“For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart — logismai (consider) Jesus' endurance of hostility from sinners; this meditation prevents weariness (kamno) and fainting (apokyeo). Contemplation of Jesus sustains perseverance.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 12:3
“For consider,” says he, “Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” For if the sufferings of those near us arouse us, what earnestness will not those of our Master give us! What will they not work in us! And passing by all [else], he expressed the whole by the [word] “Contradiction”; and by adding “such.” For the blows upon the cheek, the laughter, the insults, the reproaches, the mockeries, all these he…
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