Hebrews 12:1

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,

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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,

In Context

2looking 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.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:37"He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

Mark 10:50The man threw off his cloak, sprang to his feet, and came to Jesus.

Luke 9:59To another he said, "Follow me!" But he replied, "Permit me first to go and bury my father."

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:1

The apostle, in this chapter, applies what he has collected in the chapter foregoing, and makes use of it as a great motive to patience and perseverance in the Christian faith and state, pressing home the argument, I. From a greater example than he had yet mentioned, and that is Christ himself, ver. 1-3 . II. From the gentle and gracious nature of the afflictions they endured in their Christian course, ver. 4-17 . III. From the communion and conformity between the state of the gospel-church on earth and the… Read the whole commentary →

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