Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore, indeed, seeing that, we also, have encircling us, so great a cloud of witnesses, stripping off every incumbrance and the easily entangling sin, with endurance, let us be running, the race that is lying before us,
New American Standard Bible
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also
King James Version
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Holman Bible
Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses
International Standard Version
Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,
A Conservative Version
Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.
American Standard Version
Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Amplified
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of
An Understandable Version
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a large crowd of spectators [Note: Christians are pictured here as being in a crowded arena, performing in the games], we should lay aside every [excessive] weight and sin that so easily entangle us, and with perseverance, we should run the race [of life] that lies before us.
Anderson New Testament
Wherefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us,
Bible in Basic English
For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
Common New Testament
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
Daniel Mace New Testament
Wherefore, since we are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin which does so easily embarrass us, and let us pursue with constancy the course that is proposed to us:
Darby Translation
Let us also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,
Godbey New Testament
Therefore let us indeed, having around us so great a cloud of witnesses, having laid aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, run with patience the race which is set before us,
Goodspeed New Testament
Therefore, let us too, with such a crowd of witnesses about us, throw off every impediment and the entanglement of sin, and run with determination the race for which we are entered,
John Wesley New Testament
Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which easily besetteth us, and run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith;
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore we also having such a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, having laid down every weight, and sin easily captivating, by patience we should run the race set before us,
King James 2000
Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily ensnare us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,
Modern King James verseion
Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,
Moffatt New Testament
Therefore, with all this host of witnesses encircling us, we must strip off every handicap, strip off sin with its clinging folds, to run our appointed course steadily,
Montgomery New Testament
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
NET Bible
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
New Heart English Bible
Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Noyes New Testament
Therefore let us also, being surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us;
Sawyer New Testament
Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
THEREFORE also seeing we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and that most easily besetting sin, let us run with patience the race lying before us,
Twentieth Century New Testament
Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
Webster
Wherefore, seeing we also are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Weymouth New Testament
Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
Williams New Testament
Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,
World English Bible
Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Worrell New Testament
Therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us??aving thrown off every encumbrance and the easily besetting sin??et us run with patience the race lying before us;
Worsley New Testament
Having therefore so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin that easily besets us, and run with patience the race that is set before us,
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,
Themes
Afflicted saints » Should imitate Christ
Athletics » The Christian life compared to a foot-race » Stripping for the contest
Attitudes of the Christian » Seven attitudes of the spiritual life » Running, for progress
Christian race » The Christian life compared to a foot-race » Stripping for the contest
Christianity » Characteristics of » 13 a race
Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons
Christian conduct » Putting away all sin
Endurance » Finishing the course
Endurance » Jesus Christ enduring the cross
Error » Definition of » To be forsaken
Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
Hindrances » To spiritual progress » Weights, as well as sins, impede progress
Patience » To be exercised in » Running the race set before us
Perseverance » In persevering to the end
Righteous » Compared with » Runners in a race
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Foot races
compared to Saints » Runners in a race
Seven » Seven attitudes of the spiritual life » Running, for progress
Sin » Excuses offered for » To be forsaken
Sin » Described as » Besetting
Sin » Specially strive against besetting
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In persevering to the end
Topics
Interlinear
Perikeimai
Apotithemi
Pas
Dia
Hupomone
Devotionals
Devotionals about Hebrews 12:1
Devotionals containing Hebrews 12:1
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 12:1
Prayers for Hebrews 12:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Example Of Jesus' Suffering
1 Therefore, indeed, seeing that, we also, have encircling us, so great a cloud of witnesses, stripping off every incumbrance and the easily entangling sin, with endurance, let us be running, the race that is lying before us, 2 Looking away unto our faith's Princely-leader and perfecter, Jesus, - who, in consideration of the joy lying before him, endured a cross, shame, despising! And, on the right hand of the throne of God, hath taken his seat.
Phrases
Cross References
Luke 21:34
But be taking heed unto yourselves, lest once your hearts be made heavy - with debauch and drunkenness and anxieties about livelihood, and that day come upon you suddenly,
Matthew 10:37-38
He that loveth father or mother above me, is not, worthy, of me, - and, he that loveth son or daughter above me, is not, worthy, of me;
Luke 8:14-15
And, that which in among the thorns fell, these, are they who have heard; and, by anxieties and wealth and pleasures of life being borne along, are choked up, and bear not to perfection.
Luke 14:26-33
If anyone cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, further also, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Romans 13:11-14
And, this besides, - knowing the season - that it is an hour already for you out of sleep to be wakened; for, now, is our salvation nearer than when we believed:
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Know ye not that, they who, in a racecourse, run, all, indeed, run, - but, one, receiveth the prize? So, be running, that ye may lay hold.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore, these, promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from all pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.
