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1. We have around us many people whose lives tell us what faith means. So let us run the race that is before us and never give up. We should remove from our lives anything that would get in the way and the sin that so easily holds us back.
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1. Wherefore G5105 seeing we G2249 also G2532 are compassed about G4029 with G2254 so great G5118 a cloud G3509 of witnesses G3144 , let us lay aside G659 every G3956 weight G3591 , and G2532 the sin G266 which doth so easily beset G2139 us, and G2532 let us run G5143 with G1223 patience G5281 the G3588 race G73 that is set before G4295 us G2254 ,
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2. Let us look only to Jesus, the One who began our faith and who makes it perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But he accepted the shame as if it were nothing because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God's throne.
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2. Looking G872 unto G1519 Jesus G2424 the G3588 author G747 and G2532 finisher G5051 of our faith G4102 ; who G3739 for G473 the G3588 joy G5479 that was set before G4295 him G848 endured G5278 the cross G4716 , despising G2706 the shame G152 , and G5037 is set down G2523 at G1722 the right hand G1188 of the G3588 throne G2362 of God G2316 .
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3. Think about Jesus' example. He held on while wicked people were doing evil things to him. So do not get tired and stop trying.
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3. For G1063 consider G357 him that endured G5278 such G5108 contradiction G485 of G5259 sinners G268 against G1519 himself G848 , lest G3363 ye be wearied G2577 and faint G1590 in your G5216 minds G5590 .
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4. You are struggling against sin, but your struggles have not yet caused you to be killed.
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4. Ye have not yet G3768 resisted G478 unto G3360 blood G129 , striving G464 against G4314 sin G266 .
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5. You have forgotten the encouraging words that call you his children: "My child, don't think the Lord's discipline is worth nothing, and don't stop trying when he corrects you.
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5. And G2532 ye have forgotten G1585 the G3588 exhortation G3874 which G3748 speaketh G1256 unto you G5213 as G5613 unto children G5207 , My G3450 son G5207 , despise G3643 not G3361 thou the chastening G3809 of the Lord G2962 , nor G3366 faint G1590 when thou art rebuked G1651 of G5259 him G846 :
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6. The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as his child."
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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 .
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7. So hold on through your sufferings, because they are like a father's discipline. God is treating you as children. All children are disciplined by their fathers.
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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 G2076 he whom G3739 the father G3962 chasteneth G3811 not G3756 ?
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8. If you are never disciplined (and every child must be disciplined), you are not true children.
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8. But G1161 if G1487 ye be G2075 without G5565 chastisement G3809 , whereof G3739 all G3956 are G1096 partakers G3353 , then G686 are G2075 ye bastards G3541 , and G2532 not G3756 sons G5207 .
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9. We have all had fathers here on earth who disciplined us, and we respected them. So it is even more important that we accept discipline from the Father of our spirits so we will have life.
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9. Furthermore G1534 we have had G2192 fathers G3962 of our G2257 flesh G4561 which corrected G3810 us, and G2532 we gave them reverence G1788 : shall we not G3756 much G4183 rather G3123 be in subjection G5293 unto the G3588 Father G3962 of spirits G4151 , and G2532 live G2198 ?
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10. Our fathers on earth disciplined us for a short time in the way they thought was best. But God disciplines us to help us, so we can become holy as he is.
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10. For G1063 they G3588 verily G3303 for G4314 a few G3641 days G2250 chastened G3811 us after G2596 their own G848 pleasure G1380 ; but G1161 he G3588 for G1909 our profit G4851 , that we might be partakers G3335 of his G846 holiness G41 .
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11. We do not enjoy being disciplined. It is painful, but later, after we have learned from it, we have peace, because we start living in the right way.
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11. Now G1161 no G3956 G3756 chastening G3809 for G4314 the G3588 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 .
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12. You have become weak, so make yourselves strong again.
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12. Wherefore G1352 lift up G461 the hands G5495 which G3588 hang down G3935 , and G2532 the G3588 feeble G3886 knees G1119 ;
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13. Live in the right way so that you will be saved and your weakness will not cause you to be lost.
