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Hebrews 12 (WEBP)

[1] Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
[2] looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
[3] For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
[4] You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.
[5] You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
[6] for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
[7] It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?
[8] But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children.
[9] Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
[10] For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
[11] All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
[12] Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
[13] and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
[14] Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
[15] looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it,
[16] lest there be any sexually immoral person or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
[17] For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
[18] For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
[19] the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
[20] for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned”.
[21] So fearful was the appearance that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.”
[22] But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
[23] to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
[24] to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
[25] See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
[26] whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”
[27] This phrase, “Yet once more” signifies 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] Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
[29] for our God is a consuming fire.

Hebrews 12:6
Hebrews 12:12
Hebrews 12:13
Hebrews 12:20a TR adds “or shot with an arrow”
Hebrews 12:20b
Hebrews 12:21
Hebrews 12:24
Hebrews 12:26
Hebrews 12:29

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Hebrews 12 (KJVS)

[1] Wherefore seeing we also are () compassed about () with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us 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] looking () unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before () him endured () the cross, despising () the shame, and is set down () at the right hand of the throne of God.
[3] For consider () him that endured () such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied () and faint () in your minds.
[4] Ye have not yet resisted () unto blood, striving () against sin.
[5] And ye have forgotten () the exhortation which speaketh () unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou () the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint () when thou art rebuked () of him:
[6] For whom the Lord loveth () he chasteneth, () And scourgeth () every son whom he receiveth. ()
[7] If ye endure () chastening, God dealeth () with you as with sons; for what son is he () whom the father chasteneth () not?
[8] But if ye be () without chastisement, whereof all are () partakers, then are ye () bastards, and not sons.
[9] Furthermore we have had () fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: () shall we not much rather be in subjection () unto the Father of spirits, and live? ()
[10] For they verily for a few days chastened () us after their own pleasure; () but he for our profit, () that we might be partakers () of his holiness.
[11] Now no chastening for the present () seemeth () to be () joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth () the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised () thereby.
[12] Wherefore lift up () the hands which hang down, () and the feeble () knees;
[13] and make () straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; () but let it rather be healed. ()
[14] Follow () peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see () the Lord:
[15] looking diligently () lest any man fail () of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing () up trouble () you, and thereby many be defiled; ()
[16] lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold () his birthright.
[17] For ye know () how that afterward, when he would () have inherited () the blessing, he was rejected: () for he found () no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully () 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,
[19] and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard () intreated () that the word should not be spoken () to them any more:
[20] (for they could not endure () that which was commanded, () And if so much as a beast touch () the mountain, it shall be stoned, () or thrust through () with a dart:
[21] and so terrible was () the sight, () that Moses said, () I exceedingly fear () and quake:)
[22] but ye are come () unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living () God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
[23] to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written () in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, ()
[24] and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh () better things than that of Abel.
[25] See () that ye refuse () not him that speaketh. () For if they escaped () not who refused him () that spake () on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him () that speaketh from heaven:
[26] whose voice then shook () the earth: but now he hath promised, () saying, () Yet once more I shake () not the earth only, but also heaven.
[27] And this word, Yet once more, signifieth () the removing of those things that are shaken, () as of things that are made, () that those things which cannot be shaken () may remain. ()
[28] Wherefore we receiving () a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have () grace, whereby we may serve () God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
[29] for our God is a consuming () fire.

