Hebrews 12:1

New English Translation

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

Cross References

Job 8:10

Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?

Psalm 18:23

I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning.

Isaiah 60:8

Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?

Ezekiel 38:16

You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself through you, O Gog.

Ezekiel 38:9

You will advance; you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

Matthew 10:22

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:13

But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

Mark 10:50

He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

Luke 12:15

Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Luke 16:28

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don’t come into this place of torment.’

Luke 21:34

“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

John 3:32

He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

John 4:39

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified, “He told me everything I ever did.”

John 4:44

(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

Romans 12:12

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

Galatians 2:2

I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running – or had not run – in vain.

Galatians 5:7

You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Philippians 1:30

since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

Philippians 2:16

by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

2 Timothy 2:4

No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!

Hebrews 6:15

And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.

James 1:3

because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

1 Peter 2:1

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

1 Peter 4:2

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

1 Peter 5:1

So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:

1 Peter 5:12

Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

2 Peter 1:6

to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness;

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

Revelation 13:10

If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, then by the sword he must be killed. This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints.

Revelation 22:16

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star!”

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.