Hebrews:12:1-13
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Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses ,
let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets [
us ],
and let us run with patience the race that is set before us ,
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looking to Jesus the Author and Finisher of [
our ]
faith ,
who for the joy that was set before Him endured [
the ]
cross ,
despising the shame ,
and sat down at the right of the throne of God .
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For consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself ,
lest you be weary and faint in your minds .
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You have not yet resisted unto blood ,
striving against sin .
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And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons ,
My son ,
despise not the chastening of the Lord ,
nor faint when you are rebuked by Him ;
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for whom the Lord loves He chastens ,
and He scourges every son whom He receives .
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If you endure chastening ,
God deals with you as with sons ,
for what son is he whom the father does not chasten ?
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But if you are without chastisement ,
of which all are partakers ,
then you are bastards and not sons .
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Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected [
us ],
and we gave [
them ]
reverence .
Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live ?
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For truly they chastened [
us ]
for a few days according to their own pleasure ,
but He for our profit ,
that [
we ]
might be partakers of His holiness .
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Now chastening for the present does not seem to be joyous ,
but grievous .
Nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who are exercised by it .
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Because of this ,
straighten up the hands which hang down and the enfeebled knees .
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And make straight paths for your feet ,
lest that which is lame be turned out of the way ,
but let it rather be healed .
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