And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.

So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.

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

In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said, “I shudder with fear.”

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

For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.

Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs.

Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

So God again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts.”

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.

Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent as they perform their duties.

Now this phrase “once more” indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.

Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.