Hebrews 12:1

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Hebrews 12:1

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Summary

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,

Seeing

Hebrews 11:2

Witnesses

Revelation 22:16

Let us lay

And the sin

Hebrews 10:35

And let us

2 Timothy 4:7

With patience

General references

Mark 10:50

Bible References

Seeing

For it was by it that the men of old gained God's approval.

Witnesses

for I have five brothers; let him warn them so that they will not also come to this place of torture.'

It is to what he has seen and heard that he gives testimony, and yet no one accepts his testimony.

Many of the Samaritans in that town came to believe in him because of the testimony the woman gave when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did!"

By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I think him, I have written you this short letter to encourage you and bear my testimony that this is what the true mercy of God means. Stand fast in it.

"I, Jesus, sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am of the line and family of David, I am the bright morning star."

Let us lay

No one who loves father or mother more than he loves me is worthy of me, and no one who loves son or daughter more than he loves me is worthy of me,

And what falls among the thorns means those who listen and pass on, and the worries and wealth and pleasures of life stifle them and they yield nothing.

He said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Let me first go and bury my father."

And he said to them, "Take care! You must be on your guard against any form of greed, for a man's life does not belong to him, no matter how rich he is."

"If anyone comes to me without hating his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his very life too, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

But take care that your hearts are not loaded down with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day takes you by surprise, like a trap.

All this especially, because you know this critical time and that it is time for you to wake from your sleep, for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

You must lay aside with your former habits your old self which is going to ruin through its deceptive passions.

So treat as dead your physical nature, as far as immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed are concerned; for it is really idolatry.

But men who want to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, harmful cravings, that plunge people into destruction and ruin.

Anyone who is in the army keeps from being involved in business affairs, so as to please the officer who enlisted him.

Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind,

and no longer lives by what men desire, but for the rest of his earthly life by what God wills.

Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone loves the world, there is no love for the Father in his heart,

And the sin

You must not lose your courage, for it will be richly rewarded,

And let us

Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one wins the prize? That is the way you must run, so as to win.

You were making such progress! Who has stopped your obeying the truth?

offering men the message of life. Then I will have reason to boast of you on the Day of Christ, because my exertion and labor have not been wasted.

I want to know him in the power of resurrection, and to share his sufferings and even his death,

I have had a part in the great contest, I have run my race, I have preserved my faith.

With patience

And so after waiting patiently, he received what God had promised him.

but you will need endurance if you are to carry out God's will and receive the blessing he has promised.

You will be hated by everybody on my account, but the man who holds out to the very end will be saved.

But he who holds out to the end will be saved.

But the seed in the good soil means those who listen to the message and keep it in good, true hearts, and yield unfailingly.

Those who by persistently doing right strive for glory, honor, and immortality will have eternal life,

More than that, we ought to glory in our troubles, for we know that trouble produces endurance,

It was in this hope that we were saved. But a hope that can be seen is not a hope, for who hopes for what he sees?

Be happy in your hope, steadfast in time of trouble, persistent in prayer.

for you know that the testing of your faith leads to steadfastness,

So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer has to wait for the precious crop from the ground, and be patient with it, until it gets the early and the late rains.

knowledge with self-control, self-control with steadfastness, steadfastness with piety,

I, John, your brother and companion in the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance that Jesus brings, found myself on the island called Patmos, for uttering God's message and testifying to Jesus.

Because you have kept in mind the message of what I endured, I also will keep you safe in the time of testing that is going to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.

Whoever is destined for captivity will go into captivity; whoever kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. On this fact rests the endurance and fidelity of God's people.

General references

And he threw off his coat and sprang to his feet and went up to Jesus.