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This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith

to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.

so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.

I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel.

But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do would not seem forced but would be voluntary.

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

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

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—

But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.

Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.

The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean.

How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.