Hebrews 12:2 Or, beginner
Hebrews 12:13 Or, even
Hebrews 12:15 Or, fall from
Hebrews 12:17 Or, way to change his mind
Hebrews 12:23 Or, enrolled
Hebrews 12:24 Or, Testament
Hebrews 12:27 Or, may be shaken
Hebrews 12:28 Or, let us hold fast

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Hebrews 12 (BYZ)

[1] Τοιγαροῦν () καὶ () ἡμεῖς, () τοσοῦτον () ἔχοντες () περικείμενον () ἡμῖν () νέφος () μαρτύρων, () ὄγκον () ἀποθέμενοι () πάντα () καὶ () τὴν () εὐπερίστατον () ἁμαρτίαν, () δι’ () ὑπομονῆς () τρέχωμεν () τὸν () προκείμενον () ἡμῖν () ἀγῶνα, ()
[2] ἀφορῶντες () εἰς () τὸν () τῆς () πίστεως () ἀρχηγὸν () καὶ () τελειωτὴν () Ἰησοῦν, () ὅς, () ἀντὶ () τῆς () προκειμένης () αὐτῷ () χαρᾶς, () ὑπέμεινεν () σταυρόν, () αἰσχύνης () καταφρονήσας, () ἐν () δεξιᾷ () τε () τοῦ () θρόνου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () κεκάθικεν. ()
[3] Ἀναλογίσασθε () γὰρ () τὸν () τοιαύτην () ὑπομεμενηκότα () ὑπὸ () τῶν () ἁμαρτωλῶν () εἰς () αὐτὸν () ἀντιλογίαν, () ἵνα () μὴ () κάμητε () ταῖς () ψυχαῖς () ὑμῶν () ἐκλυόμενοι. ()
[4] Οὔπω () μέχρι () αἵματος () ἀντικατέστητε () πρὸς () τὴν () ἁμαρτίαν () ἀνταγωνιζόμενοι· ()
[5] καὶ () ἐκλέλησθε () τῆς () παρακλήσεως, () ἥτις () ὑμῖν () ὡς () υἱοῖς () διαλέγεται, () Υἱέ () μου, () μὴ () ὀλιγώρει () παιδείας () κυρίου, () μηδὲ () ἐκλύου () ὑπ’ () αὐτοῦ () ἐλεγχόμενος· ()
[6] ὃν () γὰρ () ἀγαπᾷ () κύριος () παιδεύει· () μαστιγοῖ () δὲ () πάντα () υἱὸν () ὃν () παραδέχεται. ()
[7] Εἰς () παιδείαν () ὑπομένετε, () ὡς () υἱοῖς () ὑμῖν () προσφέρεται () ὁ () θεός· () τίς () γάρ () ἐστιν () υἱὸς () ὃν () οὐ () παιδεύει () πατήρ; ()
[8] Εἰ () δὲ () χωρίς () ἐστε () παιδείας, () ἧς () μέτοχοι () γεγόνασιν () πάντες, () ἄρα () νόθοι () ἐστὲ () καὶ () οὐχ () υἱοί. ()
[9] Εἶτα () τοὺς () μὲν () τῆς () σαρκὸς () ἡμῶν () πατέρας () εἴχομεν () παιδευτάς, () καὶ () ἐνετρεπόμεθα· () οὐ () πολλῷ () μᾶλλον () ὑποταγησόμεθα () τῷ () πατρὶ () τῶν () πνευμάτων, () καὶ () ζήσομεν; ()
[10] Οἱ () μὲν () γὰρ () πρὸς () ὀλίγας () ἡμέρας () κατὰ () τὸ () δοκοῦν () αὐτοῖς () ἐπαίδευον· () ὁ () δὲ () ἐπὶ () τὸ () συμφέρον, () εἰς () τὸ () μεταλαβεῖν () τῆς () ἁγιότητος () αὐτοῦ. ()
[11] Πᾶσα () δὲ () παιδεία () πρὸς () μὲν () τὸ () παρὸν () οὐ () δοκεῖ () χαρᾶς () εἶναι, () ἀλλὰ () λύπης· () ὕστερον () δὲ () καρπὸν () εἰρηνικὸν () τοῖς () δι’ () αὐτῆς () γεγυμνασμένοις () ἀποδίδωσιν () δικαιοσύνης. ()
[12] Διὸ () τὰς () παρειμένας () χεῖρας () καὶ () τὰ () παραλελυμένα () γόνατα () ἀνορθώσατε· ()
[13] καὶ () τροχιὰς () ὀρθὰς () ποιήσατε () τοῖς () ποσὶν () ὑμῶν, () ἵνα () μὴ () τὸ () χωλὸν () ἐκτραπῇ, () ἰαθῇ () δὲ () μᾶλλον. ()
