Hebrews 12:3-23

3For 1consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary 23and lose heart. 44You have not yet resisted 56to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; 5and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, “7My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor 8faint when you are reproved by Him;69For those 10whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives.” 7It is for discipline that you endure; 11God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8But if you are without discipline, 12of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9Furthermore, we had 13earthly fathers to discipline us, and we 14respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to 15the Father of 16spirits, and 17live? 10For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, 18so that we may share His holiness. 11All discipline 19for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the 20peaceful fruit of righteousness.

12Therefore, 2122strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, 13and 23make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather 24be healed.

1425Pursue peace with all men, and the 26sanctification without which no one will 27see the Lord. 15See to it that no one 28comes short of the grace of God; that no 29root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be 30defiled; 16that there be no 31immoral or 32godless person like Esau, 33who sold his own birthright for a single meal. 17For you know that even afterwards, 34when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

1835For you have not come to 36a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, 19and to the 37blast of a trumpet and the 38sound of words which sound was such that those who heard 39begged that no further word be spoken to them. 20For they could not bear the command, “40If even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.” 21And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “41I am full of fear and trembling.” 22But 42you have come to Mount Zion and to 43the city of 44the living God, 45the heavenly Jerusalem, and to 46myriads of 47angels, 23to the general assembly and 48church of the firstborn who 49are enrolled in heaven, and to God, 50the Judge of all, and to the 51spirits of the righteous made perfect,