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13. And G2532 make G4160 straight G3717 paths G5163 for your G5216 feet G4228 , lest G3363 that which is lame G5560 be turned out of the way G1624 ; but G1161 let it rather G3123 be healed G2390 .
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14. Try to live in peace with all people, and try to live free from sin. Anyone whose life is not holy will never see the Lord.
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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 G3588 Lord G2962 :
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15. Be careful that no one fails to receive God's grace and begins to cause trouble among you. A person like that can ruin many of you.
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15. Looking diligently G1983 lest G3361 any man G5100 fail G5302 of G575 the G3588 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 ;
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16. Be careful that no one takes part in sexual sin or is like Esau and never thinks about God. As the oldest son, Esau would have received everything from his father, but he sold all that for a single meal.
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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 G848 birthright G4415 .
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17. You remember that after Esau did this, he wanted to get his father's blessing, but his father refused. Esau could find no way to change what he had done, even though he wanted the blessing so much that he cried.
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17. For G1063 ye know G2467 how that G3754 afterward G3347 , when he would G2309 have inherited G2816 the G3588 blessing G2129 , he was rejected G593 : for G1063 he found G2147 no G3756 place G5117 of repentance G3341 , though G2539 he sought it carefully G1567 G846 with G3326 tears G1144 .
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18. You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire. You have not come to darkness, sadness, and storms.
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18. For G1063 ye are 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 ,
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19. You have not come to the noise of a trumpet or to the sound of a voice like the one the people of Israel heard and begged not to hear another word.
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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 entreated G3868 that the word G3056 should not G3361 be spoken to them any more G4369 G846 :
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20. They did not want to hear the command: "If anything, even an animal, touches the mountain, it must be put to death with stones."
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20. ( For G1063 they could not G3756 endure G5342 that which was commanded G1291 , And if so much as G2579 a beast G2342 touch G2345 the G3588 mountain G3735 , it shall be stoned G3036 , or thrust through G2700 with a dart G1002 :
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21. What they saw was so terrible that Moses said, "I am shaking with fear."
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21. And G2532 so G3779 terrible G5398 was G2258 the G3588 sight G5324 , that Moses G3475 said G2036 , I exceedingly fear G1510 G1630 and G2532 quake G1790 :)
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22. But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands of angels gathered together with joy.
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22. But G235 ye are come unto G4334 mount G3735 Zion 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 ,
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23. You have come to the meeting of God's firstbornn children whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people who have been made perfect.
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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 ,
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24. You have come to Jesus, the One who brought the new agreement from God to his people, and you have come to the sprinkled bloodn that has a better message than the blood of Abel.
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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 .
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25. So be careful and do not refuse to listen when God speaks. Others refused to listen to him when he warned them on earth, and they did not escape. So it will be worse for us if we refuse to listen to God who warns us from heaven.
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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 G3868 him that spake G5537 on G1909 earth G1093 , much G4183 more G3123 shall not we G2249 escape, if we turn away from G654 him G3588 that speaketh from G575 heaven G3772 :
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26. When he spoke before, his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Once again I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens."
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26. Whose G3739 voice G5456 then G5119 shook G4531 the G3588 earth G1093 : but G1161 now G3568 he hath promised G1861 , saying G3004 , Yet G2089 once more G530 I G1473 shake G4579 not G3756 the G3588 earth G1093 only G3440 , but G235 also G2532 heaven G3772 .
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27. The words "once again" clearly show us that everything that was made -- things that can be shaken -- will be destroyed. Only the things that cannot be shaken will remain.
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27. And G1161 this G3588 word, Yet G2089 once more G530 , signifieth G1213 the G3588 removing G3331 of those things that are shaken G4531 , as G5613 of things that are made G4160 , that G2443 those things which cannot be shaken G4531 G3361 may remain G3306 .
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28. So let us be thankful, because we have a kingdom that cannot be shaken. We should worship God in a way that pleases him with respect and fear,
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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 :
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29. because our God is like a fire that burns things up.
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29. For G1063 G2532 our G2257 God G2316 is a consuming G2654 fire G4442 .
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