Study Desk

I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good-

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

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

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

But exhort 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 fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

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

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

You need to persevere, so that after 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.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: "He could not be found, because God had taken him away." For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel's own firstborn.

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.