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Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and *See Eph. 4:22sin which clings so closely, and *See 1 Cor. 9:24let us run *See ch. 10:36with endurance the race that is *ch. 6:18set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, *Luke 24:26;Phil. 2:8;[Isa. 53:11] who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising *Ps. 22:6,7;69:19;Isa. 53:3the shame, and *ch. 1:3is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do Not Grow Weary

3 *[Matt. 10:24;Rev. 2:3] Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or *Gal. 6:9fainthearted.