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 in this were the elders testified of;

A cloud

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

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.

Witnesses

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

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

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.'

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.

'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!

Let us lay

'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,

'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.

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

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

'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;

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;'

'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,

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;

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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,

And the sin

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

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

And let us

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;

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

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;

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

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

With patience

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

for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

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

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

And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it, and bear fruit in continuance.

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

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

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?

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

knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,

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;

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

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;

'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.

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.

General references

and he, having cast away his garment, having risen, did come unto Jesus.