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- Amplified Bible - Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us,
- 新标点和合本 - 我们既有这许多的见证人,如同云彩围着我们,就当放下各样的重担,脱去容易缠累我们的罪,存心忍耐,奔那摆在我们前头的路程,
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 所以,既然我们有这许多见证人如同云彩围绕着我们,就该卸下各样重担和紧紧缠累的罪,以坚忍的心奔那摆在我们前头的路程,
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 所以,既然我们有这许多见证人如同云彩围绕着我们,就该卸下各样重担和紧紧缠累的罪,以坚忍的心奔那摆在我们前头的路程,
- 当代译本 - 既然有这么多见证人像云彩一般围绕着我们,我们就要放下一切重担,摆脱容易缠累我们的罪,以坚忍的心奔跑我们前面的赛程,
- 圣经新译本 - 所以,我们既然有这么多的见证人,像云彩围绕着我们,就应该脱下各样的拖累,和容易缠住我们的罪,以坚忍的心奔跑那摆在我们面前的赛程;
- 中文标准译本 - 因此,我们既然有这么一大群见证人,如同云彩围绕着我们,就让我们脱去各样的重担和容易缠累我们的罪,藉着忍耐去跑那摆在我们前面的赛程,
- 现代标点和合本 - 我们既有这许多的见证人,如同云彩围着我们,就当放下各样的重担,脱去容易缠累我们的罪,存心忍耐,奔那摆在我们前头的路程,
- 和合本(拼音版) - 我们既有这许多的见证人,如同云彩围着我们,就当放下各样的重担,脱去容易缠累我们的罪,存心忍耐,奔那摆在我们前头的路程,
- New International Version - Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
- New International Reader's Version - A huge cloud of witnesses is all around us. So let us throw off everything that stands in our way. Let us throw off any sin that holds on to us so tightly. And let us keep on running the race marked out for us.
- English Standard Version - Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
- New Living Translation - Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
- The Message - Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!
- Christian Standard Bible - Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
- New American Standard Bible - Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us,
- New King James Version - Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
- American Standard Version - Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, 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,
- King James Version - 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,
- New English Translation - Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
- World English Bible - Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
- 新標點和合本 - 我們既有這許多的見證人,如同雲彩圍着我們,就當放下各樣的重擔,脫去容易纏累我們的罪,存心忍耐,奔那擺在我們前頭的路程,
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 所以,既然我們有這許多見證人如同雲彩圍繞着我們,就該卸下各樣重擔和緊緊纏累的罪,以堅忍的心奔那擺在我們前頭的路程,
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 所以,既然我們有這許多見證人如同雲彩圍繞着我們,就該卸下各樣重擔和緊緊纏累的罪,以堅忍的心奔那擺在我們前頭的路程,
- 當代譯本 - 既然有這麼多見證人像雲彩一般圍繞著我們,我們就要放下一切重擔,擺脫容易纏累我們的罪,以堅忍的心奔跑我們前面的賽程,
- 聖經新譯本 - 所以,我們既然有這麼多的見證人,像雲彩圍繞著我們,就應該脫下各樣的拖累,和容易纏住我們的罪,以堅忍的心奔跑那擺在我們面前的賽程;
- 呂振中譯本 - 所以我們也如此。我們既有這樣多如密雲的捨生作證人圍繞着我們,就該脫去各樣的拖累、和那容易纏着我們 的罪,用堅忍志氣跑那擺在我們前頭的賽程,
- 中文標準譯本 - 因此,我們既然有這麼一大群見證人,如同雲彩圍繞著我們,就讓我們脫去各樣的重擔和容易纏累我們的罪,藉著忍耐去跑那擺在我們前面的賽程,
- 現代標點和合本 - 我們既有這許多的見證人,如同雲彩圍著我們,就當放下各樣的重擔,脫去容易纏累我們的罪,存心忍耐,奔那擺在我們前頭的路程,
- 文理和合譯本 - 既有若許之證者、雲集圍我、則宜釋諸重負與糾纏之罪、以恆忍而趨我前程、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 觀者雲集圍我、當釋累我之重負、去縈我之私欲、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 既有若此為證者、如雲之多、圍繞我儕、則當解諸重負、及易纏我之罪、以恆忍、趨我前當趨之場、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 既有見證如雲、萬目睽睽、監臨左右、吾人尚可不以堅忍之志、奮赴前程、徹除一切障礙、解脫罪孽之羈絆、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Por tanto, también nosotros, que estamos rodeados de una multitud tan grande de testigos, despojémonos del lastre que nos estorba, en especial del pecado que nos asedia, y corramos con perseverancia la carrera que tenemos por delante.
- 현대인의 성경 - 이렇게 많은 증인들이 우리를 지켜 보고 있습니다. 그러므로 우리도 모 든 무거운 짐과 얽매이기 쉬운 죄를 벗어 버리고 목표를 향해 꾸준히 달려갑시다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Итак, нас окружает целое облако свидетелей! Поэтому давайте сбросим с себя все, что мешает нам бежать, а также грех, легко запутывающий нас в свои сети, и будем терпеливо преодолевать отмеренную нам дистанцию.
- Восточный перевод - Итак, нас окружает целое облако свидетелей! Поэтому давайте сбросим с себя всё, что мешает нам бежать, а также грех, легко запутывающий нас в свои сети, и будем терпеливо преодолевать отмеренную нам дистанцию.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Итак, нас окружает целое облако свидетелей! Поэтому давайте сбросим с себя всё, что мешает нам бежать, а также грех, легко запутывающий нас в свои сети, и будем терпеливо преодолевать отмеренную нам дистанцию.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Итак, нас окружает целое облако свидетелей! Поэтому давайте сбросим с себя всё, что мешает нам бежать, а также грех, легко запутывающий нас в свои сети, и будем терпеливо преодолевать отмеренную нам дистанцию.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - C’est pourquoi, nous aussi qui sommes entourés d’une si grande nuée de témoins , débarrassons-nous de tout fardeau, et du péché qui nous cerne si facilement de tous côtés, et courons avec endurance l’épreuve qui nous est proposée.
- リビングバイブル - このように、数えきれないほどの多くの証人たちが、競技場の観覧席で私たちを見つめているのです。だから、うしろへ引き戻そうとする力や、まとわりつく罪をふり捨てて、神の用意された競走を忍耐をもって走り抜こうではありませんか。
- Nestle Aland 28 - Τοιγαροῦν καὶ ἡμεῖς τοσοῦτον ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος μαρτύρων, ὄγκον ἀποθέμενοι πάντα καὶ τὴν εὐπερίστατον ἁμαρτίαν, δι’ ὑπομονῆς τρέχωμεν τὸν προκείμενον ἡμῖν ἀγῶνα
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - τοιγαροῦν καὶ ἡμεῖς, τοσοῦτον ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος μαρτύρων, ὄγκον ἀποθέμενοι πάντα καὶ τὴν εὐπερίστατον ἁμαρτίαν δι’ ὑπομονῆς, τρέχωμεν τὸν προκείμενον ἡμῖν ἀγῶνα,
- Nova Versão Internacional - Portanto, também nós, uma vez que estamos rodeados por tão grande nuvem de testemunhas, livremo-nos de tudo o que nos atrapalha e do pecado que nos envolve e corramos com perseverança a corrida que nos é proposta,
- Hoffnung für alle - Da wir nun so viele Zeugen des Glaubens um uns haben, lasst uns alles ablegen, was uns in dem Wettkampf behindert, den wir begonnen haben – auch die Sünde, die uns immer wieder fesseln will. Mit Ausdauer wollen wir auch noch das letzte Stück bis zum Ziel durchhalten.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Như thế, vì chung quanh ta có những rừng người chứng kiến, chúng ta hãy kiên nhẫn chạy xong cuộc đua đang tham dự, sau khi cất bỏ các chướng ngại và tội lỗi dễ vướng chân.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะฉะนั้นในเมื่อเรามีพยานหมู่ใหญ่พรั่งพร้อมรอบด้านเช่นนี้แล้ว ก็ให้เราละทิ้งทุกอย่างที่ถ่วงอยู่และบาปที่เกาะแน่น ให้เราวิ่งด้วยความอดทนบากบั่นไปตามลู่ที่ทรงกำหนดไว้สำหรับเรา
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ฉะนั้น ในเมื่อเรามีผู้ยืนยันมากมายอยู่รอบข้างเช่นนี้ ขอให้เรากำจัดทุกสิ่งที่เหนี่ยวรั้งเรา และบาปซึ่งเกาะเราไว้แน่น และขอให้เราบากบั่นเช่นเดียวกับการวิ่งแข่งขันที่จะต้องวิ่งต่อไป
交叉引用
- John 4:44 - For Jesus Himself declared that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
- Ezekiel 38:9 - You will go up [against them], you will come like a storm; you shall be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.”
