1. Therefore, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also get rid of every weight and entangling sin. Let us run with endurance the race set before us,
2. focusing on Yeshua, the initiator and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame; and He has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
3. Consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and lose heart.
4. In struggling against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed.