1 ¶ Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, 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 w ith our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who having been offered joy, endured the cross, despising the shame and was seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

3 F or consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself lest ye be wearied in your souls and faint.

For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.

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

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:

5 A nd ye have quite forgotten the consolation which speaks unto you as unto sons, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art reproved of him:

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

6 f or whom the Lord loves, he chastens and scourges everyone whom he receives as a son.

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

7 I f ye endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father does not chasten?

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

8 B ut if ye are without chastisement, of which all the sons are partakers, then ye are bastards, and not sons.

But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

9 F urthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence; is it not much better to be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and we shall live?

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

10 F or they verily for a few days chastened us as it seemed good unto them, but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

11 I t is true that no chastening at present seems to be cause for joy, but rather for grief; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto those who are exercised by it.

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

12 T herefore, lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,

Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;

13 a nd make straight steps unto your feet, so that which is lame will not turn out of the way, but let it rather be healed.

and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.

14 F ollow peace with everyone and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:

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

15 l ooking diligently that no one deviate from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up impede you, and thereby many be defiled,

looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;

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

lest there be any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

17 F or ye know how that afterward, desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind in his father, though he sought is diligently 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

For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

19 a nd the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, which voice those that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more;

and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

20 ( for they could not endure that which was commanded, and if so much as a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned or thrust through with a dart:

for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

21 a nd so terrible was the sight that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake);

and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:

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

but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,

23 t o the congregation of the called out ones of the firstborn, who are registered in the heavens and to God the Judge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect

to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

24 a nd to Jesus, the mediator of the new testament and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better than that of Abel.

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

25 S ee that you do not refuse him that speaks. For if those who refused him that spoke on earth did not escape, much less shall we escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from the heavens,

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape who turn away from him that warneth from heaven:

26 w hose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet even once, I shall shake not the earth only, but also the heaven.

whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.

27 A nd this word, Yet even once, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.

28 T herefore, receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us hold fast to the grace, by which we serve God, pleasing him with reverence and godly fear:

Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:

29 f or our God is a consuming fire.

for our God is a consuming fire.