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Jesus, the Example

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

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Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

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fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

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Do Not Grow Weary

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

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A Father’s Discipline

You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;

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In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

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and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD,
NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM;

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And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.

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FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES,
AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES.”

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For the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”

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It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

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If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

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Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?

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Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

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For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.

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For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

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All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.

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For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

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Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,

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Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,

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and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

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and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.

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Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.

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Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

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See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

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See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

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that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

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that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

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For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

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For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

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Contrast of Sinai and Zion

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,

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A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest

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and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them.

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and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.

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For they could not bear the command, “IF EVEN A BEAST TOUCHES THE MOUNTAIN, IT WILL BE STONED.”

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For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.”

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And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “I AM FULL OF FEAR and trembling.”

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Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.”

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But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,

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But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,

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to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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and to the assemblya of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

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and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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The Unshaken Kingdom

See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven.

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See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

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And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN.”

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At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”

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This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

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This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken — that is, things that have been made — in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.

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Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe;

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Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,

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for our God is a consuming fire.

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for our God is a consuming fire.

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Hebrews 12

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