Heb 12:1-2, 15 | ESV | STEP | 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 ,

Hebrews 12:1-2

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 ^asin which clings so closely, and ^blet us run ^cwith endurance the race that is ^dset before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, ^ewho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ^fthe shame, and ^gis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:15

15 See to it that no one ^hfails to obtain the grace of God; that no ⁱ“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;