Hebrews 12
BRG Bible
12 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:(A)
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.(B)
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.(C)
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.
Hebreeën 12
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Uit Gods terechtwijzing blijkt zijn liefde
12 Nu zoʼn grote menigte van getuigen ons ziet en aanmoedigt, moeten wij alles afleggen wat ons hindert en ons bevrijden van de zonde die zich aan ons vastklemt. Wij moeten de wedstrijd voltooien die voor ons ligt, zonder op te geven. 2 Daarbij moeten wij blijven kijken naar Jezus, die ons de weg wijst. Hij is het doel van ons geloof. Hij kon Zich aan het kruis laten slaan en de schande negeren, omdat Hij wist welke blijdschap Hem te wachten stond. En nu zit Hij aan de rechterzijde van de troon van God. 3 Denk aan Hem die zoveel heeft doorstaan, zodat je niet verzwakt of onverschillig wordt. Hij heeft verdragen dat slechte mensen vreselijke dingen van Hem zeiden. 4 Maar u hebt nog niet op leven en dood tegen de zonde gestreden.
5 U bent zeker vergeten hoe God u als zijn kinderen moed gegeven heeft. Hij zei: ‘Denk niet licht over de tucht van de Here, mijn zoon. Laat de moed niet zakken als de Here u terechtwijst. 6 Want daaruit blijkt dat Hij van u houdt. Als Hij u slaat, blijkt dat u zijn zoon bent.’ 7 Laat u door God opvoeden, Hij behandelt u als zijn kinderen. 8 Hebt u ooit gehoord van een kind dat niet gestraft werd? Als God u niet terechtwijst, wanneer u het nodig hebt, betekent het dat u niet zijn kind bent.
9 Vroeger, toen wij nog kinderen waren, kregen wij straf van onze natuurlijke vaders en wij hadden respect voor hen. Moeten wij ons dan niet nog veel meer onderwerpen aan de opvoeding van onze geestelijke Vader? Dan pas zullen wij leven. 10 Onze natuurlijke vaders hebben ons een aantal jaren naar hun beste weten opgevoed. Maar God weet pas echt wat goed voor ons is, Hij voedt ons op om ons te laten delen in zijn volmaaktheid. 11 Niemand vindt het prettig terechtgewezen te worden, op het moment zelf worden wij er alleen maar verdrietig van. Maar later zien wij dat het toch goed is geweest, de terechtwijzing heeft ons geholpen mensen te worden die goed doen en vrede brengen.
12 Steek dus de handen uit de mouwen en ga stevig op uw benen staan. 13 Zet bij het lopen uw voeten recht neer, anders verstuikt u uw kreupele voeten en die moeten nu juist genezen. 14 Probeer de vrede met uw medemensen te bewaren en leef als afgezonderd voor de Here, anders zult u Hem nooit zien. 15 Let erop dat niemand van u de genade van God aan zich voorbij laat gaan. Er mag geen verbittering onder u komen, want als dat gebeurt, zullen velen erdoor aangestoken worden en zijn de gevolgen niet te overzien. 16 Let er ook op dat niemand van u betrokken raakt in seksuele zonden of het heilige zo minacht als Esau, die als oudste zoon zijn rechten ruilde voor een bord eten. 17 Want u weet het! Toen hij die rechten terug wilde hebben, was het te laat. Het hielp niets dat hij huilde, hij kreeg geen kans meer tot inkeer.
18 U bent niet oog in oog komen te staan met iets ontzettends—met laaiend vuur, diepe duisternis en gierende wind—zoals de Israëlieten in de tijd van Mozes, toen God op de berg Sinaï zijn wet gaf. 19 U hebt ook geen luid trompetgeschal gehoord of de donderende stem van God. De Israëlieten werden daar zo bang van dat zij God vroegen niets meer tegen hen te zeggen. 20 Zij trilden van angst, omdat God had gezegd: ‘Zelfs een dier dat de berg aanraakt, zal worden gestenigd.’ 21 Mozes was zo ontzet door wat hij zag en hoorde, dat hij zei: ‘Ik ben zo bang, dat ik sta te trillen op mijn benen.’
22 Nee, u staat voor de berg Sion en voor de stad van de levende God, het hemelse Jeruzalem, waar tienduizenden engelen wonen. 23 U bent gekomen naar een feestelijke samenkomst van Gods oudste kinderen, die in het bevolkingsregister van de hemel staan. U staat voor God, die de rechter van alle mensen is en voor de geesten van de mensen die volmaakt geworden zijn. 24 U bent naar Jezus gekomen, die ervoor gezorgd heeft dat er een nieuw verbond tussen God en de mensen kwam. Hij heeft daarvoor zijn bloed gegeven en zijn bloed roept om vergeving in plaats van om wraak, zoals dat van Abel.
25 Pas op dat u God, die tot u spreekt, niet de rug toekeert! Want toen de Israëlieten weigerden te luisteren naar de waarschuwingen van Mozes, die namens God sprak, liep het niet goed met hen af. Maar als wij niet willen luisteren naar wat Jezus Christus zegt, zal het met ons nog veel slechter aflopen. 26 Toen God vanaf de berg Sinaï sprak, schudde de aarde van zijn stem. ‘Nog één keer,’ zegt Hij nu, ‘zal Ik niet alleen de aarde, maar ook de hemel laten schudden.’ 27 Daarmee bedoelt Hij dat alles wat niet vaststaat, zal verdwijnen, alles wat gemaakt is. Maar alles wat niet aan het wankelen gebracht kan worden, zal blijven.
28 Omdat wij een blijvend vaderland krijgen, moeten wij dankbaar zijn en God dienen zoals Hij het graag wil, met eerbied en ontzag. 29 Want onze God is een verterend vuur.
Hebrews 12
King James Version
12 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 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 12
New International Version
12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run(A) with perseverance(B) the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus,(C) the pioneer(D) and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,(E) scorning its shame,(F) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.(G) 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary(H) and lose heart.
God Disciplines His Children
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(I) 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart(J) when he rebukes you,
6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(K)
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](L)
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(M) For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(N)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits(O) and live!(P) 10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.(Q) 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(R) for those who have been trained by it.
12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.(S) 13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[b](T) so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.(U)
Warning and Encouragement
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone(V) and to be holy;(W) without holiness no one will see the Lord.(X) 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God(Y) and that no bitter root(Z) grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 See that no one is sexually immoral,(AA) or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.(AB) 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears,(AC) he could not change what he had done.
The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy
18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;(AD) 19 to a trumpet blast(AE) or to such a voice speaking words(AF) that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,(AG) 20 because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”[c](AH) 21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”[d](AI)
22 But you have come to Mount Zion,(AJ) to the city(AK) of the living God,(AL) the heavenly Jerusalem.(AM) You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the firstborn,(AN) whose names are written in heaven.(AO) You have come to God, the Judge of all,(AP) to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(AQ) 24 to Jesus the mediator(AR) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood(AS) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(AT)
25 See to it that you do not refuse(AU) him who speaks.(AV) If they did not escape when they refused him who warned(AW) them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?(AX) 26 At that time his voice shook the earth,(AY) but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”[e](AZ) 27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken(BA)—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken,(BB) let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,(BC) 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[f](BD)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)
- Hebrews 12:13 Prov. 4:26
- Hebrews 12:20 Exodus 19:12,13
- Hebrews 12:21 See Deut. 9:19.
- Hebrews 12:26 Haggai 2:6
- Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24
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