11. It is true that no chastening at present seems to be cause for joy, but rather for grief; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto those who are exercised by it.
12. Therefore, lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,
13. and make straight steps unto your feet, so that which is lame will not turn out of the way, but let it rather be healed.
14. Follow peace with everyone and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:
15. looking diligently that no one deviate from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up impede you, and thereby many be defiled,
16. lest there be any fornicator or profane person as Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
17. For ye know how that afterward, desiring to inherit 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