1Cor 1:23, Heb 12:1-3, 1Pe 4:14 | ESV | STEP | but we preach Christ crucified , a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles ,

1 Corinthians 1:23

23 but we preach Christ ^acrucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,

Hebrews 12:1-3

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and ^bsin which clings so closely, and ^clet us run ^dwith endurance the race that is ^eset before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, ^fwho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ^gthe shame, and ^his seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do Not Grow Weary

3 ⁱConsider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or ^jfainthearted.

1 Peter 4:14

14 ^kIf you are insulted ^lfor the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert and of power} and of God rests upon you.