1Wherefore 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,
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-3)Here observe what is the great duty which the apostle urges upon the Hebrews, and which he so much desires they would comply with, and that is, to lay aside every weight, and the sin that did so easily beset them, and run with patience the race set before them . The duty consists of two parts, the one preparatory, the other perfective. I. Preparatory: Lay aside every weight, and the sin , etc. 1. ...
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