Hebrews 12:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

²³ I was innocent as far as he was concerned. I have kept myself from guilt.

⁸ »Who are these people that fly by like clouds and like doves to their nests?

⁹ ‘»You will go up like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the land. You your troops will have many peoples with you.«’

¹⁶ »‘You will come up against my people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog.«’

²² »Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.

³⁷ »He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸ »Anyone who does not pick up his stake and follow me is not worthy of me.

¹³ »The person who endures to the end will be saved.

⁵⁹ He told another: »Follow me.« But he said: »Lord first let me go bury my father.« ⁶⁰ »Let the dead bury the dead. You go and publish abroad the kingdom of God.« Jesus replied. ⁶¹ Another said: »I will follow you Lord, but first let me go say good by to my relatives.« ⁶² Jesus responded: »No man, who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.«

¹⁵ Jesus said: »Be careful, do not covet, for life does not come from your possessions.«

²⁸ »Have him go warn my five brothers that they will not come to this place of torment.

²² When Jesus heard it he said to him, »You lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.« ²³ But when he heard these things he became very sad for he was very rich. ²⁴ Seeing him Jesus said: »It is very difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵ »It is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.«

¹⁴ »The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit. ¹⁵ »The good ground represents the honest and good-hearted people. They hear the word, hold fast to it and produce forth fruit with patience.«

²⁶ »You who come to me may not be my disciple unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters and yourself. ²⁷ »Those who do not carry their own stake and come after me may not be my disciples. ²⁸ »If you plan to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost. Then you see if you have enough money to finish the job. ²⁹ »If you do not, you will not be able to finish the project after laying the foundation. Everyone who sees what happened will ridicule and poke fun of you. ³⁰ »‘You started and could not finish,’ they will say. ³¹ »When a king commands ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to defeat the other king. ³² »If he is not strong enough he will send messengers to the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still far away.« ³³ »Likewise,« concluded Jesus, »none of you may be my disciples unless you give up everything you have.«

³⁴ »Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.

³² »He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no man accepts his testimony.

³⁹ Many Samaritans of that city put faith (believed) in him because of what the woman said: »He told me everything I have ever done.«

⁴⁴ Jesus testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

⁷ [He offers] everlasting life for those who search for incorruptible glory and honor by enduring in good works.

²⁴ We are saved by this hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For does a man hope for what he sees? ²⁵ If we hope for what we do not see, do we have patience to wait for it?

¹² Rejoice in hope! Be patient in tribulation. Continue in prayer.

³ Not only that, but we also rejoice in our tribulations knowing that tribulation produces endurance. ⁴ Tribulation produces an approved condition and an approved condition produces hope. ⁵ Hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts. It comes through Holy Spirit, which is God’s gift to us.

¹¹ You know the time. It is the hour for you to awake from sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we became believers. ¹² The night is far along and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk honestly as in the daytime, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and loose conduct, not in strife and jealousy. ¹⁴ Put on (live like) (clothe yourself with) the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

¹ Having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness with deep reverence for God.

²⁴ Do you not know that they who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain the prize. ²⁵ Every man taking part in the contest is temperate in all things. They do it to obtain a corruptible crown but we do it to receive an incorruptible crown. ²⁶ I do not run without definite aim (purpose) and I do not fight like a man beating the air. ²⁷ But I discipline my body, and bring it into subjection, so that after I have preached to others I will not be disqualified.

⁷ You were running well! Who hindered you that you should not obey the truth?

²² You put away your former way (course) (behavior) (conversation) of life, the old self that was corrupt with the lusts of deceit. ²³ You are renewed in the spirit (vital principles) (attitude) of your mind (understanding). ²⁴ Put on the new man, that in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

¹⁰ I want to know him and the power of his resurrection. I want to know the fellowship of his sufferings and become conformed to his death. ¹¹ I wish to attain to the resurrection from the dead. ¹² Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect. But I press on, that I may obtain that for which Christ Jesus also obtained. ¹³ Brothers, I could not yet have obtained it. But one thing I do, I forget the things that are behind, and stretch forward to the things that are ahead. ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal to the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ Hold fast to the word of life so I may rejoice in the day of Christ. That way I will not have labored in vain.

⁵ Make your members that are upon the earth dead with regard to fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (greed), which is idolatry. ⁶ Because of such things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ You once walked in these when you lived in them. ⁸ Now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech out of your mouth.

