Study Desk

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp.

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly.

But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,

For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

For he who said, " Do not commit adultery ," also said, " Do not murder ." Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, " Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness ," and he was called God's friend.