“Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.”
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood — the addressed community has not suffered martyrdom; their struggle (agon) against sin remains short of blood-shedding. The reminder is comforting: their sufferings, while real, have not reached the extreme.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 12:4
“You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of Him. For whom the Lord loves, He chastens: and scourges every son whom He receives.” There are two kinds of consolation, apparently opposed to one another, but yet contributing great strength each to the other; both of which he has here put forward.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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