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Therefore
let
us
also,
seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Wherefore
seeing we also
are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let
us
lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter
of `
our '
faith ,
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath
sat
down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher
of our faith ;
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the
shame, and is
set
down at the right hand of the throne of God.
For consider him that hath
endured such gainsaying
of sinners against himself, that
ye wax
not
weary,
fainting
in your souls
.
For consider him that endured such contradiction
of sinners against himself, lest
ye be
wearied
and
faint
in your minds
.
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin :
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin .
and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth
with
you as with
sons
, My son, regard
not lightly
the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved
of him ;
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh
unto
you as unto
children
, My son, despise
not thou
the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked
of him :
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
It
is
for
chastening
that
ye endure ;
God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there
whom `his'
father chasteneth not?
If
ye endure chastening,
God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he
whom the
father chasteneth not?
But if ye are
without chastening
, whereof all have
been
made
partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
But if ye be
without chastisement
, whereof all are
partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Furthermore ,
we had the
fathers of our flesh to
chasten
us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Furthermore we have
had fathers of our flesh which
corrected
us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
For they indeed
for a few days chastened `
us '
as
seemed
good
to
them
; but he for `
our '
profit, that `
we '
may
be partakers of his holiness.
For they verily
for a few days chastened us after
their
own
pleasure
; but he for our profit, that we might
be partakers of his holiness.
All
chastening seemeth
for the present to be not
joyous but grievous ;
yet
afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that
have
been
exercised thereby ,
`even
the
fruit'
of
righteousness
.
Now
no
chastening for the present seemeth
to be joyous ,
but grievous :
nevertheless
afterward it yieldeth the
peaceable fruit of
righteousness
unto them which
are
exercised thereby.
Wherefore lift up the hands that
hang down, and the palsied
knees;
Wherefore lift up the hands which
hang down, and the feeble
knees;
and make straight paths for your feet, that
that which is lame be not
turned out of the way ,
but rather be healed.
And make straight paths for your feet, lest
that which is lame be turned out of the way ;
but let
it
rather be healed.
Follow after
peace with all men, and the
sanctification
without which no man shall see the Lord:
Follow peace with all men, and holiness,
without which no man shall see the Lord:
looking carefully
lest `there
be'
any man that
falleth
short
of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble `
you '
, and thereby the
many be defiled;
Looking diligently
lest any man fail
of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
lest `
there be '
any fornication
, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess
of meat sold his own
birthright.
Lest there be any fornicator
, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel
of meat sold his birthright.
For ye know that even
when he afterward
desired
to
inherit
the blessing, he was rejected ;
for he found no place for
a
change
of mind
`in
his
father
, '
though he sought is
diligently
with tears.
For ye know how
that afterward,
when he would
have
inherited
the blessing, he was rejected :
for he found no place of repentance
, though he sought it
carefully
with tears.
For ye are not come unto `a
mount '
that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and
unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
For ye are not come unto the
mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor
unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which `
voice '
they that heard entreated
that no
word more
should be spoken unto
them ;
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated
that the
word should not
be spoken to
them any
more:
for they could not endure that which was enjoined
, If even
a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned ;
(
For they could not endure that which was commanded
, And
if so
much
as
a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned ,
or
thrust
through
with
a
dart:
and so fearful
was the appearance
, `
that '
Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:
And so terrible
was the sight
, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake: )
but ye are come unto mount Zion
, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts
of angels,
But ye are come unto mount Sion
, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
innumerable company
of angels,
to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who
are enrolled
in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn ,
which
are written
in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
and to Jesus the mediator of a
new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than
`
that of '
Abel.
And to Jesus the mediator of the
new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling ,
that speaketh better things
that that
of Abel.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when
they
refused him that warned
`them'
on earth, much more `
shall not '
we `
escape '
who
turn away from him that `warneth'
from heaven:
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who
refused him that spake
on earth, much more shall not we escape ,
if
we
turn away from him that speaketh
from heaven:
whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will
I make
to
tremble
not the earth only, but also the
heaven.
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake
not the earth only, but also heaven.
And this `
word '
, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have
been
made, that those things which are
not
shaken may remain.
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are
made, that those things which cannot
be
shaken may remain.
Wherefore ,
receiving a kingdom that
cannot be shaken
, let us have grace, whereby we may offer
service
well-pleasing
to
God with reverence and awe
:
Wherefore we
receiving a kingdom which
cannot be moved
, let us have grace, whereby we may serve
God acceptably
with reverence and godly
fear
:
for our God is a consuming fire.
For our God is a consuming fire.
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