Hebrews 10:24

Amplified Bible

and let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And let us watch out for one another to provoke love and good works,

King James Version (1611)
And let vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue, and to good workes:

King James Version
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

English Standard Version
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

New American Standard Bible
and let's consider how to encourage one another in love and good deeds,

New Century Version
Let us think about each other and help each other to show love and do good deeds.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,

Legacy Standard Bible
And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,

Berean Standard Bible
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

Contemporary English Version
We should keep on encouraging each other to be thoughtful and to do helpful things.

Complete Jewish Bible
And let us keep paying attention to one another, in order to spur each other on to love and good deeds,

Darby Translation
and let us consider one another for provoking to love and good works;

Easy-to-Read Version
We should think about each other to see how we can encourage each other to show love and do good works.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And let vs consider one another, to prouoke vnto loue, and to good workes,

George Lamsa Translation
And let us consider one another to arouse love and good works:

Good News Translation
Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good.

Lexham English Bible
And let us think about how to stir one another up to love and good works,

Literal Translation
And let us consider one another, to incitement of love and of good works,

American Standard Version
and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

Bible in Basic English
And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

Hebrew Names Version
Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

International Standard Version
And let us continue to consider how to stimulateprovoke">[fn] one another to love and good deeds,

Etheridge Translation
And let us consider one another [fn] with incitement to charity and good works.

Murdock Translation
And let us look on each other, for the excitement of love and good works.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And let vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and good workes,

English Revised Version
and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

World English Bible
Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
to provoke one another to love and to good works:

Weymouth's New Testament
And let us bestow thought on one another with a view to arousing one another to brotherly love and right conduct;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And biholde we togidere in the stiring of charite and of good werkis; not forsakinge oure gadering togidere,

Update Bible Version
and let us consider one another to provoke to love and good works;

Webster's Bible Translation
And let us consider one another to excite to love and to good works:

New English Translation
And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

New King James Version
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,

New Living Translation
Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.

New Life Bible
Let us help each other to love others and to do good.

New Revised Standard
And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And let us attentively consider one another, to provoke unto love and noble works, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And let us consider one another, to provoke unto charity and to good works:

Revised Standard Version
and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and let vs consyder one another to provoke vnto love and to good workes:

Young's Literal Translation
and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and let vs considre one another to ye prouokinge of loue and of good workes:

Mace New Testament (1729)
and let us animate one another to the mutual returns of love, and kind offices: not abandoning our assemblies,

Simplified Cowboy Version
We need to ponder on ways to encourage one another to love others and do great things.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹Therefore, believers, since we have confidence and full freedom to enter the Holy Place [the place where God dwells] by [means of] the blood of Jesus, ²⁰by this new and living way which He initiated and opened for us through the veil [as in the Holy of Holies], that is, through His flesh, ²¹and since we have a great and wonderful Priest [Who rules] over the house of God, ²²let us approach [God] with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. ²³Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful [to His word]; ²⁴and let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds,²⁵not forsaking our meeting together [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ's return] approaching. ²⁶For if we go on willfully and deliberately sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice [to atone] for our sins [that is, no further offering to anticipate], ²⁷but a kind of awful and terrifying expectation of [divine] judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE and BURNING WRATH WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES [those who put themselves in opposition to God]. ²⁸Anyone who has ignored and set aside the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

consider: Hebrews 13:3, Psalms 41:1, Proverbs 29:7, Acts 11:29, Romans 12:15, Romans 15:1, Romans 15:2, 1 Corinthians 8:12, 1 Corinthians 8:13, 1 Corinthians 9:22, 1 Corinthians 10:33, Galatians 6:1, Colossians 3:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 2 Thessalonians 3:9

to provoke: Romans 11:4, 2 Corinthians 8:8, 2 Corinthians 9:2

love: Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 6:11, Hebrews 13:1, Galatians 5:6, Galatians 5:13, Galatians 5:22, Philippians 1:9-11, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 3:12, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 1 Timothy 6:18, Titus 2:4, Titus 3:8, 1 John 3:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 11:3 - they said one to another Genesis 49:1 - Gather 2 Kings 4:10 - Let us 1 Chronicles 21:1 - provoked David Ezra 10:4 - be of good Proverbs 13:20 - that Proverbs 27:17 - so Malachi 3:16 - spake Matthew 5:16 - that Mark 14:6 - a good Romans 15:14 - able Ephesians 2:10 - good 1 Thessalonians 4:18 - comfort 1 Timothy 5:10 - good 2 Timothy 3:17 - thoroughly furnished Titus 2:14 - zealous Hebrews 3:13 - exhort Hebrews 10:25 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 10:12
and [Nimrod built] Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; all these [combined to form] the great city [Nineveh].

Genesis 10:15
Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth

Luke 3:35
the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And let us consider one another,.... Saints should consider one another as men, that they are but men, of like passions and infirmities; they should consider their different tempers, and make allowance for them, and their outward state and condition in the world: they should consider one another as saints, partakers of the same grace; as that they are all loved with the same love, all conceived and brought forth in the womb of God's eternal electing grace, interested in the same covenant, redeemed by the same blood, and have the same graces and privileges, and an equal right to glory; having one and the same Spirit, the same grace of faith, the same righteousness, the same fountain to wash in, the same fulness to partake of, the same throne of grace to go to, and the same inheritance to enjoy: they should consider one another as church members, the grace and gifts of the another, their different age and standing in the church, their relation to each other as brethren; they should consider them under suffering or sorrowful circumstances, under afflictions, temptations, desertions, declensions, and as attended with infirmities and sins: and the end of such consideration should be,

to provoke unto love; to brotherly love, to stir it up, and stir up to it, which is apt to wax cold, that so it may be rekindled, and give a most vehement flame; for this is Christ's new commandment, the bond of perfection, the evidence of regeneration, that which makes the saints' communion comfortable and delightful, and without which a profession of religion is in vain.

And to good works; not for justification before God, and in order to procure salvation; but that God may be glorified, the Gospel adorned, the mouths of gainsayers stopped, faith evidenced to the world, and gratitude to God for his benefits shown, and for the profit and advantage of fellow creatures, and fellow Christians.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And let us consider one another - Let us so regard the welfare of others as to endeavor to excite them to persevere in the Christian life. The idea is, that much might be done, in securing perseverance and fidelity, by mutual kind exhortation. They were not to be selfish; they were not to regard their own interests only (notes, Philippians 2:4); they were to have a kind sympathy in the concerns of each other. They had, as Christians have now, the same duties to perform, and the same trials to meet, and they should strengthen each other in their trials and encourage them in their work.

To provoke unto love - We use the word “provoke” now in a somewhat different sense, as meaning to offend, to irritate, to incense; but its original meaning is to “arouse, to excite, to call into action,” and it is used in this sense here. The Greek is, literally, “unto a paroxysm of love” - εἰς παροξυσμον eis paroxusmon - the word “paroxysm” meaning “excitement or impulse,” and the idea is, that they were to endeavor to arouse or excite each other to the manifestation of love. The word is what properly expresses excitement, and means that Christians should endeavor to excite each other. Men are sometimes afraid of excitement in religion. But there is no danger that Christians will ever be excited to love each other too much, or to perform too many good works.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 24. And let us consider one another — κατανοωμεν. Let us diligently and attentively consider each other's trials, difficulties, and weaknesses; feel for each other, and excite each other to an increase of love to God and man; and, as the proof of it, to be fruitful in good works. The words εις παροξυσμον, to the provocation, are often taken in a good sense, and signify excitement, stirring up, to do any thing laudable, useful, honourable, or necessary. Xenophon, Cyrop., lib. vi., page 108, speaking of the conduct of Cyrus towards his officers, says: και Και τουτους επαινων τε, παρωξυνε, και χαριζομενος αυτοις ὁ τι δυναιτο. "He by praises and gifts excited them as much as possible." See the note on "Acts 15:39", where the subject is farther considered.