Hebrews 12:1

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

¹ Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, _a let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and _b let us run _c with endurance the race that is set before us,

1. Cross References
   Colossians 3:8
   But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 9:24
   Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
   Galatians 2:2
   And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain.
   Hebrews 10:39
   But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 12:12
   Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer.
   Hebrews 10:36
   For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: