Study Desk

So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.

On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

And the others who became priests were numerous, because death prevented them from continuing in office,

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

" It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers , on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt , because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them , says the Lord .

let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.

By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.

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

By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

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

By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.

because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.