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By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;

By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's edict.

It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.

that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN."

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

So, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.

equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.