Hebreus 12

The Call to Endurance

1 Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses  * 12:1 Heb 11:2,4–5,39 surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance  * 12:1 1Co 9:24; Heb 10:36 the race that lies before us, 2 keeping our eyes on Jesus,  * 12:2 Or us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter  * 12:2 Or the founder and completer, or the source and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him,  * 12:2 Or who instead of the joy lying before him he endured the cross, despising the shame,  * 12:2 Lk 24:26; Php 2:8–9; Heb 13:13 and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Fatherly Discipline

3 For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you won’t grow weary and give up.  * 12:3 Mt 10:24; Gl 6:9