Hebrews 12
12Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,G5105G2532G2192G4029G2254G5118G3509G3144G659G2249G659G3956G3591G2532G266G2139G5143G1223G5281G73G4295G22542fixing our attention on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before him, endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.G872G1519G2424G747G2532G5051G4102G3739G473G5479G4295G846G5278G4716G2706G152G5037G2523G1722G1188G2362G23163Think about the one who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not become tired and give up.G1063G357G5278G5108G485G5259G268G1519G846G3363G2577G1590G5216G55904In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.G478G3768G478G3360G129G464G4314G2665You have forgotten the encouragement that is addressed to you as sons: "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline or give up when you are corrected by him.G2532G1585G3874G3748G1256G5213G5613G5207G3450G5207G3643G3361G3643G3809G2962G3366G1590G1651G5259G8466For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he punishes every son he accepts."G1063G3739G2962G25G3811G1161G3146G3956G5207G3739G38587What you endure disciplines you: God is treating you as sons. Is there a son whom his father does not discipline -G1487G5278G3809G2316G4374G5213G5613G5207G1063G5101G5207G2076G3739G3962G3811G37568Now if you are without any discipline, in which all sons share, then you are illegitimate and not God's sons.G1161G1487G2075G5565G3809G3739G3956G1096G3353G686G2075G3541G2532G3756G52079Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. We should submit even more to the Father of our spirits and live, shouldn't we -G1534G3303G2192G3962G2257G4561G3810G2532G1788G5293G3756G4183G3123G5293G3962G4151G2532G219810For a short time they disciplined us as they thought best, but God does it for our good, so that we may share in his holiness.G1063G3303G4314G3641G2250G3811G2596G846G1380G1161G1909G4851G1519G3335G846G4111No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, for those who have been trained by it, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.8G1161G3956G3756G3809G4314G3303G3918G1380G1511G5479G235G3077G1161G5305G591G1516G2590G1343G1128G1223G84612Therefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees,G1352G461G5495G3935G2532G3886G111913and straighten the paths of your life, so that your lameness may not become worse, but instead may be healed.G2532G4160G3717G5163G5216G4228G3363G5560G1624G1161G2390G3123G239014Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.G1377G1515G3326G3956G2532G38G5565G3739G3762G3700G296215See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up and causes you trouble, or many of you will become defiled.G1983G3361G5100G5302G575G5485G2316G3361G5100G4491G4088G5453G507G1776G2532G1223G5026G4183G339216No one should be immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.G3361G5100G4205G2228G952G5613G2269G3739G473G3391G1035G591G846G441517For you know that afterwards, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he could not find any opportunity to repent, even though he begged to repent with tears.G1063G2467G3754G2532G3347G2309G2816G2129G593G1063G2147G3756G5117G3341G2539G1567G846G1567G3326G114418You have not come to something that can be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, to gloom,G1063G4334G3756G4334G3735G5584G2532G2545G4442G2532G1105G2532G4655G2532G236619to a trumpet's blast, or to a voice that made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them.G2532G2279G4536G2532G5456G4487G3739G191G3868G3056G4369G3361G4369G846G336120For they could not endure the command that was given: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death."G1063G5342G3756G5342G1291G2579G2342G2345G3735G3036G2228G2700G100221Indeed, the sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."G2532G3779G5398G2258G5324G3475G2036G1630G1510G2532G179022Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together,G235G4334G3735G4622G2532G4172G2198G2316G2032G2419G2532G3461G3223to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to a judge who is the God of all, to the spirits of righteous people who have been made perfect,G3831G2532G1577G4416G583G1722G3772G2532G2316G2923G3956G2532G4151G1342G504824to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better message than Abel's.G2532G2424G3316G3501G1242G2532G129G4473G2980G2909G3844G625See to it that you do not ignore the one who is speaking. For if the hearers did not escape when they ignored the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we turn away from the one who is from heaven!G991G3868G3361G2980G1063G1487G1565G5343G3756G3868G5537G1909G1093G4183G3123G2249G654G575G377226At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also heaven."G3739G5456G5119G4531G1093G1161G3568G1861G3004G2089G530G1473G4579G3756G1093G3440G235G2532G377227The expression "once more" signifies the removal of what can be shaken, that is, what he has made, so that what cannot be shaken may remain.G1161G2089G530G1213G3331G4531G5613G4160G2443G3361G4531G330628Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that pleases him.G1352G3880G932G761G2192G5485G1223G3739G3000G2316G2102G3326G127G2532G212429For our God is an all-consuming fire.G2532G1063G2257G2316G2654G4442
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