Book of Common Prayer

Consider His Endurance

³ For consider^[a] the One having endured such opposition^[b] by sinners against Himself, in order that you may not be weary in your souls, losing-heart— ⁴ you did not yet resist to the point of blood while struggling against sin!

And Have You Forgotten That God Disciplines Those He Loves?

⁵ And have^[c] you completely-forgotten^[d] the exhortation which speaks^[e] to you as sons?: “My son, do not be thinking-lightly^[f] of the discipline^[g] of the Lord, nor losing-heart while being rebuked by Him. ⁶ For the one whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He whips^[h] every son whom He accepts” [Prov 3:11-12].

God Is Dealing With You As Sons

⁷ You are enduring^[i] [your trials] for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? ⁸ But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers^[j], then you are illegitimate^[k] children and not sons.

And God Is Disciplining You For Your Benefit

⁹ Furthermore, we had fathers of our flesh^[l] as discipliners and were respecting them— but shall we not much more be subject to the Father of [our] spirits and live? ¹⁰ For the ones were disciplining us for a few days according to the thing seeming good to them; but the One does so for our benefit^[m], so that we may share-in His holiness.

And His Discipline Will Yield The Fruit of Righteousness

¹¹ And all discipline for the present does not seem to be a thing of joy, but of grief— but later it yields^[n] the peaceful fruit of righteousness to the ones having been trained by it.

Jesus Remained In Galilee Because They Were Seeking To Kill Him In Judea

7 And after these things Jesus was walking in Galilee. For He was not willing to be walking in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.

Jesus Goes To Jerusalem For The Feast of Tabernacles

² Now the Tent-pitching^[a] Feast of the Jews was near. ³ So His brothers said to Him, “Pass-on from here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples [there] also will see Your works which You are doing. ⁴ For no one does something in secret and himself seeks to be in public. If You are doing these things, make Yourself known^[b] to the world”. ⁵ (For not even His brothers were believing in Him). ⁶ So Jesus says to them, “My time^[c] is not yet here, but your time is always ready. ⁷ The world cannot hate you, but it is hating Me because I am testifying about it that its works are evil. ⁸ You go up to the Feast. I am not going up to this Feast, because My time has not yet been fulfilled”. ⁹ And having said these things, He remained in Galilee. ¹⁰ But when His brothers went up to the Feast, then He also went up— not openly, but as in secret. ¹¹ Then the Jews were seeking-for Him at the Feast, and saying “Where is that One?” ¹² And there was much grumbling about Him among the crowds. Some were saying that “He is good”. But others were saying, “No, but He is deceiving the crowd”. ¹³ Yet no one was speaking with openness^[d] about Him because of fear of the Jews.