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Hebrews 12:4

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

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ASV

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:

KJV

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
οὔπωoupōNot yetG3768 →
μέχριςmechrisuntoG3360 →
αἵματοςaimatosbloodG129 →
ἀντικατέστητεantikatestētehave you resistedG478 →
πρὸςprosagainstG4314 →
τὴνtēn<the>G3588 →
ἁμαρτίανhamartiansinG266 →
ἀνταγωνιζόμενοιantagōnizomenoistrugglingG464 →

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Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.Hebrews 10:32–34Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.Revelation 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.2 Timothy 4:6–7For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.Romans 7:23But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.Hebrews 10:32Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.Philippians 1:30since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.2 Timothy 2:5Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.Joshua 23:6Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.Revelation 6:9–11And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.Revelation 18:24And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.Revelation 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.1 Corinthians 9:25Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.Colossians 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

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