Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who having been offered joy, endured the cross , despising the shame and was seated at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself lest ye be wearied in your souls and faint.

1 Peter 2:21-23

Because for this were ye called: for the Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps who did no sin neither was guile found in his mouth, who, when he was cursed, did not return the curse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously;

Athletics » The Christian life compared to a foot-race » Stripping for the contest

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Attitudes of the Christian » Seven attitudes of the spiritual life » Running, for progress

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Christian race » The Christian life compared to a foot-race » Stripping for the contest

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Christianity » Characteristics of » 13 a race

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Isaiah 60:8

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Verse Concepts

Christian conduct » Putting away all sin

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

1 Corinthians 5:7

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ, our passover, is sacrificed for us;

Verse Concepts

Endurance » Finishing the course

Hebrews 12:1-3

Acts 20:24

But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear unto myself, only that I might finish my course with joy and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith; from now on there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto all those also that have loved his appearing.

Endurance » Jesus Christ enduring the cross

Hebrews 12:1-2

Error » Definition of » To be forsaken

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

1 Peter 2:11

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from the carnal desires which war against the soul

Ephesians 4:22

that ye put off everything concerning the old way of life, that is, the old man who corrupts himself according to deceitful desires,

Colossians 2:11

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ;

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 28:13

He that covers his sins shall not prosper, but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall attain mercy.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Verse Concepts

Job 11:14

if there is any iniquity in thy hand and thou dost put it far away and dost not consent that wickedness dwell in thy habitations,

Verse Concepts

Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that those who run in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it.

Galatians 5:7

Ye did run well; who hindered you that ye should not trust in the truth?

Verse Concepts

Philippians 2:16

holding fast the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Philippians 3:14

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

1 Corinthians 9:26

I therefore so run, not as unto an uncertain thing; so I fight, not as one that beats the air;

Verse Concepts

Games » Foot races

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that those who run in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it.

Galatians 2:2

But I went up by revelation and communicated unto them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who seemed to be of repute, to not run, or have run, in vain.

Verse Concepts

Philippians 2:16

holding fast the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

1 Corinthians 9:26

I therefore so run, not as unto an uncertain thing; so I fight, not as one that beats the air;

Verse Concepts

Hindrances » To spiritual progress » Weights, as well as sins, impede progress

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Patience » Being patient

1 Thessalonians 5:14

We also exhort you, brethren, that you warn those that are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with everyone.

Hebrews 12:1-3

James 5:7-8

Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently until it receives the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient and confirm your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draws near.

Romans 12:10-12

loving one another with brotherly love, with honour preferring one another; not slothful in earnest care, but fervent in the Spirit, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, constant in prayer,

Hebrews 10:36-37

for patience is necessary, so that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come and will not tarry.

Patience » To be exercised in » Running the race set before us

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Perseverance » In persevering to the end

Galatians 6:9

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

John 15:9

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.

Verse Concepts

Acts 13:43

Now when the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them to remain in the grace of God.

Verse Concepts

Revelation 3:11

Behold, I come quickly; hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.

Verse Concepts

Job 17:9

The righteous shall hold on to his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Verse Concepts

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, having the loins of your understanding girded with temperance, wait perfectly in the grace that is presented unto you when Jesus, the Christ, is manifested unto you,

Romans 2:7

to those who persevered in well doing, glory and honour and incorruption, to those who seek eternal life;

2 Timothy 3:14

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and in that which has been entrusted unto thee, knowing of whom thou hast learned them,

Race » Foot race » Figurative

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that those who run in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it.

Galatians 5:7

Ye did run well; who hindered you that ye should not trust in the truth?

Verse Concepts

Philippians 2:16

holding fast the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Hebrews 12:1-2

Psalm 19:5

which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.

Verse Concepts

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of prudence, nor yet grace to men of eloquence; but time and chance happens to them all.

Verse Concepts

Repentance » What it is

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are made new.

Verse Concepts

Isaiah 45:22

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no one else.

Verse Concepts

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves tell of us what an entrance we had unto you and in what manner ye were converted to God from idols to serve the living and true God

Verse Concepts

Hebrews 12:1-2

Matthew 6:19-21

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Acts 14:15

and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things that are therein,

Colossians 3:2

Righteous » Compared with » Runners in a race

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that those who run in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Foot races

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that those who run in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it.

Philippians 2:16

holding fast the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Hebrews 12:1-2

Philippians 3:11-14

if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained it, either were already perfect, but I follow after, if I may lay hold of that for which I have also been laid hold of by the Christ, Jesus. Brethren, I do not reckon to have laid hold of it yet, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and extending myself unto those things which are ahead, read more.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

compared to Saints » Runners in a race

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that those who run in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Seven » Seven attitudes of the spiritual life » Running, for progress

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Sin » Excuses offered for » To be forsaken

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

1 Peter 2:11

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from the carnal desires which war against the soul

Ephesians 4:22

that ye put off everything concerning the old way of life, that is, the old man who corrupts himself according to deceitful desires,

Colossians 2:11

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ;

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 28:13

He that covers his sins shall not prosper, but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall attain mercy.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Verse Concepts

Job 11:14

if there is any iniquity in thy hand and thou dost put it far away and dost not consent that wickedness dwell in thy habitations,

Verse Concepts

Sin » Described as » Besetting

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Sin » Specially strive against besetting

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Sin » The entangling

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In persevering to the end

Galatians 6:9

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

John 15:9

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.

Verse Concepts

Acts 13:43

Now when the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them to remain in the grace of God.

Verse Concepts

Revelation 3:11

Behold, I come quickly; hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.

Verse Concepts

Job 17:9

The righteous shall hold on to his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Verse Concepts

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, having the loins of your understanding girded with temperance, wait perfectly in the grace that is presented unto you when Jesus, the Christ, is manifested unto you,

Romans 2:7

to those who persevered in well doing, glory and honour and incorruption, to those who seek eternal life;

2 Timothy 3:14

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and in that which has been entrusted unto thee, knowing of whom thou hast learned them,

Transgression » Sin, definition of » To be forsaken

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

1 Peter 2:11

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from the carnal desires which war against the soul

Ephesians 4:22

that ye put off everything concerning the old way of life, that is, the old man who corrupts himself according to deceitful desires,

Colossians 2:11

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ;

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 28:13

He that covers his sins shall not prosper, but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall attain mercy.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Verse Concepts

Job 11:14

if there is any iniquity in thy hand and thou dost put it far away and dost not consent that wickedness dwell in thy habitations,

Verse Concepts

Weights » Illustrative » Of sins

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,