Hebrews 12:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Job 8:10

Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?

Psalm 18:23

I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.

Isaiah 60:8

Who are these that fly like a cloud and like doves to their windows?

Ezekiel 38:16

you will come up 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 know me, when through you, O Gog, I display my holiness before their eyes.

Ezekiel 38:9

You shall advance, coming on like a storm; you shall be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.

Matthew 10:22

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

Matthew 24:13

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

Mark 10:50

So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”

Luke 16:28

for I have five brothers—that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.’

Luke 21:34

“Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,

John 3:32

He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony.

John 4:39

Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.”

John 4:44

(for Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in the prophet’s own country).

Romans 12:12

Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; persevere in prayer.

Romans 2:7

to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life,

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Galatians 2:2

I went up in response to a revelation. Then I laid before them (though only in a private meeting with the acknowledged leaders) the gospel that I proclaim among the gentiles, in order 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

So then, putting away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth with your neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Philippians 1:30

since you are having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.

Philippians 2:16

holding forth the word of life so that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

2 Timothy 2:4

No one serving in the army gets entangled in everyday affairs; the soldier’s aim is to please the enlisting officer.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.

Hebrews 6:15

And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

James 1:3

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

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.

1 Peter 4:2

so as to live for the rest of your time in the flesh no longer by human desires but by the will of God.

1 Peter 5:1

Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you

1 Peter 5:12

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

2 Peter 1:6

and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness,

Revelation 1:9

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

Revelation 13:10

If you are to be taken captive, into captivity you go; if you kill with the sword, with the sword you must be killed. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

Revelation 22:16

“It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word of endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.