Heb 12:4-6 | TNotes | STEP | 12:4 not yet given your lives: This community had not yet faced martyrdom for the faith. (This is one reason to date Hebrews prior to Nero’s persecution in the mid-60s AD .) If Jesus could endure a shameful death, the hearers should be able to endure lesser persecution.

b12:5-6►

cProv 3:11-12►

‏ Hebrews 12:4-6

12:4 ^a not yet given your lives: This community had not yet faced martyrdom for the faith. (This is one reason to date Hebrews prior to Nero’s persecution in the mid-60s AD.) If Jesus could endure a shameful death, the hearers should be able to endure lesser persecution.
Summary for Heb 12:5-6: 12:5-6 ^b In these verses, the encouraging words are quoted from Prov 3:11-12 ^c, a passage that regards hardship as the Lord’s loving discipline for his children. God can turn a wide variety of trials and difficulties to our good, training us in righteousness and holy character.