g: My son, neglect not the discipline of the Lord:
neither be thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked by him.

12:6. For whom the Lord loveth he chastiseth: and he scourgeth every son
whom he receiveth.

12:7. Persevere under discipline. God dealeth with you as with his sons.
For what son is there whom the father doth not correct?

12:8. But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are made
partakers, then are you bastards and not sons.

12:9. Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh for instructors, and we
reverenced them. Shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits and
live?

12:10. And they indeed for a few days, according to their own pleasure,
instructed us: but he, for our profit, that we might receive his
sanctification.

12:11. 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.

12:12. Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble
knees:

12:13. And make straight steps with your feet: that no one, halting, may
go out of the way; but rather be healed.

12:14. Follow peace with all men and holiness: without which no man
shall see God.

12:15. 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:

12:16. Lest there be any fornicator or profane person, as Esau who for
one mess sold his first birthright.

12:17. 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.

He found, etc... That is, he found no way to bring his father to repent,
or change his mind, with relation to his having given the blessing to
his younger brother Jacob.

12:18. For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched and a
burning fire and a whirlwind and darkness and storm,

12:19. And the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, which they
that had excused themselves, that the word might not be spoken to them.

12:20. For they did not endure that which was said: and if so much as a
beast shall touch the mount, it shall be stoned.

12:21. And so terrible was that which was seen, Moses said: I am
frighted, and tremble.

12:22. But you are come to mount Sion and to the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of ange