Hebrews 12:2

Jesus Christ Faith Following Jesus The cross and atonement

¹ 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,

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 is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

³ For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

⁴ Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
KJV: 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 is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
WEB: looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
ASV: looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
DARBY: looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured [the] cross, having despised [the] shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
BLB: looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who in view of the joy lying before Him endured the cross, having despised [its] shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

ÅB: idet vi ser på troens opphavsmann og fullender, Jesus, han som for den glede som ventet ham, led tålmodig korset, uten å akte vanæren, og nå sitter på høyre side av Guds trone.
OTB: med blikket festet på Jesus, troens opphavsmann og fullender. For den glede som lå foran ham, utholdt han korset, foraktet skammen, og har satt seg ved høyre hånd av Guds trone.
B1930: idet vi ser på troens ophavsmann og fullender, Jesus, han som for den glede som ventet ham, led tålmodig korset, uten å akte vanæren, og nu sitter på høire side av Guds trone.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Micah 7:7
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
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1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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1 Peter 2:23–24
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
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Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
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Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
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Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
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Hebrews 9:28
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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Philippians 2:8–11
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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