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and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not become worse but rather be healed.Proverbs 4:26-27; Galatians 6:1;">[xr]

Indeed, the sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."Deuteronomy 9:19">[fn]Exodus 19:16;">[xr]

The expression "once more" signifies the removal of what can be shaken, that is, what he has made, so that what cannot be shaken may remain.Psalm 102:26; Matthew 24:35; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 21:1;">[xr]

I especially ask you to do this so that I may be brought back to you sooner.

But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

In accordance with his will he made us his children by the word of truth, so that we might become the most important of his creatures.a kind of first fruits among his creatures">[fn]Jeremiah 2:3; John 1:13; 3:3; 1 Corinthians 4:15; Ephesians 1:12; 1 Peter 1:23; Revelation 14:4;">[xr]

And so the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."Genesis 15:6">[fn] And so he was called God's friend.Genesis 15:6; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8; Romans 4:3; Galatians 3:6;">[xr]

For just as the body without the spiritwithout breath">[fn] is dead, so faith without works is also dead.

And look at ships! They are so big that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are steered wherever the pilot pleases by a tiny rudder.

You want something but do not get it, so you commit murder. You covet something but cannot obtain it, so you quarrel and fight. You do not get things because you do not ask for them!

You adulterers! Don't you know that friendship with the world means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.Psalm 73:27; John 15:19; 17:14; Galatians 1:10; 1 John 2:15;">[xr]

But he gives all the more grace. And so he says,Job 1:22:29; Psalm 138:6; Proverbs 3:34; 29:23; Matthew 23:12; Luke 1:52; 14:11; 18:14; 1 Peter 5:5;">[xr] "God opposes the arrogant but gives grace to the humble."Proverbs 3:34 (LXX)">[fn]

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge - the one who can save and destroy. So who are you to judge your neighbor?Matthew 10:28; Romans 14:4,13;">[xr]

So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop from his land, being patient with it until it receives the fall and the spring rains.Deuteronomy 11:14; Jeremiah 5:24; Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:23; Zechariah 10:1;">[xr]

Therefore, make it your habit to confess your sins to one another and to pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.Genesis 20:17; Numbers 11:2; Deuteronomy 9:18-20; Joshua 10:12; 1 Samuel 12:18; 1 Kings 13:6; 2 Kings 4:33; Psalm 10:17; 34:15; 145:18; Proverbs 15:29; 28:9; John 9:31; 1 John 3:22;">[xr]

so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more valuable than gold that perishes when it is tested by fire, may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.Job 1:23:10; Psalm 66:10; Proverbs 17:3; Isaiah 48:10; Zechariah 13:9; Romans 2:7,10; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 4:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-12; James 1:3,12; 1 Peter 4:12;">[xr]

Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.Matthew 28:18; Acts 2:24,33; 3:13; Ephesians 1:20; Philippians 2:9; Hebrews 2:9; 1 Peter 3:22;">[xr]

Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation.Matthew 18:3; Mark 10:15; Romans 6:4; 1 Corinthians 3:2; 14:20; Hebrews 5:12-13; 1 Peter 1:23;">[xr]

you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.Isaiah 61:6; 66:21; Hosea 14:2; Malachi 1:11; Romans 12:1; Ephesians 2:21-22; Philippians 4:18; Hebrews 3:6; 13:15-16; 1 Peter 4:11; 2:9;">[xr]

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to those sins and live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.Isaiah 53:4-6,11; Matthew 8:17; Romans 6:2,11, 11; 7:6; Hebrews 9:28;">[xr]