1
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
2
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.
3
For
consider
him
that
endured
such
contradiction
of
sinners
against
himself,
lest
ye
be
wearied
and
faint
in
your
minds.
4
Ye
have
not
yet
resisted
unto
blood,
striving
against
sin.
5
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:
6
For
whom
the
Lord
loveth
he
chasteneth,
and
scourgeth
every
son
whom
he
receiveth.
7
If
ye
endure
chastening,
God
dealeth
with
you
as
with
sons;
for
what
son
is
he
whom
the
father
chasteneth
not?
8
But
if
ye
be
without
chastisement,
whereof
all
are
partakers,
then
are
ye
bastards,
and
not
sons.
9
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?
10
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.
11
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.
12
Wherefore
lift
up
the
hands
which
hang
down,
and
the
feeble
knees;
13
And
make
straight
paths
for
your
feet,
lest
that
which
is
lame
be
turned
out
of
the
way;
but
let
it
rather
be
healed.
14
Follow
peace
with
all
[men],
and
holiness,
without
which
no
man
shall
see
the
Lord:
15
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;
16
Lest
there
[be]
any
fornicator,
or
profane
person,
as
Esau,
who
for
one
morsel
of
meat
sold
his
birthright.
17
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.
18
For
ye
are
not
come
unto
the
mount
that
might
be
touched,
and
that
burned
with
fire,
nor
unto
blackness,
and
darkness,
and
tempest,
19
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:
20
(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:
21
And
so
terrible
was
the
sight,
[that]
Moses
said,
I
exceedingly
fear
and
quake:)
22
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,
23
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,
24
And
to
Jesus
the
mediator
of
the
new
covenant,
and
to
the
blood
of
sprinkling,
that
speaketh
better
things
than
[that
of]
Abel.
25
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:
26
Whose
voice
then
shook
the
earth:
but
now
he
hath
promised,
saying,
Yet
once
more
I
shake
not
the
earth
only,
but
also
heaven.
27
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.
28
Wherefore
we
receiving
a
kingdom
which
cannot
be
moved,
let
us
have
grace,
whereby
we
may
serve
God
acceptably
with
reverence
and
godly
fear:
29
For
our
God
[is]
a
consuming
fire.