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   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.   
      
   Warning Against Rejecting God's Grace   
      
   14 (Ro 14:19; 2Co 7:1) Pursue peace with all men, and the holiness   
   without which no one will see the Lord,   
   15 (Gal 5:4; Heb 3:12; Dt 29:18) watching diligently so that no one falls   
   short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up   
   to cause trouble, and many become defiled by it,   
   16 (Heb 13:4; Ge 25:31-34) lest there be any sexually immoral   
   or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.   
   17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing,   
   he was rejected. For he found no place for repentance, though he sought   
   it diligently with tears.   
   18 (Dt 4:11; Ex 20:18) You have not come to a mountain that can be touched   
   and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and storm,   
   19 (Dt 18:16; 4:12) and to the sound of a trumpet and to a voice speaking   
   words, such that those who heard them begged that the word not be spoken   
   to them anymore.   
   20 (Ex 19:12-13) For they could not endure that which was commanded:   
   "If so much as a beast touches the mountain, it must be stoned   
   or thrust through with a spear."(Ex 19:12-13.)   
   21 (Ex 19:16) So terrible was the sight that Moses said,   
   "I am terrified and trembling."(Dt 9:19.)   
   22 (Gal 4:26; Ps 48:2) But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city   
   of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable   
   company of angels;   
   23 (Lk 10:20; Ge 18:25) to the general assembly and church of the firstborn,   
   who are enrolled in heaven; to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits   
   of the righteous ones made perfect;   
   24 (Ge 4:10; Heb 11:4; 8:6) and to Jesus, the Mediator of a new covenant;   
   and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than that of Abel.   
   25 (Heb 8:5; 11:7) See that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if they   
   did not escape when they refused Him who spoke on earth,   
   much less shall we escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven.   
   26 (Ex 19:18) At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has given us   
   a promise, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth   
   but also heaven." (Hag 2:6.)   
   27 And this statement, "Yet once more," signifies the removal of those things   
   that can be shaken, things that are created, so that only those things   
   that cannot be shaken will remain.   
   28 (Da 2:44; Heb 13:15) Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom   
   that cannot be moved, let us be gracious, by which we may serve God   
   acceptably with reverence and godly fear.   
   29 (Dt 4:24; 9:3) For our God is a consuming fire.   
      
   [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 than 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.   
      
   Hebrews 13   
      
   Service That Pleases God   
      
   1 (1Pe 1:22; 2:17) Let brotherly love continue.   
   2 (Mt 25:35; 1Pe 4:9) Do not forget to entertain strangers, for thereby some   
   have entertained angels unknowingly.   
   3 (Mt 25:36; Col 4:18) Remember those who are in chains, as if imprisoned   
   with them, and those who are ill treated, since you are also in the body.   
   4 (1Co 6:9; Gal 5:19) Marriage is to be honored among everyone,   
   and the bed undefiled. But God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.   
   5 (Jos 1:5; Dt 31:6) Let your lives be without love of money,   
   and be content with the things you have. For He has said:   
   "I will never leave you,   
   nor forsake you."(Dt 31:6, 8; Jos 1:5.)   
   6 (Ps 56:4) So we may boldly say:   
   "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear.   
   What can man do to me?"(Ps 118:6.)   
   7 (Heb 13:17; 6:12; 13:24) Remember those who rule over you, who have   
   proclaimed to you the word of God. Follow their faith, considering   
   the results it has produced in their lives.   
   8 (Heb 1:12; Mal 3:6) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today,   
   and forever.   
   9 (Eph 4:14; 2Co 1:21) Do not be carried away   
   with diverse and strange doctrines. It is a good thing that the heart   
   be strengthened with grace, not with foods, which have not profited   
   those who have been occupied with them.   
   10 (1Co 9:13) We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle   
   have no right to eat.   
   11 (Ex 29:14; Lev 16:27) For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood   
   is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest on account of sin,   
   are burned outside the camp.   
   12 (Ac 7:58; Eph 5:26) Therefore Jesus also, so that He might sanctify   
   the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.   
   13 (Heb 11:26) Therefore let us go forth to Him outside the camp,   
   bearing the reproach that He bore.   
   14 (Heb 12:22; Mic 2:10) For here we have no continuing city,   
   but we seek one to come.   
      
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