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Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,

For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you won't grow weary and lose heart.

For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but He does it for our benefit, so that we can share His holiness.

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

The appearance was so terrifying that Moses said, I am terrified and trembling. )

This expression, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what is not shaken might remain.

Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that He might sanctify the people by His own blood.

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 grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.

For He who said, Do not commit adultery , also said, Do not murder. So if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you are a lawbreaker.

So the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness , and he was called God's friend.

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

So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.

You ask and don't receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.

Adulteresses! Don't you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world's friend becomes God's enemy.

So it is a sin for the person who knows to do what is good and doesn't do it.

Brothers, do not complain about one another, so that you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door!

Now above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. Your "yes" must be "yes," and your "no" must be "no," so that you won't fall under judgment.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.