King James Bible

Christian Standard Bible

1Wherefore 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,

1Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,

2Looking 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.

2keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

3For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you won't grow weary and give up.

4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

4In struggling against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

5And 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:

5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: My son, do not take the Lord's discipline lightly or lose heart when you are reproved by him,

6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

6for the Lord disciplines the one he loves and punishes every son he receives.

7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

7Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

8But if you are without discipline--which all receive--then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

9Furthermore 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?

9Furthermore, we had human fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn't we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

10For 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.

10For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but he does it for our benefit, so that we can share his holiness.

11Now 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.

11No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

12Therefore, strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees,

13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed instead.

14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

14Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness--without it no one will see the Lord.

15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

15Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and defiling many.

16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

16And make sure that there isn't any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for a single meal.

17For 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.

17For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, even though he sought it with tears, because he didn't find any opportunity for repentance.

18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

18For you have not come to what could be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, gloom, and storm,

19And 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:

19to the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of words. Those who heard it begged that not another word be spoken to them,

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:

20for they could not bear what was commanded: If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.

21And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

21The appearance was so terrifying that Moses said, I am trembling with fear.

22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God (the heavenly Jerusalem), to myriads of angels, a festive gathering,

23To 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,

23to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

24and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.

25See 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:

25See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.

26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

26His voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.

27And 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.

27This expression, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of what can be shaken--that is, created things--so that what is not shaken might remain.

28Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

29For our God is a consuming fire.

29for our God is a consuming fire.

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