1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
1 Let *us* also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnessesD9134 surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sinD9135 which so easily entanglesD9136 us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,
witnesses - Witness, in English, has two senses. 'seeing, so as to bear witness,' and 'giving testimony to.' The last only I apprehend is in the Greek here. sin - Or 'the sin.' entangles - Or 'besets.' The one Greek word here represents the whole phrase, 'which so easily entangles us.'
1 Wherefore 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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