Hebrews 4:12
Greek Text— Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”
You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.
Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand,
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.
But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.
seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.
“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
For I am Yahweh. I will speak, and the word that I speak will be performed. It will be no more deferred; for in your days, rebellious house, I will speak the word, and will perform it,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”
The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions will serve and obey him.’
For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.
We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:
He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father:
But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,
to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.
But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?
“To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.
Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from Solomon which he didn’t tell her.
His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction. A bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.
“For I know their works and their thoughts. The time comes that I will gather all nations and languages, and they will come, and will see my glory.
For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);
They said to one another, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,
Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.