Hebrews:12:1-13

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* Therefore we also , since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses , let us lay aside every weight , and the sin which so easily ensnares us , and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us , * 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 has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . * For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself , lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls . * You have not yet resisted to bloodshed , striving against sin . * And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons : "My son , do not despise the chastening of the LORD , Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him ; * For whom the LORD loves He chastens , And scourges every son whom He receives ." * If you endure chastening , God deals with you as with sons ; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten ? * But if you are without chastening , of which all have become partakers , then you are illegitimate and not sons . * Furthermore , we have had human fathers who corrected us , and we paid them respect . Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live ? * For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them , but He for our profit , that we may be partakers of His holiness . * Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present , but painful ; nevertheless , afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it . * Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down , and the feeble knees , * and make straight paths for your feet , so that what is lame may not be dislocated , but rather be healed .

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