Hebrews 12:1 
Context| NET © | Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 1 we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us, |
| NIV © | 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. |
| NASB © | Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, |
| NLT © | 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 hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. |
| MSG © | 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. |
| BBE © | For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us, |
| NRSV © | Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, |
| NKJV © | 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, |
| KJV | |
| NASB © | Therefore <5105> , since we have <2192> so <5118> great <5118> a cloud <3509> of witnesses <3144> surrounding <4029> us, let us also <2532> lay <659> aside <659> every <3956> encumbrance <3591> and the sin <266> which so easily <2139> entangles <2139> us, and let us run <5143> with endurance <5281> the race <73> that is set <4295> before us,<4295> |
| GREEK | |
| NET © [draft] ITL | Therefore <5105> , since we <2249> are surrounded <4029> by such a great <5118> cloud <3509> of witnesses <3144> , we must get rid <659> of every <3956> weight <3591> and <2532> the sin <266> that clings so closely <2139> , and run <5143> with <1223> endurance <5281> the race <73> set out <4295> for us ,<2254> |
| NET © | Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 1 we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us, |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “having such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us.” |
