Hebrews 10:25 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 10:25

Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

BSB

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ASV

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

KJV

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,.... Or the episynagogue of one another; which word is used to distinguish Christian assemblies from Jewish synagogues, and to denote the coalition of Jews and Gentiles in one church state, and to express the saints' gathering together to Christ; see 2Th 2:1 and their act of meeting together in some one place to attend his worship, word, and ordinances. Now to "forsake" such assembling, signifies a great infrequency in attending with the saints, a rambling from place to place, and takes in an entire apostasy.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Not forsaking the assembling ourselves - In public or private worship. As the manner of some is - Either through fear of persecution, or from a vain imagination that they were above external ordinances. But exhorting one another - To faith, love, and good works.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together - That is, for purposes of public worship. Some expositors have understood the word rendered here as “assembling” - ἐπισυναγωγὴν episunagōgēn - as meaning “the society of Christians,” or the church; and they have supposed that the object of the apostle here is, to exhort them. not to apostatize from the church. The arguments for this opinion may be seen at length in Kuinoel, in loc.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐγκαταλείποντες	egkataleipontes	forsaking	G1459 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ἐπισυναγωγὴν	episunagōgēn	assembling together	G1997 →
ἑαυτῶν	he'autōn	of ourselves	G1438 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
ἔθος	ethos	[is the] custom	G1485 →
τισίν,	tisin	with some,	G5100 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
παρακαλοῦντες,	parakalountes	encouraging [one another],	G3870 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοσούτῳ	tosoutō	so much	G5118 →
μᾶλλον	mallon	more	G3123 →
ὅσῳ	hosō	as much as	G3745 →
βλέπετε	blepete	you see	G991 →
ἐγγίζουσαν	engizousan	drawing near	G1448 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ἡμέραν.¶	hēmeran	Day.	G2250 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11
  Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 John 3:18
  Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
- Hebrews 13:1
  Continue in brotherly love.
Through
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 5:4
  When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,
- Revelation 21:3
  And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will…
Through
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:29
  Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:18
  Therefore encourage one another with these words.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 15:2
  Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews