¹ 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,

² 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.

³ For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

⁴ Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

⁵ 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:

⁶ For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

⁷ If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

⁸ But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

⁹ 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?

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ 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.

¹² Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

¹³ And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

¹⁴ Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

¹⁵ 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;

¹⁶ Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

¹⁷ For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

¹⁸ For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

¹⁹ And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

²⁰ (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

²¹ And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

²² But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

²³ To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

²⁴ And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel.

²⁵ See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

²⁶ Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

²⁷ And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

²⁸ Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

²⁹ For our God is a consuming fire.

---

¹ Wherefore ^G5105 seeing we also ^G2532 are ^G2192 compassed about ^{G4029 G2254} with so great ^G5118 a cloud ^G3509 of witnesses, ^G3144 let ^G659 us ^G2249 lay aside ^G659 every ^G3956 weight, ^G3591 and ^G2532 the sin ^G266 which doth so easily beset ^G2139 us, and let us run ^G5143 with ^G1223 patience ^G5281 the race ^G73 that is set before ^G4295 us, ^G2254

² Looking ^G872 unto ^G1519 Jesus ^G2424 the author ^G747 and ^G2532 finisher ^G5051 of our faith; ^G4102 who ^G3739 for ^G473 the joy ^G5479 that was set before ^G4295 him ^G846 endured ^G5278 the cross, ^G4716 despising ^G2706 the shame, ^G152 and ^G5037 is set down ^G2523 at ^G1722 the right hand ^G1188 of the throne ^G2362 of God. ^G2316

³ For ^G1063 consider ^G357 him that endured ^G5278 such ^G5108 contradiction ^G485 of ^G5259 sinners ^G268 against ^G1519 himself, ^G846 lest ^G3363 ye be wearied ^G2577 and faint ^G1590 in your ^G5216 minds. ^G5590

⁴ Ye have ^G478 not yet ^G3768 resisted ^G478 unto ^G3360 blood, ^G129 striving ^G464 against ^G4314 sin. ^G266

⁵ And ^G2532 ye have forgotten ^G1585 the exhortation ^G3874 which ^G3748 speaketh ^G1256 unto you ^G5213 as ^G5613 unto children, ^G5207 My ^G3450 son, ^G5207 despise ^G3643 not ^G3361 thou ^G3643 the chastening ^G3809 of the Lord, ^G2962 nor ^G3366 faint ^G1590 when thou art rebuked ^G1651 of ^G5259 him: ^G846

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

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 he ^G2076 whom ^G3739 the father ^G3962 chasteneth ^G3811 not? ^G3756

⁸ But ^G1161 if ^G1487 ye be ^G2075 without ^G5565 chastisement, ^G3809 whereof ^G3739 all ^G3956 are ^G1096 partakers, ^G3353 then ^G686 are ye ^G2075 bastards, ^G3541 and ^G2532 not ^G3756 sons. ^G5207

⁹ Furthermore ^{G1534 G3303} we have had ^G2192 fathers ^G3962 of our ^G2257 flesh ^G4561 which corrected ^G3810 us, and ^G2532 we gave them reverence: ^G1788 shall we ^G5293 not ^G3756 much ^G4183 rather ^G3123 be in subjection ^G5293 unto the Father ^G3962 of spirits, ^G4151 and ^G2532 live? ^G2198

¹⁰ For ^G1063 they verily ^G3303 for ^G4314 a few ^G3641 days ^G2250 chastened ^G3811 us after ^G2596 their own ^G846 pleasure; ^G1380 but ^G1161 he for ^G1909 our profit, ^G4851 that ^G1519 we might be partakers ^G3335 of his ^G846 holiness. ^G41

¹¹ Now ^G1161 no ^{G3956 G3756} chastening ^G3809 for ^{G4314 G3303} the 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}

¹² Wherefore ^G1352 lift up ^G461 the hands ^G5495 which hang down, ^G3935 and ^G2532 the feeble ^G3886 knees; ^G1119

¹³ And ^G2532 make ^G4160 straight ^G3717 paths ^G5163 for your ^G5216 feet, ^G4228 lest that ^G3363 which is lame ^G5560 be turned out of the way; ^G1624 but ^G1161 let it ^G2390 rather ^G3123 be healed. ^G2390

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 Lord: ^G2962

¹⁵ Looking diligently ^G1983 lest ^G3361 any man ^G5100 fail ^G5302 of ^G575 the 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

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 ^G846 birthright. ^G4415

¹⁷ For ^G1063 ye know ^G2467 how ^G3754 that afterward, ^{G2532 G3347} when he would ^G2309 have inherited ^G2816 the blessing, ^G2129 he was rejected: ^G593 for ^G1063 he found ^G2147 no ^G3756 place ^G5117 of repentance, ^G3341 though ^G2539 he sought ^G1567 it ^G846 carefully ^G1567 with ^G3326 tears. ^G1144

¹⁸ For ^G1063 ye are ^G4334 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

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 intreated ^G3868 that the word ^G3056 should ^G4369 not ^G3361 be spoken ^G4369 to them ^G846 any more: ^G3361

²⁰ (For ^G1063 they could ^G5342 not ^G3756 endure ^G5342 that which was commanded, ^G1291 And if so much as ^G2579 a beast ^G2342 touch ^G2345 the mountain, ^G3735 it shall be stoned, ^G3036 or ^G2228 thrust through ^G2700 with a dart: ^G1002

²¹ And ^G2532 so ^G3779 terrible ^G5398 was ^G2258 the sight, ^G5324 that Moses ^G3475 said, ^G2036 I exceedingly fear ^{G1630 G1510} and ^G2532 quake:) ^G1790

²² But ^G235 ye are come ^G4334 unto mount ^G3735 Sion, ^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

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

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

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 him ^G3868 that spake ^G5537 on ^G1909 earth, ^G1093 much ^G4183 more ^G3123 shall not we ^G2249 escape, if we turn away from him ^G654 that speaketh from ^G575 heaven: ^G3772

²⁶ Whose ^G3739 voice ^G5456 then ^G5119 shook ^G4531 the earth: ^G1093 but ^G1161 now ^G3568 he hath promised, ^G1861 saying, ^G3004 Yet ^G2089 once more ^G530 I ^G1473 shake ^G4579 not ^G3756 the earth ^G1093 only, ^G3440 but ^G235 also ^G2532 heaven. ^G3772

²⁷ And ^G1161 this word, Yet ^G2089 once more, ^G530 signifieth ^G1213 the removing ^G3331 of those things that are shaken, ^G4531 as ^G5613 of things that are made, ^G4160 that ^G2443 those things which cannot ^G3361 be shaken ^G4531 may remain. ^G3306

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

²⁹ For ^{G2532 G1063} our ^G2257 God ^G2316 is a consuming ^G2654 fire. ^G4442

---

¹ Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, 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,

² looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of `our' faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

³ For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.

⁴ Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:

⁵ and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

⁶ For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

⁷ It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom `his' father chasteneth not?

⁸ But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

⁹ Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

¹⁰ For they indeed for a few days chastened `us' as seemed good to them; but he for `our' profit, that `we' may be partakers of his holiness.

¹¹ All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, `even the fruit' of righteousness.

¹² Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;

¹³ and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.

¹⁴ Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

¹⁵ looking carefully lest `there be' any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble `you', and thereby the many be defiled;

¹⁶ lest `there be' any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

¹⁷ For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind `in his father,' though he sought is diligently with tears.

¹⁸ For ye are not come unto `a mount' that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

¹⁹ and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which `voice' they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

²⁰ for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

²¹ and so fearful was the appearance, `that' Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:

²² but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,

²³ to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

²⁴ and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than `that of' Abel.

²⁵ See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned `them' on earth, much more `shall not' we `escape' who turn away from him that `warneth' from heaven:

²⁶ whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.

²⁷ And this `word', Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.

²⁸ Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:

²⁹ for our God is a consuming fire.

---

¹ Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

² looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

³ for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.

⁴ Not yet unto blood did ye resist -- with the sin striving;

⁵ and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

⁶ for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'

⁷ if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

⁸ and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.