Galatians 5:7
Ye were running well: - who hath hindered you, that, by truth, ye are not to be persuaded?
Ephesians 4:22-24
That ye were to strip off - as regardeth the former behaviour - the old man, who corrupteth himself according to his deceitful covetings,
Philippians 2:16
A word of light, holding forth, - as a matter of boasting unto me, for the day of Christ, - that, not in vain, I ran, nor, in vain, I toiled: -
Philippians 3:10-14
To get to know him, and the power of his resurrection and fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death, -
Colossians 3:5-8
Make dead, therefore, your members that are on the earth - as regardeth fornication, impurity, passion, base coveting, and greed, the which, is idolatry, -
2 Timothy 4:7
The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept:
Hebrews 10:35-39
Do not, then, cast away your freedom of speech, - the which hath a great recompense.
1 John 2:15-16
Be not loving the world, nor yet the things that are in the world: if anyone be loving the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Revelation 3:10
Because thou didst keep my word of endurance, I also, will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Matthew 24:13
But, he that hath endured throughout, the same, shall be saved.
Luke 9:59-62
And he said unto another - Be following me! But, he, said - Suffer me, first, to depart, and bury my father.
Luke 12:15
And he said unto them - Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; for not, in one's abundance, doth his life spring out of his possessions.
Luke 16:28
for I have five brethren; - that he may solemnly testify unto them, lest, they also, come into this place of torment.
Luke 18:22-25
And Jesus, hearing, said unto him - Yet one thing, unto thee, is lacking: Whatsoever thou hast, sell, and distribute unto the destitute, - and thou shalt have treasure in theheavens; and come! be following me.
John 3:32
What he hath seen and heard, of, the same, he beareth witness, - and, his witness, no one, receiveth: -
John 4:39
And, out of that city, many, believed on him - of the Samaritans, - by reason of the word of the woman in bearing witness - He told me all things that ever I did.
John 4:44
For, Jesus himself, bare witness, that, a prophet, in his own fatherland, hath not, honour.
Romans 2:7
Unto them, on the one hand, who, by way of endurance in good work, are seeking, glory, honour and incorruption, life age-abiding,
Romans 5:3-5
And, not only so, but let us boast also in our tribulations; knowing that, our tribulation, worketh out endurance.
Romans 8:24-25
For, by our hope, have we been saved, - but, hope beheld, is not hope, for, what one beholdeth, why doth he hope for?
Romans 12:12
In hope, rejoicing, in tribulation, enduring, in prayer, persevering,
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But, they who are determined to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful covetings, the which, sink men into ruin and destruction, -
2 Timothy 2:4
No one that is serving as a soldier, entangleth himself with the matters of his livelihood, that he may please him that hath summoned him to serve as a soldier;
Hebrews 6:15
And, thus, being patient, he attained unto the promise.
Hebrews 11:2-38
For, thereby, well-attested were the ancients.
James 1:3
Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
James 5:7-11
Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the Presence of the Lord: - Lo! the husbandman, awaiteth the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it, until it receive the early and the latter rain:
1 Peter 2:1
Putting away, therefore, all vice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envyings and all detractions,
1 Peter 4:2
To the end that, no longer, in men's covetings, but in God's will, ye may live, the still remaining time.
1 Peter 5:12
By Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I account him, have I briefly written, unto you, exhorting and adding testimony - that, this, is the true favour of God - within which, stand ye fast!
2 Peter 1:6
And, in your knowledge, self-control, and, in your self-control, endurance, and, in your endurance, godliness,
Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother, and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Jesus, came to be in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and the witness of Jesus.
Revelation 13:10
If anyone carrieth into captivity, into captivity, he goeth away. If anyone, with a sword, doth slay, he must, with a sword, be slain. Here, is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
Revelation 22:16
I, Jesus, have sent my messenger, to bear witness unto you of these things, for the assemblies. I, am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright and the morning Star.
Psalm 18:23
So became I blameless with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
Isaiah 60:8
Who are these that, As a cloud, do fly? and, As doves to their cotes?
Ezekiel 38:9
Then shalt thou come up, Like a storm, shalt thou enter, Like a cloud covering the land, shalt thou be, - Thou and all thy hordes, and many peoples with thee.
Ezekiel 38:16
Therefore wilt thou come up, against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land, - In the afterpart of the days, shall it be. that I will suffer thee to enter upon my land, To the end the nations may know me, when I hallow myself in thee before their eyes O Gog!
Matthew 10:22
And ye will be hated by all, because of my name, - but, he that endureth throughout, the same, shall be saved.