New Testament
Hebrews 12:22-12:23
22. Rather you have aproached Mount Zion, and the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem,
and myriads of angels in full festal gathering,
23. and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled
in heaven,
and God, the judge of all, and the spirits of just ones having been made perfect.
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Hebrews 12:12-12:29
12. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13. And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way;
but let it rather be healed.
14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God;
lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
Hebrews 12:5-12:6
5. And you have forgotten the encouragement,
which is addressed to you as sons, "My son,
do not disdain the discipline of the Lord
and do not grow weary, being reproved by him,
6. for whom the Lord loves he disciplines,
and scourges every son whom he accepts".
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Hebrews 12:1-12:11
1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us,
and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself,
Hebrews 12:1b-12:2
1. through endurance let us traverse
the struggle lying ahead for us,
2. fixing our eyes on the initiator
and perfecter of the faith, Jesus,
who, for the sake of the joy lying ahead of him,
endured the cross, despising its shame, and took his seat on the right of the throne of God.
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Hebrews 11:32-11:40
32. And what still may I say?
For the time will fail me giving an account concerning Gideon,
Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, as well as Samuel and the prophets,
33. who through faith conquered kingdoms, worked rightouesness,
obtained promises,
Hebrews 11:8-11:19
8. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance,
obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country,
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Hebrews 11:1-11:7
1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2. For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God,
so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Hebrews 10:38-10:39
38. "My just one from faith will live,
and if he draws back
my soul does not take pleasure in him".
39. But we are not of drawing back into destruction,
but of faith into preservation of the soul.
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Hebrews 10:32-10:34
32. Remember the previous days, in which, having been enlightened,
you endured much conflict of sufferings,
33. on the one hand publicly exposed to reproaches and afflictions,
on the other hand becoming partners of those so treated.
34. For you even suffered with the prisoners.