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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 us ,
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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 .
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For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself ,
lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds .
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Ye have not yet resisted unto blood ,
striving against sin .
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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 :
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For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth ,
and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth .
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If ye endure chastening ,
God dealeth with you as with sons ;
for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not ?
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But if ye be without chastisement ,
whereof all are partakers ,
then are ye bastards ,
and not sons .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 .
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Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down ,
and the feeble 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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Follow peace with all men ,
and holiness ,
without which no man shall see the Lord :
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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 ;