Thus, after enumerating the acts of faith of those loyal ones in the past, Paul could say: “Because we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also put off every weight and the sin that easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. ” ​ — Heb.
प्राचीन काळातील यहोवाच्या विश्‍वासू सेवकांच्या उत्तम उदाहरणामुळे इब्री ख्रिश्‍चनांना परीक्षांचा व हालअपेष्टांचा सामना करण्याचे बळ मिळणार होते.