Hebrews 12:1–3
Run with endurance, looking to Jesus, who endured the cross
Study it word by word1Therefore, 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,
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.
3For consider the one who endured such opposition from sinners against themselves, so that you do not grow weary and lose heart in your souls.
In its context
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4You have not yet resisted to the point of blood in struggling against sin;
5and you have forgotten the encouragement that addresses you as sons: My son, do not think lightly of the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when you are rebuked by him;
Its words in the original
- ΤοιγαροῦνToigaroun· so then, therefore
So then, therefore.
- τοσοῦτονtosouton· so much, so great
So much, so great.
- ἔχοντεςechontes· have
Have, possess, hold.
- περικείμενονperikeimenon· be hung around
Have something hung around one; be surrounded.
- νέφοςnephos· cloud
Cloud; a mass of clouds. Figuratively, a great crowd.
- μαρτύρωνmartyrōn· witness
Witness.
- ὄγκονonkon· weight, burden
Weight, bulk: a burden that hinders.
- ἀποθέμενοιapothemenoi· put aside, put off
Put aside, put away; take off, get rid of something.
- εὐπερίστατονeuperistaton· easily entangling
Easily entangling: that readily clings to or surrounds someone.
- ἁμαρτίανhamartian· sin
Sin: missing the mark, failing God and what he commands.
- ὑπομονῆςhypomonēs· endurance, perseverance
Endurance, perseverance: holding out patiently under trial.
- τρέχωμενtrechōmen· run
Run.
- προκείμενονprokeimenon· be set before
Be set before, be present and in view.
- ἀγῶναagōna· struggle, contest
Contest, struggle; also the race or competition of athletes.
- ἀφορῶντεςaphorōntes· look to, see
See, fix one's eyes on something.
- πίστεωςpisteōs· faith
Faith: firm trust in God; also faithfulness.
- ἀρχηγὸνarchēgon· author, leader
Author, founder; leader, prince: one who begins something and leads others in it.
- τελειωτὴνteleiōtēn· completer, finisher
Completer, finisher: someone who brings something to its end.
- ἸησοῦνIēsoun· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- ἀντὶanti· in place of, for
Instead of, in exchange for.
- χαρᾶςcharas· joy
Joy, gladness.
- ὑπέμεινενhypemeinen· endure, remain
Endure, hold out; also stay behind.
- σταυρὸνstauron· cross
Cross: the wooden stake of Roman execution.
- αἰσχύνηςaischynēs· shame
Shame, disgrace; shameful deeds.
- καταφρονήσαςkataphronēsas· despise
Despise, look down on, think little of.
- δεξιᾷdexiai· right
Right (hand, side).
- θρόνουthronou· throne
Throne: the seat of a king or a judge; hence royal power.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- κεκάθικενkekathiken· sit down
Sit down; also seat someone. A teacher taught sitting down.
- ἈναλογίσασθεAnalogisasthe· consider
Consider, think about carefully.
- τοιαύτηνtoiautēn· such
Such, of this kind.
- ἁμαρτωλῶνhamartōlōn· sinner
Sinner; in the Pharisees' mouth, someone who did not keep the law.
- ἀντιλογίανantilogian· dispute, opposition
Dispute, contradiction; speaking or acting against someone, opposition.
- κάμητεkamēte· grow weary, be sick
Grow weary, be tired; also be sick.
- ψυχαῖςpsychais· soul, life
Soul: a person's life, the person himself.
- ἐκλυόμενοιeklyomenoi· faint, grow weary
Faint, lose strength; lose heart.