The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later.

You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you

You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty.

Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.

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 –

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.

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.

But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”

And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?

And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

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

But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.

But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

When he speaks of a new covenant, he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear.