Heb 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of {our} faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. {author: or, beginner}
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Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed {himself} to him that judgeth righteously: {himself: or, his cause}
Who being the brightness of {his} glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform {it} until the day of Jesus Christ: {perform: or, finish}
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; {glorious...: Gr. the appearance of the glory of the great God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ}
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. {fashion: or habit}
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I {am} God, and {there is} none else.
Him hath God exalted with his right hand {to be} a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: {conversation...: or, we live or conduct ourselves as citizens of heaven, or, for obtaining heaven}
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were {our} faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. {we hid...: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us}
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
And he said, Abba, Father, all things {are} possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
Now of the things which we have spoken {this is} the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy {are ye}; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: {thereby: or, in himself}
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
The LORD will perfect {that which} concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, {endureth} for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: {lower...: or, while inferior to}
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. {taketh away: or, beareth}
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all {men} unto me.
But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided {him}, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: {coming: Gr. revelation}
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. {rest...: Heb. dwell confidently}
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put {him} to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see {his} seed, he shall prolong {his} days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. {thou...: or, his soul shall make an offering}
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. {It is...: or, Art thou lighter than that thou shouldest, etc} {preserved: or, desolations}
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
[A Psalm of David.] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send {it} unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because {they are} many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for {his} only {son}, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for {his} firstborn.
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw {it}, and was glad.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked {him}, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
But I {am} a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries {are} all before thee.
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: {hast...: or, thou hast fitted me}
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope {did}; by the which we draw nigh unto God. {the bringing...: or, it was the bringing in}
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band {of soldiers}. {common hall: or, governor's house}
And others had trial of {cruel} mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform {it} until the day of Jesus Christ: {perform: or, finish}
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. {were lightened: or, they flowed unto him}
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
[A Psalm of David.] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. {fashion: or habit}
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, {which are} the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen {are} temporal; but the things which are not seen {are} eternal.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were {our} faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. {we hid...: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us}
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast {our} profession.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I {am} God, and {there is} none else.
Who being the brightness of {his} glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
I {am} he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant {places}; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
His lord said unto him, Well done, {thou} good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
The disciple is not above {his} master, nor the servant above his lord.
For it became him, for whom {are} all things, and by whom {are} all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Now of the things which we have spoken {this is} the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
If I then, {your} Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before {it hated} you.
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. {patient...: or, patience of Christ}
Yet if {any man suffer} as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for {his} only {son}, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for {his} firstborn.
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
For such an high priest became us, {who is} holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Therefore will I divide him {a portion} with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
A glorious high throne from the beginning {is} the place of our sanctuary.
For {as} a young man marrieth a virgin, {so} shall thy sons marry thee: and {as} the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, {so} shall thy God rejoice over thee. {as the...: Heb. with the joy of the bridegroom}
Him hath God exalted with his right hand {to be} a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so {is} my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit {was} sweet to my taste. {I sat...: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc} {taste: Heb. palate}
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of {this} calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of {his} goodness, and the work of faith with power: {count: or, vouchsafe}
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, {even} Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
And when he hath found {it}, he layeth {it} on his shoulders, rejoicing.
But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. {our love: Gr. love with us}
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries {are} all before thee.
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
He shall see of the travail of his soul, {and} shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. {of the...: or, of the handmaids of my servants}
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
And above the firmament that {was} over their heads {was} the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne {was} the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put {it} upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and {that} they had done these things unto him.
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And {Pilate} saith unto them, Behold the man!
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with {him} through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. {believed: or, trusted}
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: {yet} surely my judgment {is} with the LORD, and my work with my God. {my work: or, my reward}
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. {discouraged: Heb. broken}
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
I became also a reproach unto them: {when} they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote {him}.
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing {their} knees worshipped him.
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
All thy garments {smell} of myrrh, and aloes, {and} cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put {him} to an open shame.
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed {art} thou among women, and blessed {is} the fruit of thy womb.