1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Hebrews 12

1 An exhortation to constant faith, patience, and godliness. 22 A commendation of the New Testament above the Old.

12:1 Therefore 5105, since we have 2192 so 5118 great 5118 a cloud 3509 of witnesses 3144 surrounding 4029 us, let us also 2532 lay 659 aside 659 every 3956 encumbrance 3591 and the sin 266 which so easily 2139 entangles 2139 us, and let us run 5143 with endurance 5281 the race 73 that is set 4295 before 4295 us,

12:2 fixing 872 our eyes 872 on Jesus 2424, the author 747 and perfecter 5051 of faith 4102, who 3739 for the joy 5479 set 4295 before 4295 Him endured 5278 the cross 4716, despising 2706 the shame 152, and has sat 2523 down 2523 at the right 1188 hand 1188 of the throne 2362 of God 2316.

12:3 ¶ For consider 357 Him who has endured 5278 such 5108 hostility 485 by sinners 268 against 1519 Himself 1438, so 2443 that you will not grow 2577 weary 2577 and lose 1590 heart 5590.

12:4 You have not yet 3768 resisted 478 to the point 3360 of shedding blood 129 in your striving 464 against 4314 sin 266;

12:5 and you have forgotten 1585 the exhortation 3874 which 3748 is addressed 1256 to you as sons 5207, “MY SON 5207, DO NOT REGARD 3643a LIGHTLY 3643a THE DISCIPLINE 3809 OF THE LORD 2962, NOR 3366 FAINT 1590 WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED 1651 BY HIM;

12:6 FOR THOSE WHOM 3739 THE LORD 2962 LOVES 25 HE DISCIPLINES 3811, AND HE SCOURGES 3146 EVERY 3956 SON 5207 WHOM 3739 HE RECEIVES 3858.”

12:7 It is for discipline 3809 that you endure 5278; God 2316 deals 4374 with you as with sons 5207; for what 5101 son 5207 is there whom 3739 [his] father 3962 does not discipline 3811?

12:8 But if 1487 you are without 5565 discipline 3809, of which 3739 all 3956 have become 1096 partakers 3353, then 686 you are illegitimate 3541 children 3541 and not sons 5207.

12:9 Furthermore 1534, we had 2192 earthly 4561 fathers 3962 to discipline 3810 us, and we respected 1788 them; shall we not much 4183 rather 3123 be subject 5293 to the Father 3962 of spirits 4151, and live 2198?

12:10 For they disciplined 3811 us for a short 3641 time 2250 as seemed 1380 best 1380 to them, but He [disciplines us] for [our] good 4851a, so 1519 that we may share 3335 His holiness 41.

12:11 All 3956 discipline 3809 for the moment 3918b seems 1380 not to be joyful 5479, but sorrowful 3077; yet 1161 to those 3588 who have been trained 1128 by it, afterwards 5305 it yields 591 the peaceful 1516 fruit 2590 of righteousness 1343.

12:12 ¶ Therefore 1352, strengthen 461 the hands 5495 that are weak 3935 and the knees 1119 that are feeble 3886,

12:13 and make 4160 straight 3717 paths 5163 for your feet 4228, so 2443 that [the limb] which is lame 5560 may not be put 1624 out of joint 1624, but rather 3123 be healed 2390.

12:14 ¶ Pursue 1377 peace 1515 with all 3956 men 3956, and the sanctification 38 without 5565 which 3739 no 3762 one 3762 will see 3708 the Lord 2962.

12:15 See 1983 to it that no 3361 one 5100 comes 5302 short 5302 of the grace 5485 of God 2316; that no 3361 root 4491 of bitterness 4088 springing 5453 up causes 1776 trouble 1776, and by it many 4183 be defiled 3392;

12:16 that [there be] no 3361 5100 immoral 4205 or 2228 godless 952 person 952 like 5613 Esau 2269a, who 3739 sold 591 his own 1438 birthright 4415 for a [single] meal 1035.

12:17 For you know 3609a that even 2532 afterwards 3347, when he desired 2309 to inherit 2816 the blessing 2129, he was rejected 593, for he found 2147 no 3756 place 5117 for repentance 3341, though 2539 he sought 1567a for it with tears 1144.

12:18 ¶ For you have not come 4334 to [a mountain] that can be touched 5584 and to a blazing 2545 fire 4442, and to darkness 1105 and gloom 2217 and whirlwind 2366,

12:19 and to the blast 2279 of a trumpet 4536 and the sound 5456 of words 4487 which 3739 [sound was such that] those 3588 who heard 191 begged 3868 that no 3361 further 4369 word 3056 be spoken 4369 to them.

12:20 For they could not bear 5342 the command 1291, “IF 2579 EVEN 2579 A BEAST 2342 TOUCHES 2345 THE MOUNTAIN 3735, IT WILL BE STONED 3036.”

12:21 And so 3779 terrible 5398 was the sight 5324, [that] Moses 3475 said 3004, “I AM 1510 FULL 1630 OF FEAR 1630 and trembling 1790.”

12:22 But you have come 4334 to Mount 3735 Zion 4622 and to the city 4172 of the living 2198 God 2316, the heavenly 2032 Jerusalem 2419, and to myriads 3461 of angels 32a,

12:23 to the general 3831 assembly 3831 and church 1577 of the firstborn 4416a who are enrolled 583 in heaven 3772, and to God 2316, the Judge 2923 of all 3956, and to the spirits 4151 of [the] righteous 1342 made 5048 perfect 5048,

12:24 and to Jesus 2424, the mediator 3316 of a new 3501b covenant 1242, and to the sprinkled 4473 blood 129, which speaks 2980 better 2909 than 3844 [the blood] of Abel 6.

12:25 ¶ See 991 to it that you do not refuse 3868 Him who is speaking 2980. For if 1487 those 1565 did not escape 1628 when they refused 3868 him who warned 5537 [them] on earth 1093, much 4183 less 3123 [will] we [escape] who turn 654 away 654 from Him who [warns] from heaven 3772.

12:26 And His voice 5456 shook 4531 the earth 1093 then 5119, but now 3568 He has promised 1861, saying 3004, “YET 2089 ONCE 530 MORE 530 I WILL SHAKE 4579 NOT ONLY 3440 THE EARTH 1093, BUT ALSO 2532 THE HEAVEN 3772.”

12:27 This 3588 [expression], “Yet 2089 once 530 more 530,” denotes 1213 the removing 3331 of those 3588 things which can be shaken 4531, as of created 4160 things 4160, so 2443 that those 3588 things which cannot 3361 be shaken 4531 may remain 3306.

12:28 Therefore 1352, since we receive 3880 a kingdom 932 which cannot 761 be shaken 761, let us show 2192 gratitude 5485, by which 3739 we may offer 3000 to God 2316 an acceptable 2102 service 3000 with reverence 2124 and awe 1190a;