Hebrews 12:1
Hebrews · New Testament · Chapter 12
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”Hebrews 12:1
What Does Hebrews 12:1 Mean?
Hebrews 12:1 is found in the book of Hebrews, chapter 12, verse 1 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Patience.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Hebrews 12:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 40:31“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”2 Timothy 4:7“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”1 Corinthians 9:24“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”Philippians 2:16“Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.”Luke 21:34“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.”Hebrews 10:35“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.”Philippians 3:10“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;”Galatians 5:7“Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?”Philippians 3:13“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,”Hebrews 10:36“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.”James 5:7“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.”1 Peter 2:1“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”Romans 12:12“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”Colossians 3:5“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”Ephesians 4:22“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”2 Corinthians 7:1“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”Romans 13:11“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.”2 Timothy 2:4“No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”Romans 5:3“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”1 John 2:15“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
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