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 "question": "What are the encumbrances and the entanglements that believers are to watch out for?",
 "answer": "The encumbrance is the \"excess weight\" (ogkos)—anything, inward or outward, that slows us down, as a runner in training would lay aside the weights he carries. The entanglement is the sin \"which so easily entangles us\"—the particular sin that ensnares us, the one we so easily get tangled up in. Notice that we are not told to lay aside what entangles someone else; every believer has his own enemies, and our responsibility is to know ourselves, recognize what hinders us, and set it aside through confession and spiritual growth so it does not keep us from finishing.",
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 "lesson": "3-1",
 "lesson_title": "The Race—The Christian Life",
 "question_type": "comprehension",
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  "what are the weights that hinder spiritual progress and the specific sins that easily distract believers?",
  "how can i identify and remove the obstacles that slow down my spiritual growth?",
  "what are the inward and outward things that i need to lay aside in order to run the race of faith?"
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 "topic_anchor": null,
 "derivation": "voice-rewritten",
 "source_authority": "authoritative",
 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
 "book": "The Basics",
 "source": {
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  "ref": "The Basics, Unit 3, Lesson 3-1 - The Race—The Christian Life (Review q4)",
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