Hebrews 12:1

As for us. All these examples of faith in chapter 11 are a large crowd of witnesses! Let us rid ourselves. The symbolism is from the Games. Runners practiced with weights on their feet. For the race, these are removed. To win the Christian race, we must get rid of worldly hopes and fears, obligations and friendships, and anything else that would slow us down in our race. See 2 Corinthians 6:14 and note. And the sin. This also is from the symbolism of the Games. Sin (in general) is like the long flowing robes that would tangle in the legs of the runner and trip him up. No one would think of running with such a robe on them! No one should allow sin to trip them up! With determination. If you do not want to win, you probably won't! You must stick with it!!!