Hebrews 12:4-17

4Ye have not yetG3768 resisted unto bloodG129, wrestling against sinG266.

5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortationG3874 which speaks to you as to sonsG5207: My sonG5207, despise not [the] chastening of [the] LordG2962, nor faintG1590 [whenG5613] reproved by him;

6for whom [the] LordG2962 lovesG25 he chastens, and scourges every sonG5207 whom he receivesG3858.

7Ye endureG5278 for chastening, 1GodG2316 conducts himself towards you as towards sonsG5207; for who is the sonG5207 that the fatherG3962 chastens not?

8But if ye areG1510 without chastening, of which all have beenG1510 made partakersG3353, then areG1510 ye bastards, and not sonsG5207.

9Moreover we have had the fathersG3962 of our fleshG4561 as chasteners, and we reverenced [them]; shall we not muchG4183 ratherG3123 be in subjectionG5293 to the FatherG3962 of spiritsG4151, and liveG2198?

10For they indeedG1063 chastened for a fewG3641 daysG2250, as seemedG1380 goodG1380 to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness.

11But no chastening at the time seemsG1380 to beG1510 [matter] of joyG5479, but of griefG3077; but afterwards yields [the] peaceful fruitG2590 of righteousnessG1343 to those exercised by it.

12Wherefore lift up the handsG5495 that hang down, and the failing kneesG1119;

13and makeG4160 straight paths for your feetG4228, that that which is lameG5560 be not turnedG1624 asideG1624; but that ratherG3123 it may be healedG2390.

14PursueG1377 peaceG1515 with all, and holinessG38, without which no oneG3762 shall seeG3708 the LordG2962:

15watching lestG3361 [there be] any oneG5100 who lacks the graceG5485 of 2GodG2316; lestG3361 any rootG4491 of bitternessG4088 springing up trouble [you], and manyG4183 be defiled by it;

16lestG3361 [there be] any fornicator, or profaneG952 person, as EsauG2269, who for oneG1520 meal sold his birthright;

17for ye know that alsoG2532 afterwards, desiringG2309 to inheritG2816 the blessingG2129, he was rejectedG593, (for he foundG2147 no placeG5117 for repentanceG3341) although he sought it earnestly with tearsG1144.