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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, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the ...
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin than clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set ...
The New Testament uses a number of athletic metaphors in discussing Christianity, especially in the Pauline epistles and the Epistle to the Hebrews.Such metaphors also appear in the writings of contemporary philosophers, such as Epictetus and Philo, [2] drawing on the tradition of the Olympic Games, [3] and this may have influenced New Testament use of the imagery.
The Lutheran Church has, from the time of the Reformation, continued the remembrance of saints.The theological basis for this remembrance is understood as being connected to the words of the Epistle to the Hebrews 12:1.
Ashe stands, racket in hand, on a pedestal bearing the Biblical quote: “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.” [13]
Speaking before a full house at the opening ceremony in Torun, Poland, he also noted that “we are surrounded by images that lie, that misinform” and praised cinematographers as the antidote ...
The first ever close-up picture of a star outside of our galaxy has shown that it is wrapped in a strange structure.. The image shows a star named WOH G64 that is surrounded by gas and dust. The ...
A Cloud of Witnesses Containing Selections from the Writings of Poets and Other Literary and Celebrated Persons, Expressive of the Universal Triumph of Good Over Evil, 1880. [This appears to be a later edition of Witnesses to the Truth.] The Prayer of Prayers: Twelve Discourses On the Lord's Prayer, 1882.