And like a robe You will roll them up; Like a garment they will also be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.”

For we have become partakers of Christ if we keep the beginning of our commitment firm until the end,

but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.

And we desire that each one of you demonstrate the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,

so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and endurance inherit the promises.

For people swear an oath by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath serving as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin,

Jesus, the Example

Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us,

looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?