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They must be silenced, because they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.

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.

he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.

As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.

because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

And one thing more: Prepare a guest room for me, because I hope to be restored to you in answer to your prayers.

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

Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.

For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.

It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience.

During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn.

if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.

Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.

because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.

The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless

Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.