Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us. Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider the man who endured such hostility against him by sinners, so that ye may not be weary in your souls, being disheartened.

1 Peter 2:21-23

For ye were called for this. Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that ye should follow his footsteps. Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth. Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.

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

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

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

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

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

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

Christianity » Characteristics of » 13 a race

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being 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 we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Purge out the old leaven, so that ye may be a new lump, since ye are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us.

Verse Concepts

Endurance » Finishing the course

Hebrews 12:1-3

Acts 20:24

But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good-news of the grace of God.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me in that day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

Endurance » Jesus Christ enduring the cross

Hebrews 12:1-2

Error » Definition of » To be forsaken

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

Ephesians 4:22

for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,

Colossians 2:11

In whom also ye were circumcised a circumcision not made with hands, in the removal of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ.

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 28:13

He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.

Isaiah 55:7

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

Verse Concepts

Job 11:14

if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

Verse Concepts

Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that those who run in an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it.

Galatians 5:7

Ye were running well. Who hindered you, not to obey the truth?

Verse Concepts

Philippians 2:16

Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

Philippians 3:14

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

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

1 Corinthians 9:26

I therefore run this way, not as aimlessly. I fight this way, not as flaying air.

Verse Concepts

Games » Foot races

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that those who run in an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it.

Galatians 2:2

And I went up according to revelation, and I declared to them the good-news that I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of repute, lest somehow I might be running or ran in vain.

Verse Concepts

Philippians 2:16

Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

1 Corinthians 9:26

I therefore run this way, not as aimlessly. I fight this way, not as flaying air.

Verse Concepts

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

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

Patience » Being patient

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.

Hebrews 12:1-3

James 5:7-8

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient. Establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has approached.

Romans 12:10-12

with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition, not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, enduring tribulation, persevering in prayer,

Hebrews 10:36-37

For ye have need of perseverance, so that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. For yet a very little while, he who is coming will come, and will not delay.

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

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

Perseverance » In persevering to the end

Galatians 6:9

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

John 15:9

As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Dwell ye in my love.

Verse Concepts

Acts 13:43

Now after the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, while conversing, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Verse Concepts

Revelation 3:11

I come quickly, hold firm what thou have, so that none may take thy crown.

Verse Concepts

Job 17:9

Yet the righteous shall hold on his way. And he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

Verse Concepts

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope entirely for the grace brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.

Romans 2:7

to those who indeed seek by perseverance of good work, glory and esteem and immortality--eternal life--

2 Timothy 3:14

But continue thou in what thou learned and were convinced of, knowing from whom thou learned them.

Race » Foot race » Figurative

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that those who run in an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it.

Galatians 5:7

Ye were running well. Who hindered you, not to obey the truth?

Verse Concepts

Philippians 2:16

Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor 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 his course.

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 understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance happens t

Verse Concepts

Repentance » What it is

2 Corinthians 5:17

So then if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.

Verse Concepts

Isaiah 45:22

Look to me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else.

Verse Concepts

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they report about us what kind of entrance we had with you, and how ye turned to God from the idols to serve a 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 deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust deteriorates, 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, Men, why are ye doing these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming good-news to you, to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all the thi

Colossians 3:2

Righteous » Compared with » Runners in a race

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that those who run in an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being 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 an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it.

Philippians 2:16

Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

Hebrews 12:1-2

Philippians 3:11-14

if somehow I might attain to the resurrection of the dead. Not that I have already obtained or have already been fully perfected, but I press forward, if also I might seize upon that for which also I was seized by Christ Jesus. Brothers, I reckon myself not to have seized, but one thing, indeed forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to the things ahead, read more.
I press forward toward the goal 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 an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

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

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

Sin » Excuses offered for » To be forsaken

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

Ephesians 4:22

for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,

Colossians 2:11

In whom also ye were circumcised a circumcision not made with hands, in the removal of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ.

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 28:13

He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.

Isaiah 55:7

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

Verse Concepts

Job 11:14

if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

Verse Concepts

Sin » Described as » Besetting

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

Sin » Specially strive against besetting

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

Sin » The entangling

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

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

Galatians 6:9

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

John 15:9

As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Dwell ye in my love.

Verse Concepts

Acts 13:43

Now after the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, while conversing, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Verse Concepts

Revelation 3:11

I come quickly, hold firm what thou have, so that none may take thy crown.

Verse Concepts

Job 17:9

Yet the righteous shall hold on his way. And he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

Verse Concepts

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope entirely for the grace brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.

Romans 2:7

to those who indeed seek by perseverance of good work, glory and esteem and immortality--eternal life--

2 Timothy 3:14

But continue thou in what thou learned and were convinced of, knowing from whom thou learned them.

Transgression » Sin, definition of » To be forsaken

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

Ephesians 4:22

for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,

Colossians 2:11

In whom also ye were circumcised a circumcision not made with hands, in the removal of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ.

Verse Concepts

Proverbs 28:13

He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.

Isaiah 55:7

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

Verse Concepts

Job 11:14

if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

Verse Concepts

Weights » Illustrative » Of sins

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.