[14] Εἰρήνην () διώκετε () μετὰ () πάντων, () καὶ () τὸν () ἁγιασμόν, () οὗ () χωρὶς () οὐδεὶς () ὄψεται () τὸν () κύριον· ()
[15] ἐπισκοποῦντες () μή () τις () ὑστερῶν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () χάριτος () τοῦ () θεοῦ· () μή () τις () ῥίζα () πικρίας () ἄνω () φύουσα () ἐνοχλῇ, () καὶ () διὰ () ταύτης () μιανθῶσιν () πολλοί· ()
[16] μή () τις () πόρνος, () ἢ () βέβηλος, () ὡς () Ἠσαῦ, () ὃς () ἀντὶ () βρώσεως () μιᾶς () ἀπέδοτο () τὰ () πρωτοτόκια () αὐτοῦ. ()
[17] Ἴστε () γὰρ () ὅτι () καὶ () μετέπειτα, () θέλων () κληρονομῆσαι () τὴν () εὐλογίαν, () ἀπεδοκιμάσθη· () μετανοίας () γὰρ () τόπον () οὐχ () εὗρεν, () καίπερ () μετὰ () δακρύων () ἐκζητήσας () αὐτήν. ()
[18] Οὐ () γὰρ () προσεληλύθατε () ψηλαφωμένῳ () ὄρει, () καὶ () κεκαυμένῳ () πυρί, () καὶ () γνόφῳ, () καὶ () σκότῳ, () καὶ () θυέλλῃ, ()
[19] καὶ () σάλπιγγος () ἤχῳ, () καὶ () φωνῇ () ῥημάτων, () ἧς () οἱ () ἀκούσαντες () παρῃτήσαντο () μὴ () προστεθῆναι () αὐτοῖς () λόγον· ()
[20] οὐκ () ἔφερον () γὰρ () τὸ () διαστελλόμενον, () Κἂν () θηρίον () θίγῃ () τοῦ () ὄρους, () λιθοβοληθήσεται· ()
[21] καί, () οὕτως () φοβερὸν () ἦν () τὸ () φανταζόμενον, () Μωϋσῆς () εἶπεν, () Ἔκφοβός () εἰμι () καὶ () ἔντρομος. ()
[22] Ἀλλὰ () προσεληλύθατε () Σιὼν () ὄρει, () καὶ () πόλει () θεοῦ () ζῶντος, () Ἱερουσαλὴμ () ἐπουρανίῳ, () καὶ () μυριάσιν () ἀγγέλων, ()
[23] πανηγύρει () καὶ () ἐκκλησίᾳ () πρωτοτόκων () ἐν () οὐρανοῖς () ἀπογεγραμμένων, () καὶ () κριτῇ () θεῷ () πάντων, () καὶ () πνεύμασιν () δικαίων () τετελειωμένων, ()
[24] καὶ () διαθήκης () νέας () μεσίτῃ () Ἰησοῦ, () καὶ () αἵματι () ῥαντισμοῦ () κρεῖττον () λαλοῦντι () παρὰ () τὸν () Ἄβελ. ()
[25] Βλέπετε () μὴ () παραιτήσησθε () τὸν () λαλοῦντα. () Εἰ () γὰρ () ἐκεῖνοι () οὐκ () ἔφυγον, () τὸν () ἐπὶ () γῆς () παραιτησάμενοι () χρηματίζοντα, () πολλῷ () μᾶλλον () ἡμεῖς () οἱ () τὸν () ἀπ’ () οὐρανῶν () ἀποστρεφόμενοι· ()
[26] οὗ () ἡ () φωνὴ () τὴν () γῆν () ἐσάλευσεν () τότε, () νῦν () δὲ () ἐπήγγελται, () λέγων, () Ἔτι () ἅπαξ () ἐγὼ () σείω () οὐ () μόνον () τὴν () γῆν, () ἀλλὰ () καὶ () τὸν () οὐρανόν. ()
[27] Τὸ () δέ, () Ἔτι () ἅπαξ, () δηλοῖ () τῶν () σαλευομένων () τὴν () μετάθεσιν, () ὡς () πεποιημένων, () ἵνα () μείνῃ () τὰ () μὴ () σαλευόμενα. ()
[28] Διὸ () βασιλείαν () ἀσάλευτον () παραλαμβάνοντες, () ἔχωμεν () χάριν, () δι’ () ἧς () λατρεύομεν () εὐαρέστως () τῷ () θεῷ () μετὰ () αἰδοῦς () καὶ () εὐλαβείας· ()
[29] καὶ () γὰρ () ὁ () θεὸς () ἡμῶν () πῦρ () καταναλίσκον. ()

Hebrews 12:2 κεκάθικεν ¦ TR ἐκάθισεν
Hebrews 12:3 αὐτὸν ¦ NA TH ἑαυτὸν ¦ SBL WH ἑαυτοὺς
Hebrews 12:7a Εἰς ¦ PCK PT RPmg TR Εἰ
Hebrews 12:7b ἐστιν ¦ CT om.
Hebrews 12:8 ἐστὲ καὶ οὐχ υἱοί ¦ CT καὶ οὐχ υἱοί ἐστε
Hebrews 12:9 πολλῷ ¦ SBL TH WH πολὺ ¦ NA πολὺ [δὲ]
Hebrews 12:11 δὲ ¦ WH μὲν
Hebrews 12:13 ποιήσατε ¦ CT ποιεῖτε
Hebrews 12:15a διὰ ταύτης ¦ CT δι αὐτῆς
Hebrews 12:15b πολλοί ¦ WH οἱ πολλοί
Hebrews 12:16a ἀπέδοτο ¦ CT ἀπέδετο
Hebrews 12:16b αὐτοῦ ¦ CT ἑαυτοῦ
Hebrews 12:18a ὄρει ¦ CT om.
Hebrews 12:18b σκότῳ ¦ CT ζόφῳ
Hebrews 12:19 μὴ ¦ WH om.
Hebrews 12:20 λιθοβοληθήσεται ¦ TR λιθοβοληθήσεται ἡ βολίδι κατατοξευθήσεται
Hebrews 12:21 Μωϋσῆς ¦ TR Μωσῆς
Hebrews 12:23 ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἀπογεγραμμένων ¦ CT ἀπογεγραμμένων ἐν οὐρανοῖς
Hebrews 12:24a κρεῖττον ¦ TR κρείττονα
Hebrews 12:24b τὸν ¦ HF PCK SCR τὸ
Hebrews 12:25a ἔφυγον ¦ CT ἐξέφυγον
Hebrews 12:25b τὸν ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοι ¦ CT ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοι τὸν ¦ PT TR τὸν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς παραιτησάμενοι
Hebrews 12:25c πολλῷ ¦ CT πολὺ
Hebrews 12:25d οὐρανῶν ¦ PCK οὐρανοῦ
Hebrews 12:26 σείω ¦ CT σείσω
Hebrews 12:27 τῶν σαλευομένων τὴν ¦ TH τὴν τῶν σαλευομένων ¦ NA WH [τὴν] τῶν σαλευομένων ¦ SBL τῶν σαλευομένων
Hebrews 12:28a λατρεύομεν ¦ NA PT SBL TR WH λατρεύωμεν
Hebrews 12:28b αἰδοῦς καὶ εὐλαβείας ¦ CT εὐλαβείας καὶ δέους

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