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

²¹fixing our eyes on Jesus, the ²^aauthor 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 ¹^band lose heart.

A Father’s Discipline

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

⁵and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,

“^aMy son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,

Nor ^bfaint when you are reproved by Him;

⁶^aFor those ^bwhom the Lord loves He disciplines,

And He scourges every son whom He receives.”

⁷It is for discipline that you endure; ^aGod deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Read in Logos

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

1Lit looking to
2Or leader
1Lit fainting in your souls
1Lit as far as blood

Cross references

a Rom 13:12; Eph 4:22
b 1 Cor 9:24; Gal 2:2
c Heb 10:36
a Heb 2:10
b Phil 2:8f; Heb 2:9
c 1 Cor 1:18, 23; Heb 13:13
d Heb 1:3
a Rev 2:3
b Gal 6:9; Heb 12:5
a Heb 10:32ff; 13:13
b Phil 2:8
a Job 5:17; Prov 3:11
b Heb 12:3
a Prov 3:12
b Ps 119:75; Rev 3:19
a Deut 8:5; 2 Sam 7:14; Prov 13:24; 19:18; 23:13f