Hebrews 12:3-17

English Standard Version

Do Not Grow Weary

^3 (A)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or ^(B)fainthearted. ⁴ In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. ⁵ And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

⁷ It is for discipline that you have to endure. ^(F)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? ⁸ If you are left without discipline, ^(G)in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. ⁹ Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to ^(H)the Father of spirits ^(I)and live? ¹⁰ For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, ^(J)that we may share his holiness. ^11 (K)For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields ^(L)the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

¹² Therefore ^(M)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, ¹³ and ^(N)make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint ^(O)but rather be healed. ^14 (P)Strive for peace with everyone, and for the ^(Q)holiness ^(R)without which no one will see the Lord. ¹⁵ See to it that no one ^(S)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no ^(T)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; ¹⁶ that no one is ^(U)sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. ¹⁷ For you know that ^(V)afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.