Study it in the app“Therefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,”
Throw off what entangles and run with your eyes on JesusTemptationRun with endurance, looking to Jesus, who endured the crossWaiting on God
Therefore,Τοιγαροῦνsince weἡμεῖςalsoκαὶhaveἔχοντεςso greatτοσοῦτονa cloudνέφοςof witnessesμαρτύρωνsurroundingπερικείμενονus,ἡμῖνlet us lay asideἀποθέμενοιeveryπάνταweightὄγκονandκαὶthe sinτὴν ἁμαρτίανthat so easily entangles us,εὐπερίστατονand let us runτρέχωμενwithδι’perseveranceὑπομονῆςthe raceτὸν ἀγῶναthat is set beforeπροκείμενονus,ἡμῖν
so then, therefore
So then, therefore.
Where else “Toigaroun” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echontes” appearsso much, so great
So much, so great.
Where else “tosouton” appearscloud
Cloud; a mass of clouds. Figuratively, a great crowd.
Where else “nephos” appearswitness
Someone who tells what they saw or heard.
Where else “martyrōn” appearsbe hung around
Have something hung around one; be surrounded.
Where else “perikeimenon” appearsput off
To strip off like clothing; get rid of what is bad.
Where else “apothemenoi” appearsweight, burden
Weight, bulk: a burden that hinders.
Where else “onkon” appearssin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartian” appearseasily entangling
Easily entangling: that readily clings to or surrounds someone.
Where else “euperistaton” appearsstrive
To strive to reach the goal of faith.
Where else “trechōmen” appearsendurance, perseverance
Endurance, perseverance: holding out patiently under trial.
Where else “hypomonēs” appearsrace
The course athletes run.
Where else “agōna” appearsbe set before
Be set before, be present and in view.
Where else “prokeimenon” appears“Race”: the same word as “struggle” in Philippians 1:30 and 1 Timothy 6:12; here it is the athletic contest, because of the verb “run.”
1 · This verse (above)
2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before him endured a cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