⁹ Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising `us', and we were reverencing `them'; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

¹⁰ for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;

¹¹ and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it -- it doth yield.

¹² Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;

¹³ and straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;

¹⁴ peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

¹⁵ looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

¹⁶ lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,

¹⁷ for ye know that also afterwards, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was disapproved of, for a place of reformation he found not, though with tears having sought it.

¹⁸ For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

¹⁹ and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of sayings, which those having heard did entreat that a word might not be added to them,

²⁰ for they were not bearing that which is commanded, `And if a beast may touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or with an arrow shot through,'

²¹ and, (so terrible was the sight,) Moses said, `I am fearful exceedingly, and trembling.'

²² But, ye came to Mount Zion, and to a city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers,

²³ to the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,

²⁴ and to a mediator of a new covenant -- Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!

²⁵ See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who `speaketh' from heaven,

²⁶ whose voice the earth shook then, and now hath he promised, saying, `Yet once -- I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven;'

²⁷ and this -- `Yet once' -- doth make evident the removal of the things shaken, as of things having been made, that the things not shaken may remain;

²⁸ wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;

²⁹ for also our God `is' a consuming fire.

---

¹ Let *us* also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,

² looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured [the] cross, having despised [the] shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

³ For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.

⁴ Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, wrestling against sin.

⁵ And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not [the] chastening of [the] Lord, nor faint [when] reproved by him;

⁶ for whom [the] Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.

⁷ Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?

⁸ But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

⁹ Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced [them]; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

¹⁰ For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness.

¹¹ But no chastening at the time seems to be [matter] of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields [the] peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.

¹² Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees;

¹³ and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned aside; but that rather it may be healed.

¹⁴ Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:

¹⁵ watching lest [there be] any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and many be defiled by it;

¹⁶ lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;

¹⁷ for ye know that also afterwards, desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, (for he found no place for repentance) although he sought it earnestly with tears.

¹⁸ For ye have not come to [the mount] that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,

¹⁹ and trumpet's sound, and voice of words; which they that heard, excusing themselves, declined [the] word being addressed to them any more:

²⁰ (for they were not able to bear what was enjoined: And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

²¹ and, so fearful was the sight, Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and full of trembling;)

²² but ye have come to mount Zion; and to [the] city of [the] living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels,

²³ the universal gathering; and to [the] assembly of the firstborn [who are] registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to [the] spirits of just [men] made perfect;

²⁴ and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to [the] blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel.

²⁵ See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him [who does so] from heaven:

²⁶ whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet once will *I* shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.

²⁷ But this Yet once, signifies the removing of what is shaken, as being made, that what is not shaken may remain.

²⁸ Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace, by which let us serve God acceptably with reverence and fear.

²⁹ For also our God [is] a consuming fire.

---

¹ Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

² looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

³ For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don't grow weary, fainting in your souls.

⁴ You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;

⁵ and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by him;

⁶ For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, And scourges every son whom he receives."

⁷ It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?

⁸ But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.

⁹ Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

¹⁰ For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

¹¹ All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

¹² Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

¹³ and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

¹⁴ Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

¹⁵ looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;

¹⁶ lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, as Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

¹⁷ For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.

¹⁸ For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, tempest,

¹⁹ the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,

²⁰ for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned{TR adds "or shot with an arrow" [see Exodus 19:12-13]};"

²¹ and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."

²² But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,

²³ to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

²⁴ to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

²⁵ See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

²⁶ whose voice shook the earth, then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens."

²⁷ This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.

²⁸ Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

²⁹ for our God is a consuming fire.

---

¹ For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

² Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.

³ Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.

⁴ Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:

⁵ And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

⁶ For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

⁷ It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

⁸ But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.

⁹ And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

¹⁰ For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

¹¹ At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

¹² For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong,

¹³ And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.

¹⁴ Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

¹⁵ Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

¹⁶ And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.

¹⁷ For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.

¹⁸ You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,

¹⁹ And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them:

²⁰ For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them;

²¹ And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.

²² But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

²³ To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

²⁴ And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.

²⁵ See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?

²⁶ Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.

²⁷ And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.

²⁸ If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

²⁹ For our God is an all-burning fire.