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⥃A Call to Endurance ^{[ 2 Timothy 2:1–13 ]}

[1] Wherefore seeing² we also are compassed about with so great a cloud³ of witnesses⁴, let us lay⁵ aside every weight, and the sin⁶ which doth so easily beset [us], and let us⁷ run with patience⁸ the race that is set before us, [2] Looking⁹ unto Jesus the author¹⁰ and finisher¹¹ of [our] faith; who for¹² the joy that was set before him endured¹³ the cross, despising¹⁴ the shame, and is¹⁵ set down at the right hand of the throne of God. [3] For consider¹⁶ him that endured such contradiction¹⁷ of sinners against himself, lest¹⁸ ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

⥃God Disciplines His Sons

[4] Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.¹⁹ [5] And ye have forgotten²⁰ the exhortation²¹ which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise²² not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint²³ when thou art rebuked of him: [6] For whom²⁴ the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth²⁵ every son whom he receiveth. [7] If ye endure²⁶ chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what²⁷ son is he whom the father chasteneth not? [8] But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.²⁸ [9] Furthermore we have had fathers²⁹ of our flesh which corrected³⁰ [us], and we gave³¹ [them] reverence: shall we not³² much rather be in subjection unto the Father³³ of spirits, and live? [10] For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure³⁴; but he³⁵ for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers³⁶ of his holiness. [11] Now no chastening³⁷ for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless³⁸ afterward it yieldeth the peaceable³⁹ fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised⁴⁰ thereby. [12] Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;⁴¹ [13] And make⁴² straight⁴³ paths for your feet, lest that which is lame⁴⁴ be turned out of the way; but let⁴⁵ it rather be healed.

⥃A Call to Holiness ^{[ 1 Peter 1:13–21 ]}

[14] Follow⁴⁶ peace with all [men], and holiness⁴⁷, without which no man⁴⁸ shall see the Lord: [15] Looking⁴⁹ diligently lest any man⁵⁰ fail of⁵¹ the grace of God; lest any root⁵² of bitterness springing up trouble⁵³ [you], and thereby⁵⁴ many be defiled; [16] Lest there [be] any fornicator⁵⁵, or profane person, as Esau⁵⁶, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. [17] For ye know how that afterward, when he⁵⁷ would have inherited the blessing, he was⁵⁸ rejected: for he⁵⁹ found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

⥃An Unshakable Kingdom ^{[ Exodus 20:18–21 † Deuteronomy 5:22–33 ]}

[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,⁶⁰ [19] And the sound⁶¹ of a trumpet, and the voice⁶² of words; which [voice] they that⁶³ heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: [20] (For they⁶⁴ could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much⁶⁵ as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: [21] And so terrible was the sight, [that] Moses⁶⁶ said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) [22] But ye are come⁶⁷ unto mount Sion, and unto the city⁶⁸ of the⁶⁹ living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable⁷⁰ company of angels, [23] To the general⁷¹ assembly and church of the firstborn⁷², which⁷³ are written⁷⁴ in heaven, and to God⁷⁵ the Judge of all, and to the spirits⁷⁶ of just men made perfect, [24] And to Jesus⁷⁷ the mediator of the new⁷⁸ covenant⁷⁹, and to the blood⁸⁰ of sprinkling, that speaketh⁸¹ better things than [that of] Abel. [25] See⁸² that ye refuse⁸³ not him that speaketh. For if they⁸⁴ escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away⁸⁵ from him that [speaketh] from heaven: [26] Whose voice⁸⁶ then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once⁸⁷ more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. [27] And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth⁸⁸ the removing of those things that are shaken⁸⁹, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. [28] Wherefore we receiving a kingdom⁹⁰ which cannot be moved, let us have⁹¹ grace, whereby we may⁹² serve God acceptably with reverence⁹³ and godly fear: [29] For our God [is] a consuming fire. ⁹⁴

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