Hebrews 11:39–12:4

³⁹And all these, ^uthough commended through their faith, ^udid not receive what was promised, ⁴⁰since God had provided something better for us, ^vthat apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

12Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and ^wsin which clings so closely, and ^xlet us run ^ywith endurance the race that is ^zset before us, ²looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, ^awho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ^bthe shame, and ^cis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do Not Grow Weary

^3dConsider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or ^efainthearted. ⁴In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.