12:1 Therefore,
since
we
are
surrounded
by
so
great
a
cloud
of
witnesses,
let
us
also
lay
aside
every
weight,
and
sin
which
clings
so
closely,
and
let
us
run
with
endurance
the
race
that
is
set
before
us,
12:2 looking
to
Jesus,
the
founder
and
perfecter
of
our
faith,
who
for
the
joy
that
was
set
before
him
endured
the
cross,
despising
the
shame,
and
is
seated
at
the
right
hand
of
the
throne
of
God.
12:3 Consider
him
who
endured
from
sinners
such
hostility
against
himself,
so
that
you
may
not
grow
weary
or
fainthearted.
12:4 In
your
struggle
against
sin
you
have
not
yet
resisted
to
the
point
of
shedding
your
blood.
12:5 And
have
you
forgotten
the
exhortation
that
addresses
you
as
sons
"My
son,
do
not
regard
lightly
the
discipline
of
the
Lord,
nor
be
weary
when
reproved
by
him.
12:6 For
the
Lord
disciplines
the
one
he
loves,
and
chastises
every
son
whom
he
receives."
12:7 It
is
for
discipline
that
you
have
to
endure.
God
is
treating
you
as
sons.
For
what
son
is
there
whom
his
father
does
not
discipline
12:8 If
you
are
left
without
discipline,
in
which
all
have
participated,
then
you
are
illegitimate
children
and
not
sons.
12:9 Besides
this,
we
have
had
earthly
fathers
who
disciplined
us
and
we
respected
them.
Shall
we
not
much
more
be
subject
to
the
Father
of
spirits
and
live
12:10 For
they
disciplined
us
for
a
short
time
as
it
seemed
best
to
them,
but
he
disciplines
us
for
our
good,
that
we
may
share
his
holiness.
12:11 For
the
moment
all
discipline
seems
painful
rather
than
pleasant,
but
later
it
yields
the
peaceful
fruit
of
righteousness
to
those
who
have
been
trained
by
it.
12:12 Therefore
lift
your
drooping
hands
and
strengthen
your
weak
knees,
12:13 and
make
straight
paths
for
your
feet,
so
that
what
is
lame
may
not
be
put
out
of
joint
but
rather
be
healed.
12:14 Strive
for
peace
with
everyone,
and
for
the
holiness
without
which
no
one
will
see
the
Lord.
12:15 See
to
it
that
no
one
fails
to
obtain
the
grace
of
God;
that
no
"root
of
bitterness"
springs
up
and
causes
trouble,
and
by
it
many
become
defiled;
12:16 that
no
one
is
sexually
immoral
or
unholy
like
Esau,
who
sold
his
birthright
for
a
single
meal.
12:17 For
you
know
that
afterward,
when
he
desired
to
inherit
the
blessing,
he
was
rejected,
for
he
found
no
chance
to
repent,
though
he
sought
it
with
tears.
12:18 For
you
have
not
come
to
what
may
be
touched,
a
blazing
fire
and
darkness
and
gloom
and
a
tempest
12:19 and
the
sound
of
a
trumpet
and
a
voice
whose
words
made
the
hearers
beg
that
no
further
messages
be
spoken
to
them.
12:20 For
they
could
not
endure
the
order
that
was
given,
"If
even
a
beast
touches
the
mountain,
it
shall
be
stoned."
12:21 Indeed,
so
terrifying
was
the
sight
that
Moses
said,
"I
tremble
with
fear."
12:22 But
you
have
come
to
Mount
Zion
and
to
the
city
of
the
living
God,
the
heavenly
Jerusalem,
and
to
innumerable
angels
in
festal
gathering,
12:23 and
to
the
assembly
of
the
firstborn
who
are
enrolled
in
heaven,
and
to
God,
the
judge
of
all,
and
to
the
spirits
of
the
righteous
made
perfect,
12:24 and
to
Jesus,
the
mediator
of
a
new
covenant,
and
to
the
sprinkled
blood
that
speaks
a
better
word
than
the
blood
of
Abel.
12:25 See
that
you
do
not
refuse
him
who
is
speaking.
For
if
they
did
not
escape
when
they
refused
him
who
warned
them
on
earth,
much
less
will
we
escape
if
we
reject
him
who
warns
from
heaven.
12:26 At
that
time
his
voice
shook
the
earth,
but
now
he
has
promised,
"Yet
once
more
I
will
shake
not
only
the
earth
but
also
the
heavens."
12:27 This
phrase,
"Yet
once
more,"
indicates
the
removal
of
things
that
are
shaken--that
is,
things
that
have
been
made--in
order
that
the
things
that
cannot
be
shaken
may
remain.
12:28 Therefore
let
us
be
grateful
for
receiving
a
kingdom
that
cannot
be
shaken,
and
thus
let
us
offer
to
God
acceptable
worship,
with
reverence
and
awe,
12:29 for
our
God
is
a
consuming
fire.