Hebrews 12:11-13

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¹¹We do not enjoy being disciplined. It is painful at the time, but later, after we have ·learned from [been trained by] it, ·we have peace [^Lit produces/bears the fruit of peace], ·because we start living in the right way [or …and righteousness].

Be Careful How You Live

¹²·You have become weak, so make yourselves strong again [^LTherefore, strengthen your drooping arms/hands and your weak/disabled knees; Is. 35:3]. ¹³·Keep on the right path [^LMake straight/clear paths for your feet; Prov. 4:27], so the ·weak [lame] will not ·stumble [be disabled; put out of joint] but rather be ·strengthened [healed].

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Hebrews 12:11-13

New International Version

¹¹No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace^(A) for those who have been trained by it.

¹²Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.^(B) ¹³“Make level paths for your feet,”^[a]^(C) so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.^(D)