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1. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
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1. Wherefore G5105 seeing we G2249 also G2532 are compassed about G4029 with G2254 so great G5118 a cloud G3509 of witnesses G3144 , let us lay aside G659 every G3956 weight G3591 , and G2532 the sin G266 which doth so easily beset G2139 us, and G2532 let us run G5143 with G1223 patience G5281 the G3588 race G73 that is set before G4295 us G2254 ,
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2. keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
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2. Looking G872 unto G1519 Jesus G2424 the G3588 author G747 and G2532 finisher G5051 of our faith G4102 ; who G3739 for G473 the G3588 joy G5479 that was set before G4295 him G848 endured G5278 the cross G4716 , despising G2706 the shame G152 , and G5037 is set down G2523 at G1722 the right hand G1188 of the G3588 throne G2362 of God G2316 .
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3. Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.
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3. For G1063 consider G357 him that endured G5278 such G5108 contradiction G485 of G5259 sinners G268 against G1519 himself G848 , lest G3363 ye be wearied G2577 and faint G1590 in your G5216 minds G5590 .
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4. You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed in your struggle against sin.
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4. Ye have not yet G3768 resisted G478 unto G3360 blood G129 , striving G464 against G4314 sin G266 .
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5. And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? "My son, do not scorn the Lord's discipline or give up when he corrects you.
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5. And G2532 ye have forgotten G1585 the G3588 exhortation G3874 which G3748 speaketh G1256 unto you G5213 as G5613 unto children G5207 , My G3450 son G5207 , despise G3643 not G3361 thou the chastening G3809 of the Lord G2962 , nor G3366 faint G1590 when thou art rebuked G1651 of G5259 him G846 :
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6. "For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts."
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6. For G1063 whom G3739 the Lord G2962 loveth G25 he chasteneth G3811 , and G1161 scourgeth G3146 every G3956 son G5207 whom G3739 he receiveth G3858 .
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7. Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?
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7. If G1487 ye endure G5278 chastening G3809 , God G2316 dealeth G4374 with you G5213 as G5613 with sons G5207 ; for G1063 what G5101 son G5207 is G2076 he whom G3739 the father G3962 chasteneth G3811 not G3756 ?
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8. But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.
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8. But G1161 if G1487 ye be G2075 without G5565 chastisement G3809 , whereof G3739 all G3956 are G1096 partakers G3353 , then G686 are G2075 ye bastards G3541 , and G2532 not G3756 sons G5207 .
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9. Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?
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9. Furthermore G1534 we have had G2192 fathers G3962 of our G2257 flesh G4561 which corrected G3810 us, and G2532 we gave them reverence G1788 : shall we not G3756 much G4183 rather G3123 be in subjection G5293 unto the G3588 Father G3962 of spirits G4151 , and G2532 live G2198 ?
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10. For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.
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10. For G1063 they G3588 verily G3303 for G4314 a few G3641 days G2250 chastened G3811 us after G2596 their own G848 pleasure G1380 ; but G1161 he G3588 for G1909 our profit G4851 , that we might be partakers G3335 of his G846 holiness G41 .
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11. Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.
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11. Now G1161 no G3956 G3756 chastening G3809 for G4314 the G3588 present G3918 seemeth G1380 to be G1511 joyous G5479 , but G235 grievous G3077 : nevertheless G1161 afterward G5305 it yieldeth G591 the peaceable G1516 fruit G2590 of righteousness G1343 unto them which are exercised G1128 thereby G1223 G846 .
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12. Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,
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12. Wherefore G1352 lift up G461 the hands G5495 which G3588 hang down G3935 , and G2532 the G3588 feeble G3886 knees G1119 ;
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13. and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.
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13. And G2532 make G4160 straight G3717 paths G5163 for your G5216 feet G4228 , lest G3363 that which is lame G5560 be turned out of the way G1624 ; but G1161 let it rather G3123 be healed G2390 .
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14. Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
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14. Follow G1377 peace G1515 with G3326 all G3956 men, and G2532 holiness G38 , without G5565 which G3739 no man G3762 shall see G3700 the G3588 Lord G2962 :
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15. See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.
