{"book":"Hebrews","slug":"hebrews","ch":12,"genre":"letter","sub":"Hebrews","prev":"hebrews/11","next":"hebrews/13","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Therefore, [since] we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin [that] so easily entangles, [and] let us run with endurance the race set out for us.","f":[],"h":"A Call to Endurance","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy set before Him endured [the] cross, scorning [its] shame, and sat down at [the] right hand of the throne of God.","f":["Or pioneer or founder"]},{"v":3,"t":"Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary [and] lose heart.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.","f":[],"h":"God Disciplines His Sons","style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:“ My son, {do} not take lightly [the] discipline of [the] Lord, and [do not] lose heart [when] He rebukes you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ My son, {do} not take lightly [the] discipline of [the] Lord,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and [do not] lose heart [when] He rebukes you."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"For [the] Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”","f":["Literally and He flogs every son He receives; Proverbs 3:11–12 (see also LXX)"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For [the] Lord disciplines the one He loves,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and He chastises every son He receives.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined [by his] father?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. {Should we} not much more submit to the Father of [our] spirits and live?","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"[Our fathers] disciplined [us] for a short time as they thought best, but [God disciplines us] for [our] good, so that we may share in His holiness.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness [and] peace to those who have been trained by it.","f":["Or it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness"]},{"v":12,"t":"Therefore strengthen [your] limp hands and weak knees.","f":["Isaiah 35:3"],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame {may} not be disabled, but rather healed.","f":["Proverbs 4:26 (see also LXX)"]},{"v":14,"t":"Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.","f":[],"h":"A Call to Holiness","style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, [and] that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.","f":["See Deuteronomy 29:18"]},{"v":16,"t":"[See to it] that [no one is] sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought [the blessing] with tears.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"For you have not come to [ a mountain that ] can be touched and [that] is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;","f":["Literally to what can be touched and"],"h":"An Unshakable Kingdom","style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"to a trumpet blast [or] to a voice that [made] [its] hearers beg that no further word be spoken.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"For they could not bear what was commanded:“ If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”","f":["Exodus 19:12–13"]},{"v":21,"t":"The sight was so terrifying [that] even Moses said,“ I am trembling with fear.”","f":["Deuteronomy 9:19"]},{"v":22,"t":"Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, [to the] city of [the] living God, [the] heavenly Jerusalem. [You have come] to myriads of angels","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"in joyful assembly, [to the] congregation of [the] firstborn, enrolled in heaven. [You have come] to God [the] Judge of all, to [the] spirits of [the] righteous made perfect,","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"to Jesus [the] mediator of a new covenant, and to [the] sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than [the blood] of Abel.","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if [the people] {did} not escape when they refused Him who warned [them] on earth, how much less [will] we [escape] if we reject Him who [warns us] from heaven?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"At that time [His] voice shook the earth, but now He has promised,“ Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”","f":["Haggai 2:6"]},{"v":27,"t":"The [words] “ Once more ” signify the removal of what can be shaken — that is, created things — so that the unshakable may remain.","f":[]},{"v":28,"t":"Therefore, [since] we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, [and so] worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"“ For our God [is a] consuming fire.”","f":["Deuteronomy 4:24"]}]}