³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms,^(A) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,^{(B) 34} quenched the fury of the flames,^(C) and escaped the edge of the sword;^(D) whose weakness was turned to strength;^(E) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.^{(F) 35} Women received back their dead, raised to life again.^(G) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. ³⁶ Some faced jeers and flogging,^(H) and even chains and imprisonment.^{(I) 37} They were put to death by stoning;^[a](J) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.^(K) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,^(L) destitute, persecuted and mistreated— ³⁸ the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves^(M) and in holes in the ground.

³⁹ These were all commended^(N) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,^{(O) 40} since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us^(P) would they be made perfect.^(Q)

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run^(R) with perseverance^(S) the race marked out for us, ² fixing our eyes on Jesus,^(T) the pioneer^(U) and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,^(V) scorning its shame,^(W) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.^(X)