- Luke 9:59 - He said to another, “Follow Me [accepting Me as Master and Teacher].” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
- Luke 9:60 - But He said to him, “Allow the [spiritually] dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and spread the news about the kingdom of God.”
- Luke 9:61 - Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord [as Your disciple]; but first let me say goodbye to those at my home.”
- Luke 9:62 - But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things left behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.”
- Ezekiel 38:16 - and you will go up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. In the last days it will come about that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog.”
- John 4:39 - Now many Samaritans from that city believed in Him and trusted Him [as Savior] because of what the woman said when she testified, “He told me all the things that I have done.”
- Psalms 18:23 - I was blameless before Him, And I kept myself free from my sin.
- Luke 16:28 - for I have five brothers—in order that he may solemnly warn them and witness to them, so that they too will not come to this place of torment.’
- Hebrews 11:2 - For by this [kind of] faith the men of old gained [divine] approval.
- Hebrews 11:3 - By faith [that is, with an inherent trust and enduring confidence in the power, wisdom and goodness of God] we understand that the worlds (universe, ages) were framed and created [formed, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose] by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.
- Hebrews 11:4 - By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which it was testified of him that he was righteous (upright, in right standing with God), and God testified by accepting his gifts. And though he died, yet through [this act of] faith he still speaks.
- Hebrews 11:5 - By faith [that pleased God] Enoch was caught up and taken to heaven so that he would not have a glimpse of death; and he was not found because God had taken him; for even before he was taken [to heaven], he received the testimony [still on record] that he had walked with God and pleased Him.
- Hebrews 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him, for whoever comes [near] to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He rewards those who [earnestly and diligently] seek Him.
- Hebrews 11:7 - By faith [with confidence in God and His word] Noah, being warned by God about events not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his family. By this [act of obedience] he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.
- Hebrews 11:8 - By faith Abraham, when he was called [by God], obeyed by going to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went, not knowing where he was going.
- Hebrews 11:9 - By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land, as in a strange land, living in tents [as nomads] with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.
- Hebrews 11:10 - For he was [waiting expectantly and confidently] looking forward to the city which has foundations, [an eternal, heavenly city] whose architect and builder is God.
- Hebrews 11:11 - By faith even Sarah herself received the ability to conceive [a child], even [when she was long] past the normal age for it, because she considered Him who had given her the promise to be reliable and true [to His word].
- Hebrews 11:12 - So from one man, though he was [physically] as good as dead, were born as many descendants as the stars of heaven in number, and innumerable as the sand on the seashore.
- Hebrews 11:13 - All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- Hebrews 11:14 - Now those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.
- Hebrews 11:15 - And if they had been thinking of that country from which they departed [as their true home], they would have had [a continuing] opportunity to return.
- Hebrews 11:16 - But the truth is that they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. For that reason God is not ashamed [of them or] to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob]; for He has prepared a city for them.
- Hebrews 11:17 - By faith Abraham, when he was tested [that is, as the testing of his faith was still in progress], offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises [of God] was ready to sacrifice his only son [of promise];
- Hebrews 11:18 - to whom it was said, “Through Isaac your descendants shall be called.”
- Hebrews 11:19 - For he considered [it reasonable to believe] that God was able to raise Isaac even from among the dead. [Indeed, in the sense that he was prepared to sacrifice Isaac in obedience to God] Abraham did receive him back [from the dead] figuratively speaking.
- Hebrews 11:20 - By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau [believing what God revealed to him], even regarding things to come.
- Hebrews 11:21 - By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff.
- Hebrews 11:22 - By faith Joseph, when he was dying, referred to [the promise of God for] the exodus of the sons of Israel [from Egypt], and gave instructions concerning [the burial of] his bones [in the land of the promise].
- Hebrews 11:23 - By faith Moses, after his birth, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful and divinely favored child; and they were not afraid of the king’s (Pharaoh’s) decree.
- Hebrews 11:24 - By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
- Hebrews 11:25 - because he preferred to endure the hardship of the people of God rather than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin.
- Hebrews 11:26 - He considered the reproach of the Christ [that is, the rebuke he would suffer for his faithful obedience to God] to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt; for he looked ahead to the reward [promised by God].
- Hebrews 11:27 - By faith he left Egypt, being unafraid of the wrath of the king; for he endured [steadfastly], as seeing Him who is unseen.
- Hebrews 11:28 - By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood [on the doorposts], so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them (the firstborn of Israel).
- Hebrews 11:29 - By faith the people [of Israel] crossed the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; but when the Egyptians attempted it they were drowned.
- Hebrews 11:30 - By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days [by Joshua and the sons of Israel].
- Hebrews 11:31 - By faith Rahab the prostitute was not destroyed along with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies [sent by the sons of Israel] in peace.
- Hebrews 11:32 - And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,
- Hebrews 11:33 - who by faith [that is, with an enduring trust in God and His promises] subdued kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promised blessings, closed the mouths of lions,
- Hebrews 11:34 - extinguished the power of [raging] fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty and unbeatable in battle, putting enemy forces to flight.
- Hebrews 11:35 - Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured [to death], refusing to accept release [offered on the condition of denying their faith], so that they would be resurrected to a better life;
- Hebrews 11:36 - and others experienced the trial of mocking and scourging [amid torture], and even chains and imprisonment.
- Hebrews 11:37 - They were stoned [to death], they were sawn in two, they were lured with tempting offers [to renounce their faith], they were put to death by the sword; they went about wrapped in the skins of sheep and goats, utterly destitute, oppressed, cruelly treated
- Hebrews 11:38 - (people of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and [living in] caves and holes in the ground.
- Isaiah 60:8 - Who are these who fly like a cloud And like doves to their windows?
- Luke 18:22 - When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “You still lack one thing; sell everything that you have and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have [abundant] treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me [becoming My disciple, believing and trusting in Me and walking the same path of life that I walk].”
- Luke 18:23 - But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.
- Luke 18:24 - Jesus looked at him and said, “How difficult it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
- Luke 18:25 - For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man [who places his faith in wealth or status] to enter the kingdom of God.”
- Matthew 10:37 - “ He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
- Matthew 10:38 - And he who does not take his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me] is not worthy of Me.
- Revelation 1:9 - I, John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos, [exiled there] because of [my preaching of] the word of God [regarding eternal salvation] and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
- 1 Peter 5:12 - By Silvanus, our faithful brother (as I consider him), I have written to you briefly, to counsel and testify that this is the true grace [the undeserved favor] of God. Stand firm in it!
- Revelation 13:10 - If anyone is destined for captivity, he will go into captivity; if anyone kills with a sword, he must be killed with a sword. Here is [the call for] the patient endurance and the faithfulness of the saints [which is seen in the response of God’s people to difficult times].
- Luke 12:15 - Then He said to them, “Watch out and guard yourselves against every form of greed; for not even when one has an overflowing abundance does his life consist of nor is it derived from his possessions.”
- John 3:32 - What He has [actually] seen and heard, of that He testifies; and yet no one accepts His testimony [as true].
