Let’s read through the book of Hebrews one verse at a time in 2023. Every day explore a single verse and its cross references. AI-generated text draws the passages together. RSS feed.
For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
The cross references for Hebrews 12:10 relate to the idea of being disciplined and sanctified by God for His purposes. The passages emphasize that God disciplines us for our own good, so that we may share in His holiness. This holiness is achieved through the washing of water with the Word, being redeemed from all lawlessness, and being granted the promises of the divine nature. Ultimately, these passages emphasize that God's discipline is for our own good and that it is through His grace that we can be sanctified and made holy.
| Passage | How It’s Related (AI-Generated) |
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| Leviticus 11:44-45: For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground. For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.” | Both passages refer to God's call to holiness. Hebrews 12:10 explains that God disciplines us so that we may share his holiness. Leviticus 11:44-45 explains that God requires us to be holy because he is holy, and he brought the Israelites out of Egypt to be his people. |
| Ezekiel 36:25-27: I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. | Both passages demonstrate God's desire for us to be holy, as is His own nature. Hebrews 12:10 explains that God disciplines us for our own good, so that we can share in His holiness. Ezekiel 36:25–27 explains that God will cleanse us and give us a new heart and spirit, and put His own Spirit within us, so that we will be able to walk in His statutes and obey His rules. |
| Ephesians 5:26-27: that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. | Both passages speak to the holiness of God's people. Hebrews 12:10 emphasizes that God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in his holiness. Ephesians 5:26-27 suggests that God sanctifies us through the washing of water with the word, so that we may be presented to him without spot or wrinkle and be holy and without blemish. |
| Titus 2:14: who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. | Both passages discuss God's discipline and its purpose. Hebrews 12:10 explains that God's discipline is for our good, so that we may share in his holiness. Titus 2:14 explains that God gave himself for us to redeem us from lawlessness and to purify a people for his own possession who will be zealous for good works. |
| 2 Peter 1:4: by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. | Both passages emphasize the importance of holiness. Hebrews 12:10 teaches that God disciplines us for our own good, so that we can share his holiness. 2 Peter 1:4 explains that God has given us promises that, if accepted, will enable us to partake in the divine nature and escape the corruption of the world. |
Heavenly Father, we thank You for the precious gift of Your discipline. We thank You for the reminder that it is for our own good and so that we may share in Your holiness. We pray that You would give us clean hearts, and that You would put Your Spirit within us, so that we may walk in Your statutes and obey Your rules. We thank You for Your promise to sanctify us with Your Word, and for Your willingness to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify us for Yourself. Help us to become partakers of Your divine nature, and to escape from the corruption that is in this world. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
This reading plan reads through a single verse each day, six days a week, paired with the most-popular cross references for the verse. AI-generated (and human-reviewed) text provides an opening thought and concluding prayer along with an explanation for how each cross reference relates to the verse. In 2023, this reading plan works through Hebrews one verse at a time. Every seventh day is a catchup day. Want more info? Try this blog post.
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