11. Now all chastisement for the present indeed seemeth not to bring with it joy, but sorrow: but afterwards it will yield, to them that are exercised by it, the most peaceable fruit of justice.
12. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,
13. And make straight steps with your feet: that no one, halting, may go out of the way; but rather be healed.
14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness: without which no man shall see God.
15. Looking diligently, lest any man be wanting to the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up do hinder, and by it many be defiled.
16. Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who for one mess, sold his first birthright.
17. For know ye that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected; for he found no place of repentance, although with tears he had sought it.
18. For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched, and a burning fire, and a whirlwind, and darkness, and storm,
19. And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they that heard excused themselves, that the word might not be spoken to them:
20. For they did not endure that which was said: And if so much as a beast shall touch the mount, it shall be stoned.