Hebrews 12
12
1Let us also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us, 2looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.
4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, wrestling against sin. 5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him; 6for whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives. 7Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not? 8But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? 10For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness. 11But no chastening at the time seems to be matter of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it. 12Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees; 13and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned aside; but that rather it may be healed. 14Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord: 15watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it; 16lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright; 17for ye know that also afterwards, desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, (for he found no place for repentance) although he sought it earnestly with tears.
18For ye have not come to the mount that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest, 19and trumpet's sound, and voice of words; which they that heard, excusing themselves, declined the word being addressed to them any more: 20(for they were not able to bear what was enjoined: And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned; 21and, so fearful was the sight, Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and full of trembling;) 22but ye have come to mount Zion; and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, 23the universal gathering; and to the assembly of the firstborn who are registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect; 24and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to the blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel. 25See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him who does so from heaven: 26whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet once will I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven. 27But this Yet once, signifies the removing of what is shaken, as being made, that what is not shaken may remain. 28Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace, by which let us serve God acceptably with reverence and fear. 29For also our God is a consuming fire.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Hebrews 12
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The Call to Endurance
1Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses#Heb 11:2,4–5,39 surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance#1Co 9:24; Heb 10:36 the race that lies before us, 2keeping our eyes on Jesus,#12:2 Or us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter#12:2 Or the founder and completer, or the source and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him,#12:2 Or who instead of the joy lying before him he endured the cross, despising the shame,#Lk 24:26; Php 2:8–9; Heb 13:13 and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Fatherly Discipline
3For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you won’t grow weary and give up.#Mt 10:24; Gl 6:9 4In struggling against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:
My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly
or lose heart when you are reproved by him,
6 for the Lord disciplines the one he loves
and punishes every son he receives. # 12:6 Pr 3:11–12 #
Jb 5:17; Ps 94:12; Pr 3:11–12; Rv 3:16
7Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? 8But if you are without discipline — which all receive#12:8 Lit discipline, of which all have become participants — then you are illegitimate children and not sons.#Dt 8:5; 1Pt 5:9 9Furthermore, we had human fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?#Nm 16:22; Is 38:16 10For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but he does it for our benefit, so that we can share his holiness.#Lv 11:44; 2Pt 1:4 11No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit#Is 32:17; Jms 3:17–18 of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.#1Pt 1:6
12Therefore, strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees,#Jb 4:3–4; Is 35:3 13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated#12:13 Or so that the lame will not be turned aside but healed instead.#Pr 4:26; Gl 6:1
Warning against Rejecting God’s Grace
14Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness#Rm 6:22; 14:19 — without it no one will see the Lord.#Mt 5:8; 2Co 7:1 15Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and defiling many.#2Co 6:1; Gl 5:4; Heb 3:12; 10:39 16And make sure that there isn’t any immoral#12:16 Or sexually immoral or irreverent#1Tm 1:9; 4:7; 6:20; 2Tm 2:16 person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for a single meal.#Gn 25:33 17For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, even though he sought it with tears, because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance.#Gn 27:34–38
18For you have not come to what could be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, gloom, and storm, 19to the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of words. Those who heard it begged that not another word be spoken to them, 20for they could not bear what was commanded: If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.#12:20Ex 19:12#Ex 19:12–13,18; 20:18–21; Dt 4:11; 5:5,25 21The appearance was so terrifying that Moses said, I am trembling with fear.#12:21Dt 9:19#Dt 9:19 22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels, a festive gathering,#Gl 4:26; Heb 11:10 23to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written#12:23 Or registered in heaven, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,#Ps 94:2; Lk 10:20; Php 3:12 24and to Jesus, the mediator#1Tm 2:5; Heb 7:22; 8:6; 9:15 of a new covenant,#1Co 11:25; 2Co 3:6; Heb 13:20 and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.#Gn 4:10; Heb 11:4
25See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.#Heb 2:2–4; 8:5; 11:7 26His voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.#12:26Hg 2:6#Ex 19:18; Hg 2:6 27This expression, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of what can be shaken#1Co 7:31; 2Pt 3:10 — that is, created things — so that what is not shaken might remain. 28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,#Dn 2:44; Heb 13:15 29for our God is a consuming fire.#Dt 4:24; 2Th 1:8
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