Hebrews:12:1-13

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* THEREFORE , surrounded as we are by so great a cloud of witnesses , let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily besets us , and let us run with patience the race that lies before us , * looking to Jesus the beginner and finisher of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured a cross , thinking little of the shame , and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God . * Think of him who endured such hostile speaking of sinners against him , that you may not grow weary and despondent in heart . * You have not yet resisted to blood in the contest against sin , * and you have forgotten the encouragement which reasons with you as with sons , "My son , do not think slightingly of the discipline of the Lord and be not faint-hearted when reproved by him : * for whom the Lord loves he disciplines and scourges every son whom he receives as his own ." * It is for discipline that you are enduring . God is laying it upon you as upon sons . For what son is there whom his father does not discipline ? * But if you are without discipline , in which all share , then you are bastards and not sons . * Besides , we had fathers of our flesh who disciplined us and we used to reverence them . Shall we not much more be submissive to the Father of our spirits and live ? * For they for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them , but he for our profit , that we may share his holiness . * All discipline for the time being seems not joyous but grievous , but afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have passed through its training . * So raise the relaxed hands and straighten the unstrung knees * and make straight paths for your feet , so that the lame limb may not be put out of joint but rather cured .

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