Hebrews 12:1

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

BSB

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

WEB

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

YLT

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

F.O.G Original

(1) Therefore, because we have so great a cloud of witnesses encircling us, let’s also take off every weight and the deviation that so easily ensnares us. Let’s run with perseverance the race that lies before us!

F.O.G

F.O.G MSG

¹Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses—all these heroes of faith who have gone before us—let’s strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us,