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

A cloud

Isaiah 60:8

Ezekiel 38:9

Witnesses

Revelation 22:16

Let us lay

And the sin

Hebrews 10:35

Psalm 18:23

And let us

2 Timothy 4:7

With patience

General references

Mark 10:50

Bible References

Seeing

For by it the people of old received God's commendation.

A cloud

Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?

You will advance; you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

Witnesses

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don't come into this place of torment.'

He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified, "He told me everything I ever did."

Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

"I, Jesus, have 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!"

Let us lay

"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

Jesus said to another, "Follow me." But he replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

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

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

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,

And the sin

So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.

I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning.

And let us

Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?

by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,

I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!

With patience

And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.

For you need endurance in order to do God's will and so receive what is promised.

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

But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

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

Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

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

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

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

So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness;

I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, then by the sword he must be killed. This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints.

General references

He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.