11At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
12For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong,
13And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.
14Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
15Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
16And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.
17For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.
