keeping our eyes on Jesus,[a] the pioneer and perfecter[b] of our faith. For the joy that lay before him,[c] he endured the cross, despising the shame,(A) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Fatherly Discipline

For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you won’t grow weary and give up.(B) In struggling against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:2 Or us, looking to Jesus
  2. 12:2 Or the founder and completer, or the source and perfecter
  3. 12:2 Or who instead of the joy lying before him

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