HEBREWS XI. 27—40; XII. 1—13.
27 ||By faith|| he forsook Egypt—[1] Not put in fear of the wrath of the king; For |as seeing him who cannot´ be seen| ||he persevered||. 28 ||By faith|| he hath kept the passover and the besmearing of the blood, Lest |he that was destroying the first-born| ||should be touching them||.[2] 29 ||By faith|| they passed through the Red Sea, |as over dry land|, — Which the Egyptians |seizing an attempt´ to do| were swallowed up.[3] 30 ||By faith|| |the walls of Jerieho| fell, |Having been surrounded for seven days|.[4] 31 ||By faith|| |Rahab the harlot| perished not with them who refused to yield, |She having welcomed the spies with peace|.[5] 32 And what more´ can I say? For |time| will fail me while I go on telling — Concerning Gideon､[6] Barak､[7] Sampson､[8] Jephthah,[9] David[10] also, and Samuel,[11] and the pro- phets, — 33 Who ||through faith||— Prevailed in contest over kingdoms. Wrought righteousness, Attained unto promises. Shut the mouths of lions,[12] 34 Quenched the power of fire,[13] Escaped the mouths of the sword, Were made powerful from weakness､ Became mighty in battle､ Overturned |camps of aliens|; 35 Women received |by resurrection| ||their dead||[14]; But |others| were put to the rack､ Not accepting redemption. That |unto a better´ resurrection| ||they might attain||: 36 |Others| again, |of mockings and scourg- ings| received trial, |Nay! further| of bonds and imprison- ments: 37 They were stoned, were pierced through, |were sawn asunder], |By murder|､ with a sword､ ||died||, Went about in sheep-skins, in goat-hides, — Being in want､ suffering tribulation, en- during ill-treatment: 38 Of whom the world |was not worthy| — |Upon deserts| wandering､ and mountains, and in caves, — and in the caverns of the earth. 39 And ||these all|| <though they obtained wit- ness through their faith> Yet bare not away |the promise|: 40 ||God|| |for us| something better´ provid- ing,— That |not apart from us| should they be made ||perfect||.
1 Therefore､ indeed､ <Seeing that |we also| have encircling us |so great´ a cloud of witnesses|> <Stripping off every |incumbrance|*[15] and the easily entangling sin> |With endurance| let us be running |the race that is lying before us|, 2 Looking away unto our faith's Princely-leader and perfecter､ ||Jesus||,— Who <in consideration of the joy lying before him> Endured a cross, |shame| despising! And on the right hand of the throne of God| ||hath taken his seat||.[16] 3 For take ye into consideration — Him who hath endured |such´ contradiction| by sinners against themselves,[17] Lest ye be wearied, |in your souls| becoming exhausted. 4 ||Not yet´ unto blood|| have ye resisted, |against sin| waging a contest; 5 And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which, indeed, |with you´ as with sons| ||doth reason||: — My son! be not slighting the discipline of the Lord, Neither he fainting､ when by him´ thou art reproved; 6 For |whom the Lord loveth| he doth discipline. And scourgeth every´ son whom he doth |welcome home|.[18] 7 <For the sake of discipline> persevere! ||As towards sons|| |God| beareth himself |towards you|; For who is |a son| whom |a father| doth not discipline? 8 <If however ye are without´ discipline. Whereof |all| have received a share> |Then| are ye |bastards| and ||not sons||. 9 ||Furthermore, indeed|| |the fathers of our flesh| we used to have､ |as administrators of discipline|. And we used to pay deference: Shall we not ||much rather|| submit ourselves to |the Father of our spirits| and ||live||? 10 For |they| indeed, <for a few days, according to that which seemed good to them> were administering discipline; But |he| unto that which is profitable､ |with a view to our partaking of his holiness|: 11 But ||no discipline|| |for the present､ indeed| seemeth to be of joy´, but of sorrow´: ||Afterwards|| however — <To them who thereby´ have been well trained> It yieldeth |peaceful fruit| ||of righteous- ness||. 12 Wherefore the slackened hands and paralysed knees restore ye,[19] 13 And |straight tracks| be making for your feet — [20] That the lame member may not be dislocated, but |be healed rather´|.
- ↑ Exo. xii. 41 ff.
- ↑ Exo. xii. 21.
- ↑ Exo. xiv. 22 ff.
- ↑ Jos. vi. 20.
- ↑ Jos. vi. 17.
- ↑ Jdg. vi. ff.
- ↑ Jdg. iv. 5 ff.
- ↑ Jdg. xiii. 24 ff.
- ↑ Jdg. xi. 1 ff.
- ↑ 1 S. xvi. 20 ff.
- ↑ 1 S. i. 20 ff.
- ↑ Dan. vi. 22.
- ↑ Dan. iii. 27.
- ↑ 1 K. xvii 23 : 2 K. iv. 36.
- ↑ Or: "all arrogance."
- ↑ Ps. cx. 1.
- ↑ Nu. xvi. 38; or (WH): "himself."
- ↑ Pr. iii. 11 f.
- ↑ Is. xxxv. 3.
- ↑ Pr. iv. 26 (Sep.).
