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24 lines
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# we are surrounded by such a large cloud of witnesses
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"such a large cloud of witnesses surrounds us" or "there are so many examples of faithful people about whom we learn in the scriptures"
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# witnesses
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Here "witnesses" refers to the Old Testament believers in chapter 11 who lived before the race of faith that believers now run.
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# let us lay aside every weight and easily entangling sin
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Here "weight" and "easily entangling sin" are spoken of as if a person could take them off himself and put them down.
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# every weight
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Attitudes or habits that keep believers from trusting and obeying God are spoken of as if they were loads that would make it difficult for a person to run while carrying.
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# easily entangling sin
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"sin that makes obeying God difficult"
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# Let us run with perseverance the race that is placed before us
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"Let us continue obeying what God has commanded us, just like a runner keeps going until the race is over"
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