Hebrews 12:1–17

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, ^alet us lay aside every weight, and ^bthe sin which doth so easily beset us, and ^clet us run ^dwith patience ^ethe race that is ^fset before us, ²looking unto Jesus the author and ^gfinisher of our faith; ^hwho for ⁱthe joy that was ^fset before him endured ^kthe cross, despising ^lthe shame, and ^mis set down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³For ⁿconsider him that endured such ^ocontradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye ^oobe wearied and ^pfaint in your minds.

⁴Ye have not yet resisted ^qunto blood, striving against sin. ⁵And ye have forgotten ^rthe exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, ^sMy son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor ^pfaint when thou art rebuked of him: ⁶for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and ^tscourgeth every son whom he receiveth. ⁷If ye endure chastening, ^uGod dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father ^vchasteneth not? ⁸But if ye be without chastisement, ^wwhereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. ⁹Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we ^xgave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto ^ythe Father of spirits, and live? ¹⁰For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, ^zthat we might be partakers of his holiness. ¹¹Now no chastening ^afor the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth ^bthe peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are ^cexercised thereby. ¹²Wherefore ^delift up ^fgthe hands which hang down, and ^ghthe feeble knees; ¹³and ⁱmake straight paths for your feet, ^jlest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but ^klet it rather be healed. ^14lFollow peace with all men, and ^mholiness, ⁿwithout which no man shall see the Lord: ¹⁵looking diligently ^olest any man fail of ^pthe grace of God; ^qlest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; ¹⁶lest there be any ^rfornicator, or ^sprofane person, as Esau, ^twho for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. ¹⁷For ye know how that afterward, ^uwhen he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no ^vplace of repentance, though he ^wsought it carefully with tears.