1Wherefore[G5105] seeing we also[G2532]are[G2192] compassed about[G4029]with[G1223] so great[G5118] a cloud[G3509] of witnesses[G3144], let[G659]us[G2249] lay aside[G659]every[G3956]weight[G3591], and[G2532] the sin[G266] which doth so easily beset[G2139]us[G2254], and[G2532]let[G659]us[G2254]run[G5143]with[G1223]patience[G5281] the race[G73] that is set before[G4295]us[G2254],
2Looking[G872]unto[G1519]Jesus[G2424] the author[G747]and[G2532]finisher[G5051] of our faith[G4102]; who[G3739]for[G473] the joy[G5479] that was set before[G4295]him[G846]endured[G5278] the cross[G4716], despising[G2706] the shame[G152], and[G5037] is set down[G2523]at[G1722] the right hand[G1188] of the throne[G2362] of God[G2316].
3For[G1063]consider[G357] him that endured[G5278]such[G5108]contradiction[G485]of[G5259]sinners[G268]against[G1519]himself[G846], lest[G3363] ye be wearied[G2577] and faint[G1590] in your[G5216]minds[G5590].
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Ye have[G478] not yet[G3768]resisted[G478]unto[G3360]blood[G129], striving[G464]against[G4314]sin[G266].
5And[G2532] ye have forgotten[G1585] the exhortation[G3874]which[G3748]speaketh[G1256] unto you[G5213]as[G5613] unto children[G5207], My[G3450]son[G5207], despise[G3643]not[G3361]thou[G3643] the chastening[G3809]of[G5259] the Lord[G2962], nor[G3366]faint[G1590] when thou[G3643] art rebuked[G1651]of[G5259]him[G846]:
6For[G1063]whom[G3739] the Lord[G2962]loveth[G25] he chasteneth[G3811], and[G1161]scourgeth[G3146]every[G3956]son[G5207]whom[G3739] he receiveth[G3858].
7If[G1487] ye endure[G5278]chastening[G3809], God[G2316]dealeth[G4374] with you[G5213]as[G5613] with sons[G5207]; for[G1063]what[G5101]son[G5207] is he[G2076]whom[G3739] the father[G3962]chasteneth[G3811]not?[G3756]
9Furthermore[G1534]we[G5293] have had[G2192]fathers[G3962] of our[G2257]flesh[G4561] which corrected[G3810] us, and[G2532]we[G5293] gave them reverence[G1788]: shall we[G5293]not[G3756]much[G4183]rather[G3123] be in subjection[G5293] unto the Father[G3962] of spirits[G4151], and[G2532]live?[G2198]
10For[G1063] they verily[G3303]for[G4314] a few[G3641]days[G2250]chastened[G3811] us after[G2596] their own[G846]pleasure[G1380]; but[G1161] he for[G1909] our profit[G4851], that[G1519] we might be partakers[G3335] of his[G846]holiness[G41].
11Now[G1161]no[G3956]chastening[G3809]for[G4314] the present[G3918]seemeth[G1380] to be[G1511]joyous[G5479], but[G235]grievous[G3077]: nevertheless[G1161]afterward[G5305] it yieldeth[G591] the peaceable[G1516]fruit[G2590] of righteousness[G1343] unto them which are exercised[G1128]thereby[G1223].
12Wherefore[G1352] lift up[G461] the hands[G5495] which hang down[G3935], and[G2532] the feeble[G3886]knees[G1119];
13And[G2532]make[G4160]straight[G3717]paths[G5163] for your[G5216]feet[G4228], lest that[G3363] which is lame[G5560] be turned out of the way[G1624]; but[G1161] let it[G2390]rather[G3123] be healed[G2390].
14Follow[G1377]peace[G1515]with[G3326]all[G3956] men, and[G2532]holiness[G38], without[G5565]which[G3739] no man[G3762] shall see[G3700] the Lord[G2962]:
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Looking diligently[G1983]lest[G3361]any[G5100]man[G5100]fail[G5302]of[G575] the grace[G5485]of[G575]God[G2316]; lest[G3361]any[G5100]root[G4491]of[G575]bitterness[G4088]springing[G5453]up[G507]trouble[G1776] you, and[G2532]thereby[G1223]many[G4183] be defiled[G3392];
16Lest[G3361] there be any[G5100]fornicator[G4205], or[G2228] profane person[G952], as[G5613]Esau[G2269], who[G3739]for[G473]one[G3391] morsel of meat[G1035]sold[G591]his[G846]birthright[G4415].
