Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the pr
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in
You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and gre
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patien
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit,
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is ne
A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the ab
Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon
and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than M
The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, ri
On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will h
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that pl
Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the
Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying tha
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island o
for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
This is why the ancients were commended.
Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever
He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
You and all your troops, and many peoples with you will go up, advancing like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud c
And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that
Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.