”
Flp 2:8 - He humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, even the death of the Cross.
1Pt 1:11 - inquiring as to what type of condition was signified to them by the Spirit of Christ, when foretelling those sufferings that are in Christ, as well as the subsequent glories.
Heb 1:3 - And since the Son is the brightness of his glory, and the figure of his substance, and is carrying all things by the Word of his virtue, thereby accomplishing a purging of sins, he sits at the right hand of Majesty on high.
Heb 8:1 - Now the main point in the things that have been stated is this: that we have so great a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,
Verš 4
For you have not yet resisted unto blood, while striving against sin.
1Kor 10:13 - Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.
Verš 5
And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.”
Jób 5:17 - Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.
Prís 3:11 - My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him.
Zjv 3:19 - Those whom I love, I rebuke and chastise. Therefore, be zealous and do penance.
Verš 12
Because of this, lift up your lazy hands and your lax knees,
Iz 35:3 - Strengthen the lax hands, and confirm the weak knees!
Verš 14
Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.
Rim 12:18 - If it is possible, in so far as you are able, be at peace with all men.
2Tim 2:22 - So then, flee from the desires of your youth, yet truly, pursue justice, faith, hope, charity, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.
Mt 5:8 - Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Verš 15
Be contemplative, lest anyone lack the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up and impede you, and by it, many might be defiled,
2Kor 6:1 - But, as a help to you, we exhort you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
Dt 29:18 - so that there would not be among you man or woman, family or tribe, whose heart has been turned away this day from the Lord our God, so as to go and serve the gods of those nations. For then there would be among you a root springing forth gall and bitterness.
Sk 17:13 - Then, when the Jews of Thessalonica had realized that the Word of God was also preached by Paul at Beroea, they went there also, stirring up and disturbing the multitude.
Gal 5:12 - And I wish that those who disturb you would be torn away.
Verš 16
lest any fornicator or worldly person be like Esau, who, for the sake of one meal, sold his birthright.
Ef 5:3 - But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints,
Kol 3:5 - Therefore, mortify your body, while it is upon the earth. For because of fornication, impurity, lust, evil desires, and avarice, which are a kind of service to idols,
1Sol 4:3 - For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from fornication,
Gn 25:33 - Jacob said, “So then, swear to me.” Esau swore to him, and he sold his right of the firstborn.
Verš 17
For you know that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected. For he found no place for repentance, even though he had sought it with tears.
Gn 27:36 - But he responded: “Justly is his name called Jacob. For he has supplanted me yet another time. My birthright he took away before, and now, this second time, he has stolen my blessing.” And again, he said to his father, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me also?”
Verš 18
But you have not drawn near to a tangible mountain, or a burning fire, or a whirlwind, or a mist, or a storm,
Ex 19:10 - who said to him: “Go to the people, and sanctify them today, and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments.
Ex 20:21 - And the people stood far away. But Moses approached toward the mist, in which was God.
Ex 19:16 - And now, the third day arrived and the morning dawned. And behold, thunders began to be heard, and also lightning flashed, and a very dense cloud covered the mountain, and the noise of the trumpet resounded vehemently. And the people who were in the camp were fearful.
Dt 5:22 - The Lord spoke these words to the entire multitude of you on the mountain, from the midst of the fire and the cloud and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone, which he delivered to me.
Verš 19
or the sound of a trumpet, or a voice of words. Those who had experienced these things excused themselves, lest the Word be spoken to them.
Ex 20:19 - saying to Moses: “Speak to us, and we will listen. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we may die.”
Dt 5:25 - Therefore, why should we die, and why should this very great fire devour us? For if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we will die.
Dt 18:16 - just as you petitioned of the Lord your God at Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and you said: ‘Let me no longer hear the voice of the Lord my God, and let me no longer see this very great fire, lest I die.’
Verš 20
For they could not bear what was said, and so, if even a beast would have touched the mountain, it would have been stoned.
Ex 19:13 - Hands shall not touch him, but he shall be crushed with stones, or he shall be pierced through with darts. Whether it be a beast or a man, he shall not live. For when the trumpet begins to sound, perhaps they might go up toward the mountain.”
Verš 22
But you have drawn near to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of Angels,
Gal 4:26 - But that Jerusalem which is above is free; the same is our mother.
Zjv 3:12 - Whoever prevails, I will set him as a column in the temple of my God, and he shall not depart from it anymore. And I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that descends out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
Zjv 21:10 - And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain. And he showed me the Holy City Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Verš 23
and to the Church of the first-born, those who have been inscribed in the heavens, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,
Lk 10:20 - Yet truly, do not choose to rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Verš 24
and to Jesus, the Mediator of the New Testament, and to a sprinkling of blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.
Heb 10:22 - So, let us draw near with a true heart, in the fullness of faith, having hearts cleansed from an evil conscience, and bodies absolved with clean water.
1Pt 1:2 - in accord with the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, with the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied for you.
Gn 4:10 - And he said to him: “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to me from the land.
Heb 11:4 - By faith, Abel offered to God a much better sacrifice than that of Cain, through which he obtained testimony that he was just, in that God offered testimony to his gifts. And through that sacrifice, he still speaks to us, though he is dead.
Verš 25
Be careful not to reject the One who is speaking. For if those who rejected him who was speaking upon the earth were not able to escape, so much more we who might turn away from the One who is speaking to us from heaven.
Heb 2:3 - in what way might we escape, if we neglect such a great salvation? For though initially it had begun to be described by the Lord, it was confirmed among us by those who heard him,
Verš 26
Then, his voice moved the earth. But now, he makes a promise, saying: “There is still one more time, and then I will move, not only the earth, but also heaven itself.”
Ag 2:6 - And act according to the word that I planted with you when you departed from the land of Egypt. And my Spirit will be in your midst. Do not be afraid.
Verš 28
Thus, in receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace. So, through grace, let us be of service, by pleasing God with fear and reverence.
1Pt 2:5 - be also yourselves like living stones, built upon him, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, so as to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Verš 29
For our God is a consuming fire.
Dt 4:24 - For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
