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Hebrews 12:11-13
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11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful.[a] But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness[b] for those trained by it. 12 Therefore, strengthen[c] your listless hands and your weak knees,[d] 13 and make straight paths for your feet,[e] so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

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  1. Hebrews 12:11 tn Grk “all discipline at the time does not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow.”
  2. Hebrews 12:11 tn Grk “the peaceful fruit of righteousness.”
  3. Hebrews 12:12 tn Or “straighten.”
  4. Hebrews 12:12 sn A quotation from Isa 35:3. Strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees refers to the readers’ need for renewed resolve and fresh strength in their struggles (cf. Heb 10:36-39; 12:1-3).
  5. Hebrews 12:13 sn A quotation from Prov 4:26. The phrase make straight paths for your feet is figurative for “stay on God’s paths.”
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