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so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.

By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.

Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.

Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear."

So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?"

So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.

Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!