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Hebrews 12:12-17
New King James Version
Hebrews 12:12-17
New King James Version
Renew Your Spiritual Vitality(A)
12 Therefore (B)strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
14 (C)Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, (D)without which no one will see the Lord: 15 looking carefully lest anyone (E)fall short of the grace of God; lest any (F)root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; 16 lest there be any (G)fornicator or [a]profane person like Esau, (H)who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. 17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was (I)rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.
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- Hebrews 12:16 godless
Hebrews 12:12-17
New International Version
Hebrews 12:12-17
New International Version
12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.(A) 13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[a](B) so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.(C)
Warning and Encouragement
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone(D) and to be holy;(E) without holiness no one will see the Lord.(F) 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God(G) and that no bitter root(H) grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 See that no one is sexually immoral,(I) or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.(J) 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears,(K) he could not change what he had done.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 12:13 Prov. 4:26
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