Hebrews 12: 4 - 7, 11 - 15
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| 4
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In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
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| 5
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And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? -- "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him.
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| 6
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For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives."
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| 7
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It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
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| 11
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For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
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| 12
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Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,
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| 13
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and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
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| 14
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Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
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| 15
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See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" spring up and cause trouble, and by it the many become defiled;
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