Hebrews 12:6-29

61For those 2whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives.” 7It is for discipline that you endure; 3God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8But if you are without discipline, 4of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9Furthermore, we had 5earthly fathers to discipline us, and we 6respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to 7the Father of 8spirits, and 9live? 10For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, 10so that we may share His holiness. 11All discipline 11for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the 12peaceful fruit of righteousness.

12Therefore, 1314strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, 13and 15make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather 16be healed.

1417Pursue peace with all men, and the 18sanctification without which no one will 19see the Lord. 15See to it that no one 20comes short of the grace of God; that no 21root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be 22defiled; 16that there be no 23immoral or 24godless person like Esau, 25who sold his own birthright for a single meal. 17For you know that even afterwards, 26when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

1827For you have not come to 28a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, 19and to the 29blast of a trumpet and the 30sound of words which sound was such that those who heard 31begged that no further word be spoken to them. 20For they could not bear the command, “32If even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.” 21And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “33I am full of fear and trembling.” 22But 34you have come to Mount Zion and to 35the city of 36the living God, 37the heavenly Jerusalem, and to 38myriads of 39angels, 23to the general assembly and 40church of the firstborn who 41are enrolled in heaven, and to God, 42the Judge of all, and to the 43spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24and to Jesus, the 44mediator of a new covenant, and to the 45sprinkled blood, which speaks better than 46the blood of Abel.

2547See to it that you do not refuse Him who is 48speaking. For 49if those did not escape when they 50refused him who 51warned them on earth, 52much less will we escape who turn away from Him who 53warns from heaven. 26And 54His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “55Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.” 27This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes 56the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28Therefore, since we receive a 57kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us 58show gratitude, by which we may 59offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; 29for 60our God is a consuming fire.