and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –

For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.

He called you to this salvation through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

(Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.)

I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love – I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus –

At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.

For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership?

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

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

For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have no further consciousness of sin?

by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.