Hebrews 12:1-8

New King James Version

The Race of Faith

12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, ^(A)let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and ^(B)let us run ^(C)with endurance the race that is set before us, ²looking unto Jesus, the ^[a]author and ^[b]finisher of our faith, ^(D)who for the joy that was set before Him ^(E)endured the cross, despising the shame, and ^(F)has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The Discipline of God^(G)

³^(H)For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, ^(I)lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. ⁴^(J)You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin. ⁵And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:

^(K)“My son, do not despise the ^[c]chastening of the Lord,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
⁶For ^(L)whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”

⁷^(M)If^[d] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what ^(N)son is there whom a father does not chasten? ⁸But if you are without chastening, ^(O)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.