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Hebrews 10:24
24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
Hebrews 10:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
- English Standard Version (ESV)And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
Context of Hebrews 10:24
22let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. 26If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,
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καὶ κατανοῶμεν ἀλλήλους εἰς παροξυσμὸν ἀγάπης καὶ καλῶν ἔργωνRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Hebrews 10:24
- Hebrews 13:3Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
- Psalms 41:1Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.
- Proverbs 29:7The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
- Acts 11:29The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
- Romans 15:1We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
- 1 Corinthians 8:12When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
- 1 Corinthians 10:33even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.
- Galatians 6:1Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
- Colossians 3:16Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:9We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.
- Romans 11:4And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
- 2 Corinthians 8:8I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
- 2 Corinthians 9:2For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.
Commentaries on Hebrews 10:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24And let us consider one another - · Let us diligently and attentively consider each other's trials, difficulties, and weaknesses; feel for each other, and excite each other to an increase of love to God and man; and, as the proof of it, to be fruitful in good works. The words , to the provocation, are often taken in a good sense, and signify excitement, stirring up, to do any thing laudable, useful, honorable, or necessary. Xenophon, Cyrop., lib. vi…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24And let us consider one another - Let us so regard the welfare of others as to endeavor to excite them to persevere in the Christian life. The idea is, that much might be done, in securing perseverance and fidelity, by mutual kind exhortation. They were not to be selfish; they were not to regard their own interests only (notes, Philemon 2:4); they were to have a kind sympathy in the concerns of each other. They had, as Christians have now, the same duties…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-25Verses 19-25 The apostle having closed the first part of the epistle, the doctrine is applied to practical purposes. As believers had an open way to the presence of God, it became them to use this privilege. The way and means by which Christians enjoy such privileges, is by the blood of Jesus, by the merit of that blood which he offered up as an atoning sacrifice. The agreement of infinite holiness with pardoning mercy, was not clearly understood till the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24True Christian commitment is shown through acts of love and good deeds (Hebrews 6:10; 10:32–34; Galatians 5:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Revelation 2:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Here, as elsewhere, hope and love follow faith; the Pauline triad of Christian graces. consider--with the mind attentively fixed on "one another" (see on He 3:1), contemplating with continual consideration the characters and wants of our brethren, so as to render mutual help and counsel. Compare "consider," Psa 41:1, and He 12:15, "(All) looking diligently lest any fail of the grace of God." to provoke--Greek, "with a view to provoking unto love,"…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hebrews 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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