Hebrews 12:1

¹Τοιγαροῦν καὶ ἡμεῖς, τοσοῦτον ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος μαρτύρων, ὄγκον ἀποθέμενοι πάντα καὶ τὴν εὐπερίστατον ἁμαρτίαν, διʼ ὑπομονῆς τρέχωμεν τὸν προκείμενον ἡμῖν ἀγῶνα,a

Hebrews 12 pivots from the gallery of faith in chapter 11 to the race set before every believer. The chapter opens with the call to run with endurance, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the founder and perfecter of faith. It then moves into the difficult territory of divine discipline, refr