Hebrews 12:14-17

We must not refuse God's help

14 Do everything that you can to live in peace with all people. Be faithful to the Lord. Nobody will see the Lord unless they are holy. 15 Remember that God is very kind. Nobody should refuse to let God help them. Make sure that nobody among you causes trouble so that people turn against God. A person who is angry with God is like poison. He spoils many other people's lives so that God does not accept them.

16 Make sure that nobody among you has sex in a wrong way. Be careful that nobody is careless about God's rules, like Esau was long ago. He gave away everything that he would have received as his father's firstborn son. He gave it all away so that he could get only one meal. 17 As you know, after that, he still wanted to receive those good things from his father. He wanted his father to bless him. But his father refused to do that. Esau cried very much when he asked his father to bless him. But Esau could not change what he had done.