Hebrews 12:1

The Example Of Jesus' Suffering

¹ 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, ² fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Author and Finisher of Our Faith

Cloud of Witnesses

Finisher of Our Faith

For Us

Lay Aside

Let Us

Put Off

Large Crowd

Jesus

Sin

Luke 21:34

"But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly

Matthew 10:37-38

The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Luke 8:14-15

And the [seed] that fell into the thorn plants--these are the ones who hear and [as they] go along are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bear fruit to maturity.

Luke 14:26-33

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, {he cannot be} my disciple.

Romans 13:11-14

And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Do you not know that those who run in the stadium all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore [since we] have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of body and spirit, accomplishing holiness in the fear of God.

Galatians 5:7

You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

Ephesians 4:22-24

[that] you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,

Philippians 2:16

holding fast to the word of life, for a source of pride to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

Philippians 3:10-14

so that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

Colossians 3:5-8

Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have completed the race, I have kept the faith.

Hebrews 10:35-39

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward.

1 John 2:15-16

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to put to the test those who live on the earth.

Matthew 24:13

But the one who endures to the end--this person will be saved.

Luke 9:59-62

And he said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, first allow me to go [and] bury my father."

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourselves from all greediness, because not [even] when someone has an abundance {does} his life [consist] of his possessions."

Luke 16:28

for I have five brothers, so that he could warn them, in order that they also should not come to this place of torment!'

Luke 18:22-25

And [when he] heard [this], Jesus said to him, "{You still lack one thing}: Sell all that you have, and distribute [the proceeds] to the poor--and you will have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."

John 3:32

What he has seen and heard, this he testifies, and no one accepts his testimony.

John 4:39

Now from that town many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me everything that I have done."

John 4:44

For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own homeland.

Romans 2:7

to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,

Romans 5:3-5

And not only [this], but we also boast in our afflictions, [because we] know that affliction produces patient endurance,

Romans 8:24-25

For in hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?

Romans 12:12

rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.

2 Timothy 2:4

No one who serves as a soldier is entangled in the activities of [everyday] life, so that he may please the one who enlisted [him].

Hebrews 6:15

And so, [by] persevering, he obtained the promise.

Hebrews 11:2-38

For by this the people of old were approved.

James 1:3

[because you] know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

James 5:7-11

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

1 Peter 4:2

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.

1 Peter 5:12

Through Silvanus, the faithful brother (as I consider [him]), I have written to you {briefly} to encourage [you] and to attest that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.

2 Peter 1:6

and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother and co-sharer in the affliction and kingdom and steadfastness in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

Revelation 13:10

If anyone [is going] into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone [is] to be killed by the sword, by the sword he [is] to be killed. Here is the patient endurance and the faith of the saints.

Revelation 22:16

"I, Jesus, sent my angel to testify to you about these [things] for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star."

Psalm 18:23

and I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.

Isaiah 60:8

Who [are] these? They fly like cloud, and like doves to their coops.

Ezekiel 38:9

And you will advance like a storm; you will come, [and] you will be like a cloud {covering} the land, and all of your troops and many nations [along] with you."

Ezekiel 38:16

and you will advance against my people Israel like a cloud {covering} the land; it will be in the last days, and I will bring you against my land, so that the nations know me, {when I show myself holy through you} before their eyes, O Gog!" '

Matthew 10:22

and you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.