1.
(The fifth warning — Run the race and do not fall away from grace)
12:1-29
Heb. 12
:1
12:1
Therefore let us also, having so great a
1acloud of
2witnesses surrounding us, put away every
3encumbrance and the
4bsin which so easily entangles
us and
crun with
dendurance the
5race which is set before us,
Heb. 12
:2
12:2
1Looking away
aunto 2Jesus, the
3bAuthor and
4Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the
ccross, despising the
dshame, and has
5esat down on the right hand of the
fthrone of God.
Heb. 12
:3
12:3
For acompare Him who has endured such
bcontradiction by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary,
1fainting in your souls.
Heb. 12
:4
12:4
You have not yet resisted unto blood, struggling against
1sin,
Heb. 12
:5
12:5
And you have completely forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with sons,
a"My son, do not regard lightly the
1discipline of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by Him;
Heb. 12
:6
12:6
For whom the Lord loves He
1adisciplines, and He
bscourges every son whom He receives.''
Heb. 12
:7
12:7
It is for
1discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with
asons. For what son is there whom the father does not discipline?
Heb. 12
:8
12:8
But if you are without discipline, of which all
sons have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.
Heb. 12
:9
12:9
Furthermore we have had the fathers of our flesh as
1discipliners and we
arespected them; shall we not much more be in subjection to the
2bFather of spirits and
clive?
Heb. 12
:10
12:10
For they disciplined for a few days as it seemed good to them; but He, for what is profitable that we might partake of His
1aholiness.
Heb. 12
:11
12:11
Now no discipline at the present time seems to be
a matter of joy, but of grief; but afterward it yields the
1apeaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised by it.
Heb. 12
:12
12:12
Therefore 1set straight the
ahands which hang down and the paralyzed knees,
Heb. 12
:13
12:13
And make
astraight 1paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be
2put out of joint but rather may be
bhealed.
Heb. 12
:14
12:14
aPursue peace with all men and
1bsanctification, without which no one will see the Lord;
Heb. 12
:15
12:15
Looking carefully lest anyone
1afall away from the
bgrace of God; lest any
2croot of bitterness springing up trouble
you, and through this many be
ddefiled;
Heb. 12
:16
12:16
Lest there be any
afornicator or profane person like
bEsau, who for one meal gave up his own
1birthright.
Heb. 12
:17
12:17
For you know that also afterward, when he
adesired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found
1no place for repentance, even though he sought it with tears.
Heb. 12
:18
12:18
For you have not come forward to
a 1amountain which could be
btouched and which was set on
cfire, and to
ddarkness and
egloom and whirlwind,
Heb. 12
:19
12:19
And to the
asound of a trumpet and to the
bvoice of words,
because of which those who heard
centreated that no further word be spoken to them;
Heb. 12
:20
12:20
For they could not bear that which was being commanded:
a"If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned.''
Heb. 12
:21
12:21
And so fearful was the sight, Moses said,"I am
afull of fear and trembling.''
Heb. 12
:22
12:22
But you have come forward to
1Mount aZion and to the
2bcity of the
cliving God, the
dheavenly Jerusalem; and to
emyriads of angels, to the
3universal gathering;
Heb. 12
:23
12:23
And to the
achurch of the
1bfirstborn, who have been
2cenrolled in the heavens; and to God, the
dJudge of all; and to the spirits of righteous men who have been made perfect;
Heb. 12
:24
12:24
And to Jesus, the
aMediator of a
1bnew covenant; and to the
2cblood of
dsprinkling, which
3speaks something better than
that of eAbel.
Heb. 12
:25
12:25
See that you do not refuse Him who
aspeaks, for if those did not
bescape who refused Him who warned
them upon the earth, much more we
shall not cescape who turn away from Him who
warns from heaven,
Heb. 12
:26
12:26
Whose voice at that time
ashook the earth but now has promised, saying,
b"Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also heaven.''
Heb. 12
:27
12:27
And this
word, "Yet once more,'' shows clearly the
aremoval of the things being shaken as being of things having been made, that the things which are not shaken may
bremain.
Heb. 12
:28
12:28
Therefore receiving an unshakable
1akingdom, let us
2have bgrace, through which we may
cserve God
dwell-pleasingly with piety and
efear;
Heb. 12
:29
12:29
For our God is also a
1consuming afire.
