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Afflicted saints » Should imitate Christ
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. Compare yourselves with him who endured such hostility against himself at the hands of sinners, lest you grow weary, fainting in your souls.
For this is your calling; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps; He committed no sin, Neither was guile found in his mouth. He was reviled, and reviled not back. When he suffered he never threatened but always committed his cause to the One who judges rightly.
Athletics » The Christian life compared to a foot-race » Stripping for the contest
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Attitudes of the Christian » Seven attitudes of the spiritual life » Running, for progress
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Christian race » The Christian life compared to a foot-race » Stripping for the contest
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Christianity » Characteristics of » 13 a race
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Christian conduct » Putting away all sin
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Then get rid of the old leaven, so that you may be like a new lump, as you are now unleavened. For our Paschal Lamb has already been sacrificed, Christ himself.
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Endurance » Finishing the course
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. Compare yourselves with him who endured such hostility against himself at the hands of sinners, lest you grow weary, fainting in your souls.
But I hold not my life of any account, as dear unto myself, if only I may run my race, and accomplish the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to attest the gospel of the grace of God.
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I have fought in the glorious contest; I have run the race; I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
Endurance » Jesus Christ enduring the cross
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Error » Definition of » To be forsaken
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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I beseech you, beloved, as pilgrims and exiles, to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls.
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You have learned to lay aside, with your former manner of living, the old self who was on his way to ruin, as he followed the desires which deceive;
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In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands; even in putting off your sensual nature in Christ's own circumcision,
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Games » Figurative » Of the Christian life
Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.
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You were running your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
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holding out a message of life. Thus it will be my boast at the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, or toiled for nothing.
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I am ever pressing on toward the goal, for the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.
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Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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For my part, then, I run with no wavering to the goal. I box not as one beating the air,
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Games » Foot races
Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.
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(I went up at that time in obedience to a revelation). And I laid before them the gospel which I am wont to preach among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those in authority, lest by any means I should be running, or should already have run, in vain.
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holding out a message of life. Thus it will be my boast at the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, or toiled for nothing.
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Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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For my part, then, I run with no wavering to the goal. I box not as one beating the air,
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Hindrances » To spiritual progress » Weights, as well as sins, impede progress
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Patience » Being patient
And, brothers, we urge you to admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, lose patience with none.
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Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. Compare yourselves with him who endured such hostility against himself at the hands of sinners, lest you grow weary, fainting in your souls.
Be patient, then, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer who waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it gets the early and the latter rains. So you also must be patient. Stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand!
As for brotherly love, be tenderly affectionate one to another, in honor preferring one another. In your diligence be free from sloth. Be glowing in spirit. Slave for the master. Rejoice in hope; be patient under affliction; continue stedfast in prayer.
For you need stedfastness, so that after having done the will of God, you may receive the promise, For yet a very, very little while, and then The Coming One will have come, without delay.
Patience » To be exercised in » Running the race set before us
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Perseverance » In persevering to the end
And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.
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Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
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When the congregation broke up, many of the Jews, and of the devout proselytes, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them, and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
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I am coming quickly. Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.
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So then brace up your minds, be steady in spirit, and fix your hope firmly in the grace that is coming to you, at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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eternal life to those who by patience in well-doing strive for glory and honor and immortality;
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But do you hold fast what you have learned and have held to be true. You know those from whom you have learned it,
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Race » Foot race » Figurative
Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.
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You were running your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
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holding out a message of life. Thus it will be my boast at the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, or toiled for nothing.
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Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Repentance » What it is
So there is a new creation when any man is in Christ. The old life has passed away, behold, the new is come.
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For others, of their own accord, tell about the welcome I had from you, and how you turned to God from your idols, to be slaved of a true and living God,
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Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
"Store up for yourselves no treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; "but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. "For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
"Men, why are you doing all this? We also are men, with natures like your own! We are bringing you good tidings, that you are to turn from these empty things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is.
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Set your heart on things above, not on earthly things;
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Righteous » Compared with » Runners in a race
Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.
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Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Foot races
Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.
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holding out a message of life. Thus it will be my boast at the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, or toiled for nothing.
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Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
if by any means I might attain to the resurrection from the dead! I do not say that I have already won, or am already perfect, but I am passing on to lay hold on the prize for which also Christ has laid hold of me. Brothers, I do not regard myself to have yet laid hold of it; but this one thing I do, forgetting what is behind me, but straining every nerve toward that which lies ahead, read more.
I am ever pressing on toward the goal, for the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.
I am ever pressing on toward the goal, for the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.
compared to Saints » Runners in a race
Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.
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Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Seven » Seven attitudes of the spiritual life » Running, for progress
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Sin » Excuses offered for » To be forsaken
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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I beseech you, beloved, as pilgrims and exiles, to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls.
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You have learned to lay aside, with your former manner of living, the old self who was on his way to ruin, as he followed the desires which deceive;
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In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands; even in putting off your sensual nature in Christ's own circumcision,
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Sin » Described as » Besetting
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Sin » Specially strive against besetting
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Sin » The entangling
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In persevering to the end
And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.
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Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
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When the congregation broke up, many of the Jews, and of the devout proselytes, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them, and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
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I am coming quickly. Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.
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So then brace up your minds, be steady in spirit, and fix your hope firmly in the grace that is coming to you, at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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eternal life to those who by patience in well-doing strive for glory and honor and immortality;
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But do you hold fast what you have learned and have held to be true. You know those from whom you have learned it,
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Transgression » Sin, definition of » To be forsaken
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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I beseech you, beloved, as pilgrims and exiles, to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls.
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You have learned to lay aside, with your former manner of living, the old self who was on his way to ruin, as he followed the desires which deceive;
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In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands; even in putting off your sensual nature in Christ's own circumcision,
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Weights » Illustrative » Of sins
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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