Hebrews 12:2-12

2 Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne.
3 Think of what he went through; how he put up with so much hatred from sinners! So do not let yourselves become discouraged and give up.
4 For in your struggle against sin you have not yet had to resist to the point of being killed.
5 Have you forgotten the encouraging words which God speaks to you as his children? 1 "My child, pay attention when the Lord corrects you, and do not be discouraged when he rebukes you.
6 Because the Lord corrects everyone he loves, and punishes everyone he accepts as a child."
7 Endure what you suffer as being a father's punishment; your suffering shows that God is treating you as his children. Was there ever a child who was not punished by his father?
8 If you are not punished, as all his children are, it means you are not real children, but bastards.
9 In the case of our human fathers, they punished us and we respected them. How much more, then, should we submit to our spiritual Father and live!
10 Our human fathers punished us for a short time, as it seemed right to them; but God does it for our own good, so that we may share his holiness.
11 When we are punished, it seems to us at the time something to make us sad, not glad. Later, however, those who have been disciplined by such punishment reap the peaceful reward of a righteous life.
12 Lift up your tired hands, then, and strengthen your trembling knees! 2

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Cross References 2

  • 1. 12.5, 6Job 5.17;Proverbs 3.11, 12 (LXX).
  • 2. 12.12Isaiah 35.3 (LXX).
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.