Hebrews 12:1

The Example Of Jesus' Suffering

¹ 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, ² our eyes fixed upon Jesus, the Leader and perfect Example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now 'has taken his seat 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

Be on your guard lest your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and lest 'That Day' should come suddenly upon you, like a snare.

Matthew 10:37-38

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Luke 8:14-15

By that which fell among the brambles are meant those who hear the Message, but who, as they go on their way, are completely choked by this world's cares and wealth and pleasures, and bring nothing to perfection.

Luke 14:26-33

"If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.

Romans 13:11-14

This I say, because you know the crisis that we have reached, for the time has already come for you to rouse yourselves from sleep; our Salvation is nearer now than when we accepted the Faith.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Do not you know that on a race-course, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

2 Corinthians 7:1

With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest reverence for God, aim at perfect holiness.

Galatians 5:7

You were once making good progress! Who has hindered you from obeying the Truth?

Ephesians 4:22-24

For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;

Philippians 2:16

Offering to men the Message of Life; and then I shall be able at the Day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.

Philippians 3:10-14

Then indeed I shall know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings,

Colossians 3:5-8

Therefore destroy all that is earthly in you--immorality, uncleanness, passions, evil desires, and that greed which is idolatry.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have run the great Race; I have finished the Course; I have kept the Faith.

Hebrews 10:35-39

Do not, therefore, abandon the confidence that you have gained, for it has a great reward awaiting it.

1 John 2:15-16

Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him;

Revelation 3:10

Because you kept in mind the story of my endurance, I will keep you in the hour of trial that is about to come upon the whole world, the hour that will test all who are living upon earth.

Matthew 24:13

Yet the man that endures to the end shall be saved.

Luke 9:59-62

To another man Jesus said: "Follow me." "Let me first go and bury my father," said the man.

Luke 12:15

And then he added: "Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man's true Life does not depend on what he has."

Luke 16:28

For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.'

Luke 18:22-25

Hearing this, Jesus said to him: "There is one thing still lacking in you; sell everything that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; then come and follow me."

John 3:32

He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement.

John 4:39

Many from that town came to believe in Jesus--Samaritans though they were--on account of the woman's statement--'He has told me everything that I have done.'

John 4:44

For he himself declared that 'a Prophet is not honored in his own country.'

Romans 2:7

To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life;

Romans 5:3-5

And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles;

Romans 8:24-25

By our hope we were saved. But the thing hoped for is no longer an object of hope when it is before our eyes; for who hopes for what is before his eyes?

Romans 12:12

Rejoicing in your hope; steadfast under persecution; persevering in prayer;

1 Timothy 6:9-10

Those who want to be rich fall into the snares of temptation, and become the prey of many foolish and harmful ambitions, which plunge people into Destruction and Ruin.

2 Timothy 2:4

A soldier on active service, to please his superior officer, always avoids entangling himself in the affairs of ordinary life.

Hebrews 6:15

And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfillment of God's promise.

Hebrews 11:2-38

And it was for faith that the men of old were renowned.

James 1:3

Knowing, as you do, that the testing of your faith develops endurance.

James 5:7-11

Be patient, then, Brothers, till the Coming of the Lord. Even the farmer has to wait for the precious fruit of the earth, watching over it patiently, till it has had the spring and summer rains.

1 Peter 2:1

Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all back-biting,

1 Peter 4:2

and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.

1 Peter 5:12

I have been writing to you briefly by the hand of Silas, our true-hearted Brother (for so I regard him), to urge upon you, and to bear my testimony, that in what I have written is to be found the true love of God. On that take your stand.

2 Peter 1:6

knowledge by self-control, self-control by endurance, endurance by piety,

Revelation 1:9

I, John, who am your Brother, and who share with you in the suffering and kingship and endurance of Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos, for the sake of the Message of God and the testimony to Jesus.

Revelation 13:10

'Whoever is destined for captivity goes into captivity.' Whoever shall kill with the sword must inevitably be killed with the sword. (Here there is need for endurance and faith on the part of Christ's People.)

Revelation 22:16

'I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear testimony to you about these things before the Churches. I am the Scion and the Offspring of David, the bright Star of the Morning.'

Matthew 10:22

And you will be hated by every one on account of my Name. Yet the man that endures to the end shall be saved.