And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:

for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.

For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

The Race of Faith

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance 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 has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The Discipline of God

For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.

If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

(For they could not endure what was commanded: “And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow.”