The Race

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,

a) 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,

b) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;

c1) who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,

c2) despising the shame,

c3) and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1,2

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize?

a) So run, that ye may obtain.

b) And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.

c) Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

d) I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

e) But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. Psalms 119:32 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? Galatians 5:7