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Therefore, since we havesogreat a cloud of witnessessurrounding us, let us alsolayasideeveryencumbrance and the sin which so easilyentangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is setbefore us,
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fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joysetbefore Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has satdown at the righthand of the throne of God.
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and you have forgotten the exhortationwhich is addressed to you as sons, "MY SON, DO NOT REGARDLIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NORFAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM.
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Alldiscipline for the momentseems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peacefulfruit of righteousness.
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For you know that evenafterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he foundnoplace for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.
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to the generalassembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteousmadeperfect,
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See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For ifthose did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, muchless will we escape who turnaway from Him who warns from heaven.
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This expression, "Yetoncemore," denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of createdthings, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
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Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us showgratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptableservice with reverence and awe;