⁹ Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

⁴ No soldier entangles himself in the affairs of this life. That way, he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

⁷ I have fought the good fight! I have finished the course! I have kept the faith!

¹⁵ After waiting patiently, Abraham received the promise.

³⁵ Do not lose your courage (confidence) (boldness). It brings a great reward with it. ³⁶ You need to persevere in order to do the will of God and receive what he promises. ³⁷ »In just a little while, he who is coming will come. He will not delay!« ³⁸ »My righteous people will live by faith. If any of them turn back, I will not be pleased with them.« ³⁹ We are not people who turn back and are destroyed. Instead, we have faith and are saved.

² God approved of the men of old because of their faith. ³ By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the Word of God. The visible has been made out of things that were not visible. ⁴ By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through this he was commended as righteous. God testified about his gifts. Thus through faith he still speaks even though he is dead. ⁵ By faith Enoch was moved (transferred) (removed) so that he would not see death. He was not found, because God had moved him away. Before he was moved away he saw that he had pleased God well. (Genesis 5:24) ⁶ Without faith it is impossible to please God. He who comes to God must believe that he is and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. ⁷ By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not seen as yet, moved with godly respect. He prepared an ark to save his house. By his faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that is according to faith. ⁸ By faith, when Abraham was called, he obeyed. He went to a place that he was to receive for an inheritance. He went even though he did not know where he was going. ⁹ By faith he became an alien in the Promised Land. It was not his land. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob. They were heirs with him of the same promise. ¹⁰ He looked for the city having real foundations, whose builder and maker is God. ¹¹ By faith Sarah received strength to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who promised. ¹² This was to come from one man and him as good as dead. There were born children, as many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as uncountable as the sand by the seashore. ¹³ These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar. They confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. ¹⁴ Those who say such things declare that they are seeking a country of their own. ¹⁵ If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they came, they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ They desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Because of this, God is not ashamed to be called their God. He has prepared a city for them! ¹⁷ By faith Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. He that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only-begotten son! ¹⁸ It was said: »In Isaac your descendants will be called.« ¹⁹ Abraham reasoned that God is able to raise him from the dead. So he figured he would receive him back. ²⁰ By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. ²¹ By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph. He worshipped while leaning upon the top of his staff. ²² By faith Joseph, when his end was near, mentioned the departure of the children of Israel. Then he gave orders concerning his bones. ²³ By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents. They saw he was a beautiful child and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. ²⁴ By faith Moses, when he grew up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. ²⁵ He chose to share the bad treatment with the people of God, rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. ²⁶ He considered the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt. He looked intently (respectfully) for the payment of the reward. ²⁷ By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king. He endured, by seeing him who is invisible. ²⁸ By faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them. ²⁹ By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. The Egyptians tried and were drowned. ³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days. ³¹ By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with the disobedient, after she welcomed the spies in peace. ³² What more shall I say? For the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, ³³ who through faith subdued kingdoms, affected righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, and turned to flight foreign armies. ³⁵ Women received their dead by a resurrection, and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection: ³⁶ And others had trial of cruel mocking and scourging and bonds and imprisonment. ³⁷ They were stoned, they were sawed in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented. ³⁸ The world was not worthy of them! They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

³ Know that the testing of your faith produces patience (endurance).

⁷ Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and late rains. ⁸ You also be patient. Make your hearts firm, for the coming of the Lord is near. ⁹ Do not complain (utter a deep sigh) against one another, that you not be judged. Behold, the judge is standing at the door. ¹⁰ Brothers, accept the example of suffering and patience by the prophets who spoke in the name of God. ¹¹ As you know, those who have endured are called blessed. You have heard of the patience (perseverance) (endurance) of Job, and have seen the outcome Jehovah provided, how he was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)

¹ Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil talk.

⁶ Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to your self-control. Your patience should be helped by godliness.

² From now on you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God’s will and not by human desires (lusts).

¹² By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast.

¹⁵ Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ The entire world, the desire of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of material wealth, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

⁹ I, John, your brother and companion in tribulation and kingdom and perseverance (patience) of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ »'Because you have kept the word of my patience (endurance), I also will keep you from the hour of testing. This will come upon the whole world to test (scrutinize) (discipline) (examine) those who dwell on the earth.

¹⁰ He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity. He who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. This requires the patience and the faith of the holy ones.

¹⁶ »'I Jesus have sent my angel to tell you about these things in the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.'«