Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and ^(A)sin which clings so closely, and ^(B)let us run ^(C)with endurance the race that is ^(D)set before us, ² looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, ^(E)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ^(F)the shame, and ^(G)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do Not Grow Weary

^3 (H)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or ^(I)fainthearted. ⁴ In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. ⁵ And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

⁷ It is for discipline that you have to endure. ^(M)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

¹⁹ By your ^(A)endurance you will gain your lives.

⁷ to those who ^(A)by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

^12 (A)Rejoice in hope, ^(B)be patient in tribulation, ^(C)be constant in prayer.

^22 (A)and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. ^(B)But the one who endures to the end will be saved.