17For[G1063] ye know[G2467]how[G3754] that afterward[G2532], when he would[G2309] have inherited[G2816] the blessing[G2129], he was rejected[G593]: for[G1063] he found[G2147]no[G3756]place[G5117] of repentance[G3341], though[G2539] he sought[G1567]it[G846]carefully[G1567]with[G3326]tears[G1144].
18For[G1063] ye are[G4334]not[G3756]come[G4334] unto the mount[G3735] that might be touched[G5584], and[G2532] that burned[G2545] with fire[G4442], nor[G2532] unto blackness[G1105], and[G2532]darkness[G4655], and[G2532]tempest[G2366],
19And[G2532] the sound[G2279] of a trumpet[G4536], and[G2532] the voice[G5456] of words[G4487]; which[G3739]voice[G5456] they that heard[G191]intreated[G3868] that the word[G3056]should[G4369]not[G3361] be spoken[G4369] to them[G846] any more[G3361]:
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(For[G1063] they could[G5342]not[G3756]endure[G5342] that which was commanded[G1291], And if so much as[G2579] a beast[G2342]touch[G2345] the mountain[G3735], it shall be stoned[G3036], or[G2228] thrust through[G2700] with a dart[G1002]:
21And[G2532]so[G3779]terrible[G5398]was[G2258] the sight[G5324], that Moses[G3475]said[G2036], I exceedingly fear[G1630]and[G2532]quake[G1790]:)
22But[G235] ye are come[G4334] unto mount[G3735]Sion[G4622], and[G2532] unto the city[G4172] of the living[G2198]God[G2316], the heavenly[G2032]Jerusalem[G2419], and[G2532] to an innumerable company[G3461] of angels[G32],
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To the general assembly[G3831]and[G2532]church[G1577] of the firstborn[G4416], which are written[G583]in[G1722]heaven[G3772], and[G2532] to God[G2316] the Judge[G2923] of all[G3956], and[G2532] to the spirits[G4151] of just men[G1342] made perfect[G5048],
24And[G2532] to Jesus[G2424] the mediator[G3316] of the new[G3501]covenant[G1242], and[G2532] to the blood[G129] of sprinkling[G4473], that speaketh[G2980] better things[G2909]than[G3844] that of Abel[G6].
25See[G991] that ye refuse[G3868]not[G3361]him[G3868] that speaketh[G2980]. For[G1063]if[G1487]they[G1565]escaped[G5343]not[G3756] who refused him[G654] that spake[G5537]on[G1909]earth[G1093], much[G4183]more[G3123] shall not[G3756]we[G2249] escape, if[G1487]we[G2249] turn away from[G575]him[G654] that speaketh[G2980]from[G575]heaven[G3772]:
26Whose[G3739]voice[G5456]then[G5119]shook[G4531] the earth[G1093]: but[G1161]now[G3568] he hath promised[G1861], saying[G3004], Yet[G2089] once more[G530]I[G1473]shake[G4579]not[G3756] the earth[G1093]only[G3440], but[G235]also[G2532]heaven[G3772].
27And[G1161] this word, Yet[G2089] once more[G530], signifieth[G1213] the removing[G3331] of those things that[G2443] are shaken[G4531], as[G5613] of things that[G2443] are made[G4160], that[G2443] those things which cannot[G3361] be shaken[G4531] may remain[G3306].
28Wherefore[G1352] we receiving[G3880] a kingdom[G932] which cannot be moved[G761], let us have[G2192]grace[G5485], whereby[G1223] we may serve[G3000]God[G2316]acceptably[G2102]with[G3326]reverence[G127]and[G2532] godly fear[G2124]:
29For[G2532]our[G2257]God[G2316] is a consuming[G2654]fire[G4442].