But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest&#8217;s courtyard. After<n id="1" /> going in, he sat with the guards<n id="2" /> to see the outcome.

yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out<n id="1" /> by her unending pleas.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

And when you hear of wars and rebellions,<n id="1" /> do not be afraid.<n id="2" /> For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

But now, freed<n id="1" /> from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit<n id="2" /> leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

Then<n id="1" /> comes the end,<n id="2" /> when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

For we do not write you anything other than what<n id="1" /> you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely<n id="2" />

and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites<n id="1" /> from staring<n id="2" /> at the result<n id="3" /> of the glory that was made ineffective.<n id="4" />

Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves<n id="1" /> as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.<n id="2" />p>

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.<n id="1" />

because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins,<n id="1" /> but wrath<n id="2" /> has come upon them completely.<n id="3" />p>

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

Think of how we regard<n id="1" /> as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job&#8217;s endurance and you have seen the Lord&#8217;s purpose, that <i>the Lord is full of compassion and mercyi>.<n id="2" />

And to the one who conquers<n id="1" /> and who continues in<n id="2" /> my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations<n id="3" /> &#8211;p>

For I tell you that this scripture must be<n id="1" /> fulfilled in me, &#8216;<b><i>And he was counted with the transgressorsi>b>.&#8217;<n id="2" /> For what is written about me is being fulfilled.&#8221;<n id="3" />

But Christ<n id="1" /> is faithful as a son over God&#8217;s<n id="2" /> house. We are of his house,<n id="3" /> if in fact we hold firmly<n id="4" /> to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.<n id="5" />p>

For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house<n id="1" /> of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate<n id="2" /> of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

He also said to me, &#8220;It is done!<n id="1" /> I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water<n id="2" /> free of charge<n id="3" /> from the spring of the water of life.

He said, &#8220;Yes.&#8221; When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first,<n id="1" /> &#8220;What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes &#8211; from their sons<n id="2" /> or from foreigners?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time<n id="1" /> had come to depart<n id="2" /> from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.<n id="3" />