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15. Looking diligently G1983 lest G3361 any man G5100 fail G5302 of G575 the G3588 grace G5485 of God G2316 ; lest G3361 any G5100 root G4491 of bitterness G4088 springing G5453 up G507 trouble G1776 you, and G2532 thereby G1223 G5026 many G4183 be defiled G3392 ;
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16. And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
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16. Lest G3361 there be any G5100 fornicator G4205 , or G2228 profane person G952 , as G5613 Esau G2269 , who G3739 for G473 one G3391 morsel of meat G1035 sold G591 his G848 birthright G4415 .
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17. For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.
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17. For G1063 ye know G2467 how that G3754 afterward G3347 , when he would G2309 have inherited G2816 the G3588 blessing G2129 , he was rejected G593 : for G1063 he found G2147 no G3756 place G5117 of repentance G3341 , though G2539 he sought it carefully G1567 G846 with G3326 tears G1144 .
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18. For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind
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18. For G1063 ye are not G3756 come G4334 unto the mount G3735 that might be touched G5584 , and G2532 that burned G2545 with fire G4442 , nor G2532 unto blackness G1105 , and G2532 darkness G4655 , and G2532 tempest G2366 ,
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19. and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.
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19. And G2532 the sound G2279 of a trumpet G4536 , and G2532 the voice G5456 of words G4487 ; which G3739 voice they that heard G191 entreated G3868 that the word G3056 should not G3361 be spoken to them any more G4369 G846 :
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20. For they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned."
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20. ( For G1063 they could not G3756 endure G5342 that which was commanded G1291 , And if so much as G2579 a beast G2342 touch G2345 the G3588 mountain G3735 , it shall be stoned G3036 , or thrust through G2700 with a dart G1002 :
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21. In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said, "I shudder with fear."
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21. And G2532 so G3779 terrible G5398 was G2258 the G3588 sight G5324 , that Moses G3475 said G2036 , I exceedingly fear G1510 G1630 and G2532 quake G1790 :)
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22. But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly
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22. But G235 ye are come unto G4334 mount G3735 Zion G4622 , and G2532 unto the city G4172 of the living G2198 God G2316 , the heavenly G2032 Jerusalem G2419 , and G2532 to an innumerable company G3461 of angels G32 ,
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23. and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,
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23. To the general assembly G3831 and G2532 church G1577 of the firstborn G4416 , which are written G583 in G1722 heaven G3772 , and G2532 to God G2316 the Judge G2923 of all G3956 , and G2532 to the spirits G4151 of just men G1342 made perfect G5048 ,
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24. and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel's does.
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24. And G2532 to Jesus G2424 the mediator G3316 of the new G3501 covenant G1242 , and G2532 to the blood G129 of sprinkling G4473 , that speaketh G2980 better things G2909 than G3844 that of Abel G6 .
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25. Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
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25. See G991 that ye refuse G3868 not G3361 him that speaketh G2980 . For G1063 if G1487 they G1565 escaped G5343 not G3756 who refused G3868 him that spake G5537 on G1909 earth G1093 , much G4183 more G3123 shall not we G2249 escape, if we turn away from G654 him G3588 that speaketh from G575 heaven G3772 :
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26. Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too."
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26. Whose G3739 voice G5456 then G5119 shook G4531 the G3588 earth G1093 : but G1161 now G3568 he hath promised G1861 , saying G3004 , Yet G2089 once more G530 I G1473 shake G4579 not G3756 the G3588 earth G1093 only G3440 , but G235 also G2532 heaven G3772 .
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27. Now this phrase "once more" indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.
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27. And G1161 this G3588 word, Yet G2089 once more G530 , signifieth G1213 the G3588 removing G3331 of those things that are shaken G4531 , as G5613 of things that are made G4160 , that G2443 those things which cannot be shaken G4531 G3361 may remain G3306 .
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28. So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.
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28. Wherefore G1352 we receiving G3880 a kingdom G932 which cannot be moved G761 , let us have G2192 grace G5485 , whereby G1223 G3739 we may serve G3000 God G2316 acceptably G2102 with G3326 reverence G127 and G2532 godly fear G2124 :
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29. For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
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29. For G1063 G2532 our G2257 God G2316 is a consuming G2654 fire G4442 .
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