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Hebrews 11:39–12:4

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39And all these, having 1agained approval through their faith, bdid not receive 2what was promised,

40because God had 1provided asomething better for us, so that bapart from us they would not be made perfect.

CHAPTER 12

Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of Faith

1Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, alaying aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, let us brun with cendurance the race that is set before us,

21fixing our eyes on Jesus, the 2aauthor and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him bendured the cross, cdespising the shame, and has dsat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

3For aconsider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary, bfainting 1in heart.

The Father’s Discipline

4aYou have not yet resisted 1bto the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin.

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Hebrews 12:1: Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us …

Footnotes

  1. 1Lit obtained a testimony
  2. 2Lit the promise
  3. 1Or foreseen
  4. 1Lit looking to
  5. 2Or leader
  6. 1Lit souls
  7. 1Lit as far as blood

Cross references

  1. aHeb 11:2
  2. bHeb 10:36; 11:13
  3. aHeb 11:16
  4. bRev 6:11
  5. aRom 13:12; Eph 4:22
  6. b1 Cor 9:24; Gal 2:2
  7. cHeb 10:36
  8. aHeb 2:10
  9. bPhil 2:8f; Heb 2:9
  10. c1 Cor 1:18, 23; Heb 13:13
  11. dHeb 1:3
  12. aRev 2:3
  13. bGal 6:9; Heb 12:5
  14. aHeb 10:32ff; 13:13
  15. bPhil 2:8