Study Desk

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,

Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.

Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.

If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.

As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.

Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.

But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.