Study Desk

by so much more Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

not abandoning our meeting together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging each other, and by so much more as you see the day drawing near.

By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved as having been pleasing to God.

because God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,

For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls and give up.

For they disciplined us for a few days according to what seemed appropriate to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we can have a share in his holiness.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

And the spectacle was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."

So then, we can say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?"

So we must go out to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you.

And I especially urge you to do this, so that I may be restored to you more quickly.

And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.

For the sun rises with its burning heat and dries up the grass, and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is lost. So also the rich person in his pursuits will wither away.

By his will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

And if we put bits in the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we also guide their whole bodies.

Behold also ships: although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot wishes.

So also the tongue is a small member of the body and boasts great things. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest!