... 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,... Hebrews 12:1
"The apostle here takes the figure from the running course, where
the contestant before starting in the race would lay aside every
superfluous thing.
Nothing was retained that would in the least hinder
his progress.
So we must lay aside everything that would hinder our
progress in the divine life.
some we
have by nature,
and others we voluntarily assume."
E.J. Waggoner