BE IN SUBJECTION UNTO THE FATHER OF SPIRITS
HEBREWS 12:7-14
LOVE
IF YE ENDURE
CHASTENING,
GOD
DEALETH WITH YOU
AS WITH SONS;
FOR
WHAT SON IS HE
WHOM
THE FATHER CHASTENETH
NOT?
BUT IF YE BE
WITHOUT
CHASTISEMENT,
WHEREOF
ALL ARE PARTAKERS,
THEN YE ARE BASTARDS,
AND
NOT SONS.
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?
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.
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.
WHEREFORE
LIFT UP THE HANDS
WHICH HANG DOWN,
AND
THE FEEBLE KNEES;
AND
MAKE STRAIGHT
PATHS FOR YOUR FEET,
LEST THAT
WHICH IS LAME
BE TURNED OUT
OF THE WAY;
BUT
LET IT
RATHER
BE HEALED.
FOLLOW PEACE
WITH
ALL MEN,
AND
HOLINESS,
WITHOUT WHICH
NO MAN SHALL SEE
THE LORD
FOLLOW PEACE
WITH
ALL MEN,
AND
HOLINESS,
WITHOUT WHICH
NO MAN SHALL SEE
THE LORD
LOVE
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