- 1 Timothy 6:9 - But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].
- 1 Timothy 6:10 - For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.
- 1 Peter 4:2 - so that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living for human appetites and desires, but [lives] for the will and purpose of God.
- Revelation 3:10 - Because you have kept the word of My endurance [My command to persevere], I will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial, that hour which is about to come on the whole [inhabited] world, to test those who live on the earth.
- Luke 14:26 - “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God]—he cannot be My disciple.
- Luke 14:27 - Whoever does not carry his own cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow after Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me] cannot be My disciple.
- Luke 14:28 - For which one of you, when he wants to build a watchtower [for his guards], does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to finish it?
- Luke 14:29 - Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is unable to finish [the building], all who see it will begin to ridicule him,
- Luke 14:30 - saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’
- Luke 14:31 - Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
- Luke 14:32 - Or else [if he feels he is not powerful enough], while the other [king] is still a far distance away, he sends an envoy and asks for terms of peace.
- Luke 14:33 - So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not [carefully consider the cost and then for My sake] give up all his own possessions.
- Revelation 22:16 - “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you and to give you assurance of these things for the churches. I am the Root (the Source, the Life) and the Offspring of David, the radiant and bright Morning Star.”
- 2 Peter 1:6 - and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, steadfastness, and in your steadfastness, godliness,
- Matthew 10:22 - And you will be hated by everyone because of [your association with] My name, but it is the one who has patiently persevered and endured to the end who will be saved.
- Romans 8:24 - For in this hope we were saved [by faith]. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he already sees?
- Romans 8:25 - But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait eagerly for it with patience and composure.
- Luke 8:14 - The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, but as they go on their way they are suffocated with the anxieties and riches and pleasures of this life, and they bring no fruit to maturity.
- Luke 8:15 - But as for that seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word with a good and noble heart, and hold on to it tightly, and bear fruit with patience.
- Matthew 24:13 - But the one who endures and bears up [under suffering] to the end will be saved.
- James 1:3 - Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace].
- Romans 2:7 - to those who by persistence in doing good seek [unseen but certain heavenly] glory, honor, and immortality, [He will give the gift of] eternal life.
- 2 Timothy 2:4 - No soldier in active service gets entangled in the [ordinary business] affairs of civilian life; [he avoids them] so that he may please the one who enlisted him to serve.
- Hebrews 6:15 - And so, having patiently waited, he realized the promise [in the miraculous birth of Isaac, as a pledge of what was to come from God].
- Romans 13:11 - Do this, knowing that this is a critical time. It is already the hour for you to awaken from your sleep [of spiritual complacency]; for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed [in Christ].
- Romans 13:12 - The night [this present evil age] is almost gone and the day [of Christ’s return] is almost here. So let us fling away the works of darkness and put on the [full] armor of light.
- Romans 13:13 - Let us conduct ourselves properly and honorably as in the [light of] day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and irresponsibility, not in quarreling and jealousy.
- Romans 13:14 - But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for [nor even think about gratifying] the flesh in regard to its improper desires.
- James 5:7 - So wait patiently, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits [expectantly] for the precious harvest from the land, being patient about it, until it receives the early and late rains.
- James 5:8 - You too, be patient; strengthen your hearts [keep them energized and firmly committed to God], because the coming of the Lord is near.
- James 5:9 - Do not complain against one another, believers, so that you will not be judged [for it]. Look! The Judge is standing right at the door.
- James 5:10 - As an example, brothers and sisters, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord [as His messengers and representatives].
- James 5:11 - You know we call those blessed [happy, spiritually prosperous, favored by God] who were steadfast and endured [difficult circumstances]. You have heard of the patient endurance of Job and you have seen the Lord’s outcome [how He richly blessed Job]. The Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.
- Romans 5:3 - And not only this, but [with joy] let us exult in our sufferings and rejoice in our hardships, knowing that hardship (distress, pressure, trouble) produces patient endurance;
- Romans 5:4 - and endurance, proven character (spiritual maturity); and proven character, hope and confident assurance [of eternal salvation].
