Hebrews 12
1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Therefore let us indeed, having around us so great a cloud of witnesses, having laid aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, run with patience the race which is set before us,
2 looking to Jesus, the founder and completer of the faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
looking unto Jesus the beginner and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was placed before him, endured the cross, looking with contempt at the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider him who has endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you may not become tired and give up.
For consider him who has endured so great a contradiction of sinners against himself, in order that you may not become weary, fainting in your souls.
4 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your struggle against sin;
For you have not yet resisted unto blood, fighting against sin;
5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with sons, "My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when you are corrected by him.
and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art proven of him:
6 For whom the Lord loves he disciplines, and punishes every son he accepts."
for whom the Lord loves he chastises, and scourges every son whom he receives.
7 If you are enduring discipline, God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Endure unto chastisement; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom the father does not chastise?
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not sons.
And if you are without chastisement, of which all have been partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we paid them respect. Should we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?
Then indeed, we had fathers of our flesh who chastised us, and we endured: how much more then shall we submit to the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they indeed, for a few days, disciplined us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
For they indeed for a few days were accustomed to chastise us according to that which seemed right to them; but he made unto our profit, in order that we might partake his holiness.
11 All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
Indeed no chastisement for the present seems to be truly joyful, but sorrowful: but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them who have been disciplined by it.
12 Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
Therefore hold up the hands which hang down, and the paralyzed knees,
13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
and make straight paths for your feet, in order that whatsoever is lame may not be turned out of the way, but rather may it be healed.
14 Pursue peace with everyone, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord,
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification, without which no one shall see the Lord:
15 looking carefully lest there be anyone who falls short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by it many become defiled;
looking diligently lest any one may fail from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up may trouble you, and through it many may be defiled;
16 that there be no sexually immoral or profane person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for one meal.
lest any one may be a fornicator, or a profane person, as was Esau, who for one morsel sold his birthright.
17 For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
For you know that, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance even though having sought it diligently with tears.
18 For you have not come to something that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and darkness, gloom, and storm,
For you have not come to the mountain that can be touched, and that is burnt with fire, and unto blackness and darkness, and tempest,
19 the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
and to the sound of the trumpet, and the voice of words; which those having heard requested that the word should not be spoken unto them:
20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned;"
for they could not endure that which was spoken, If a wild beast should touch the mountain, it shall be pierced through with a dart:
21 and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."
and the sight was so fearful, Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble:
22 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
but you have come to mount Zion, and to the heavenly Jerusalem, to the city of the living God, and to myriads of angels,
23 to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,
to the whole company, and to the church of the first-born, who have been written in the heavens, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of justified people who have been made perfect,
24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, speaking something better than the blood of Abel.
25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
See that you do not reject the one speaking: for if they escape not having rejected the one delivering them the divine oracles on earth, how much more shall we not escape, who turn away from the one speaking from the heavens:
26 whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens."
whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, I will still once shake not only the earth, but also heaven.
27 This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
But he would yet once show the removal of the things shaken, as having been created, in order that the things unshaken may remain.
28 So since we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, through which we may offer service pleasing to God, with reverence and awe,
Therefore receiving an unshaken kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may worship God acceptably with reverence and fear:
29 for our God is a consuming fire.
for our God is a consuming fire.
