Berean Standard Bible
3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
The Pioneer Translation RenderingRendered from the original Greek
Hebrews 12:3
Jesus the Pioneer of Faith
Consider carefully the one who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you do not grow weary and lose heart within your beings.
The verb *analogizomai* means to reckon carefully or think through thoroughly — stronger than a simple "think about." *Antilogian* is translated "hostility" in its primary sense of violent contradiction and opposition. *Tais psychais hymōn* (literally "in your beings") uses *psychē*, rendered here as "beings" following the Pioneer Translation's treatment of this word as life or being rather than an immaterial soul — the phrase captures the inner exhaustion being warned against.
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King James Version
3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Goodspeed New Testament
3Think of the opposition that he encountered from those sinners against themselves, if you would not grow weary and faint-hearted.
Translation for Translators
T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →3Jesus patiently endured it when sinful people acted so hostilely against him. Try to act the way he did, so that you do not give up trusting God or become discouraged.
Berean Standard Bible
Goodspeed New Testament
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Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Think of the opposition that he encountered from those sinners against themselves, if you would not grow weary and faint-hearted.
Berean Standard Bible
Goodspeed New Testament
King James Version
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Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Think of the opposition that he encountered from those sinners against themselves, if you would not grow weary and faint-hearted.
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
SBL
Greek, word by word
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Ἀναλογίσασθε think upon ἀναλογίζομαι analogízomai middle voice from G356 (ἀναλογία); to estimate, i.e. (figuratively) contemplate consider γὰρ for γάρ gár a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other par τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, τοιαύτην of such a kind τοιοῦτος toioûtos (including the other inflections); from G5104 (τοί) and G3778 (οὗτος); truly this, i.e. of this sort (to denote characte ὑπομεμενηκότα remain behind ὑπομένω hypoménō from G5259 (ὑπό) and G3306 (μένω); to stay under (behind), i.e. remain; figuratively, to undergo, i.e. bear (trials), ha ὑπὸ primary preposition ὑπό hypó a primary preposition; under, i.e. (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, thro τῶν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἁμαρτωλῶν sinning ἁμαρτωλός hamartōlós from G264 (ἁμαρτάνω); sinful, i.e. a sinner sinful, sinner εἰς into εἰς eis a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose ( ⸀ ἑαυτοὺς himself ἑαυτοῦ heautoû from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of G846 (αὐτός); him- ἀντιλογίαν contradiction ἀντιλογία antilogía from a derivative of G483 (ἀντιλέγω); dispute, disobedience contradiction, gainsaying, strife , ἵνα so that ἵνα hína probably from the same as the former part of G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ) (through the demonstrative idea; compare G3588 (ὁ)); in orde μὴ not μή mḗ a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) κάμητε weary κάμνω kámnō apparently a primary verb; properly, to toil, i.e. (by implication) to tire (figuratively, faint, sicken) faint, sick, b ταῖς the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ψυχαῖς life ψυχή psychḗ from G5594 (ψύχω); breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; t ὑμῶν you σύ sý the personal pronoun of the second person singular; thou thou ἐκλυόμενοι unstrung ἐκλύω eklýō from G1537 (ἐκ) and G3089 (λύω); to relax (literally or figuratively) faint .
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Functional Faith Reading
The Greek verb here is analogizomai — to reckon up, to calculate carefully, to fix the mind on something with sustained attention. The object is the Pioneer himself, specifically what he endured: antilogia, which means contradiction or verbal opposition — the cutting hostility of those who rejected him at every turn.
Most readings treat this verse as straightforward encouragement, but they quietly import the assumption that what makes the Pioneer's endurance meaningful is his divine immunity — that he somehow absorbed suffering from a position of transcendent strength. That framing, though rarely stated aloud, drains the verse of its actual force.
What the Functional Faith reading recovers is the rawness of his position. He was not enduring from above the struggle but from inside it — made of the same creaturely material as the people he pioneered for. His endurance cost him something real. That is precisely why the writer says to consider him: not as a theological category but as a pattern that holds under genuine pressure.
For someone walking the road today, this means that weariness is not failure — it is the condition the Pioneer himself was in. You fix your eyes on him not to feel guilty for struggling, but to find a trailblazer who struggled first.
Sit with this
What would it change in you today if you believed the Pioneer's endurance was purchased at full cost, not discounted?
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