- Romans 5:5 - Such hope [in God’s promises] never disappoints us, because God’s love has been abundantly poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
- Ephesians 4:22 - that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires,
- Ephesians 4:23 - and be continually renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh, untarnished mental and spiritual attitude],
- Ephesians 4:24 - and put on the new self [the regenerated and renewed nature], created in God’s image, [godlike] in the righteousness and holiness of the truth [living in a way that expresses to God your gratitude for your salvation].
- 1 Peter 2:1 - So put aside every trace of malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander and hateful speech;
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 - Therefore, since we have these [great and wonderful] promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, completing holiness [living a consecrated life—a life set apart for God’s purpose] in the fear of God.
- Romans 12:12 - constantly rejoicing in hope [because of our confidence in Christ], steadfast and patient in distress, devoted to prayer [continually seeking wisdom, guidance, and strength],
- Colossians 3:5 - So put to death and deprive of power the evil longings of your earthly body [with its sensual, self-centered instincts] immorality, impurity, sinful passion, evil desire, and greed, which is [a kind of] idolatry [because it replaces your devotion to God].
- Colossians 3:6 - Because of these [sinful] things the [divine] wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience [those who fail to listen and who routinely and obstinately disregard God’s precepts],
- Colossians 3:7 - and in these [sinful things] you also once walked, when you were habitually living in them [without the knowledge of Christ].
- Colossians 3:8 - But now rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene (abusive, filthy, vulgar) language from your mouth.
- Galatians 5:7 - You were running [the race] well; who has interfered and prevented you from obeying the truth?
- Hebrews 10:35 - Do not, therefore, fling away your [fearless] confidence, for it has a glorious and great reward.
- Hebrews 10:36 - For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised.
- Hebrews 10:37 - For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay.
- Hebrews 10:38 - But My righteous one [the one justified by faith] shall live by faith [respecting man’s relationship to God and trusting Him]; And if he draws back [shrinking in fear], My soul has no delight in him.
- Hebrews 10:39 - But our way is not that of those who shrink back to destruction, but [we are] of those who believe [relying on God through faith in Jesus Christ, the Messiah] and by this confident faith preserve the soul.
- Philippians 3:10 - And this, so that I may know Him [experientially, becoming more thoroughly acquainted with Him, understanding the remarkable wonders of His Person more completely] and [in that same way experience] the power of His resurrection [which overflows and is active in believers], and [that I may share] the fellowship of His sufferings, by being continually conformed [inwardly into His likeness even] to His death [dying as He did];
- Philippians 3:11 - so that I may attain to the resurrection [that will raise me] from the dead.
- Philippians 3:12 - Not that I have already obtained it [this goal of being Christlike] or have already been made perfect, but I actively press on so that I may take hold of that [perfection] for which Christ Jesus took hold of me and made me His own.
- Philippians 3:13 - Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,
- Philippians 3:14 - I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 2:16 - holding out and offering to everyone the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to rejoice greatly because I did not run [my race] in vain nor labor without result.
- Luke 21:34 - “But be on guard, so that your hearts are not weighed down and depressed with the giddiness of debauchery and the nausea of self-indulgence and the worldly worries of life, and then that day [when the Messiah returns] will not come on you suddenly like a trap;
- 1 Corinthians 9:24 - Do you not know that in a race all the runners run [their very best to win], but only one receives the prize? Run [your race] in such a way that you may seize the prize and make it yours!
- 1 Corinthians 9:25 - Now every athlete who [goes into training and] competes in the games is disciplined and exercises self-control in all things. They do it to win a crown that withers, but we [do it to receive] an imperishable [crown that cannot wither].
- 1 Corinthians 9:26 - Therefore I do not run without a definite goal; I do not flail around like one beating the air [just shadow boxing].
- 1 Corinthians 9:27 - But [like a boxer] I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified [as unfit for service].
- 2 Timothy 4:7 - I have fought the good and worthy and noble fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith [firmly guarding the gospel against error].