G5613–ὡς–hōs

and you have quite forgotten the encouraging words which are addressed to you as sons, and which say, "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, and do not faint when He corrects you;

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The sufferings that you are enduring are for your discipline. God is dealing with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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lest there be a fornicator, or an ungodly person like Esau, who, in return for a single meal, parted with the birthright which belonged to him.

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Here the words "Yet again, once for all" denote the removal of the things which can be shaken--created things--in order that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

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Remember prisoners, as if you were in prison with them; and remember those suffering ill-treatment, for you yourselves also are still in the body.

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Obey your leaders and be submissive to them. For they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will have to give account; that they may do this with joy and not with lamentation. For that would be of no advantage to you.

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but a rich man should rejoice in being brought low, for like flowers among the herbage rich men will pass away.

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If, however, you are keeping the Law as supreme, in obedience to the Commandment which says "You are to love your fellow man just as you love yourself," you are acting rightly.

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But if you are making distinctions between one man and another, you are guilty of sin, and are convicted by the Law as offenders.

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Speak and act as those should who are expecting to be judged by the Law of freedom.

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your gold and your silver have become covered with rust, and the rust on them will give evidence against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded up wealth in these last days.

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Here on earth you have lived self-indulgent and profligate lives. You have stupefied yourselves with gross feeding; but a day of slaughter has come.

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And, since you delight in obedience, do not shape your lives by the cravings which used to dominate you in the time of your ignorance,

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but with the precious blood of Christ--as of an unblemished and spotless lamb.

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"All mankind resemble the herbage, and all their beauty is like its flowers. The herbage dries up, and its flowers drop off;

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Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;

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And be yourselves also like living stones that are being built up into a spiritual house, to become a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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Dear friends, I entreat you as pilgrims and foreigners not to indulge the cravings of your lower natures: for all such cravings wage war upon the soul.

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Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify God on the day of reward and retribution.

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Submit, for the Lord's sake, to every authority set up by man, whether it be to the Emperor as supreme ruler,

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or to provincial Governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and the encouragement of those who do what is right.

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Be free men, and yet do not make your freedom an excuse for base conduct, but be God's bondservants.

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For you were straying like lost sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your souls.

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Thus, for instance, Sarah obeyed Abraham, acknowledging his authority over her. And you have become Sarah's children if you do what is right and permit nothing whatever to terrify you.

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Married men, in the same way, live with your wives with a clear recognition of the fact that they are weaker than you. Yet, since you are heirs with them of God's free gift of Life, treat them with honour; so that your prayers may not be hindered.

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