Hebrews 12:1

The Example Of Jesus' Suffering

¹ 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, ² looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

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

'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

Matthew 10:37-38

'He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

Luke 8:14-15

'And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.

Luke 14:26-33

'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

Romans 13:11-14

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

Galatians 5:7

Ye were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth?

Ephesians 4:22-24

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

Philippians 2:16

the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

Philippians 3:10-14

to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

Colossians 3:5-8

Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth -- whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry --

2 Timothy 4:7

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

Hebrews 10:35-39

Ye may not cast away, then, your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward,

1 John 2:15-16

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

Revelation 3:10

'Because thou didst keep the word of my endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of the trial that is about to come upon all the world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.

Matthew 24:13

but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

Luke 9:59-62

And he said unto another, 'Be following me;' and he said, 'Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'

Luke 12:15

And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

Luke 16:28

for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

Luke 18:22-25

and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, 'Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

John 3:32

'And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth;

John 4:39

And from that city many believed in him, of the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman testifying, -- 'He told me all things -- as many as I did.'

John 4:44

for Jesus himself testified that a prophet in his own country shall not have honour;

Romans 2:7

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;

Romans 5:3-5

And not only so, but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

Romans 8:24-25

for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for it?

Romans 12:12

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

1 Timothy 6:9-10

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

2 Timothy 2:4

no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

Hebrews 6:15

and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

Hebrews 11:2-38

for in this were the elders testified of;

James 1:3

knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,

James 5:7-11

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter;

1 Peter 2:1

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

1 Peter 4:2

no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;

1 Peter 5:12

Through Silvanus, to you the faithful brother, as I reckon, through few words I did write, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God in which ye have stood.

2 Peter 1:6

and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety,

Revelation 1:9

I, John, who also am your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the reign and endurance, of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ;

Revelation 13:10

if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Revelation 22:16

'I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!

Psalm 18:23

And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

Isaiah 60:8

Who are these -- as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows?

Ezekiel 38:9

And thou hast gone up -- as wasting thou comest in, As a cloud to cover the land art thou, Thou and all thy bands, and many peoples with thee.

Ezekiel 38:16

And thou hast come up against My people Israel, As a cloud to cover the land, In the latter end of the days it is, And I have brought thee in against My land, In order that the nations may know Me, In My being sanctified in thee before their eyes, O Gog.

Matthew 10:22

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.