Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God.

Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

So it is with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel and gifts that build at the church.

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

By faith, Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son.

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance time in the Scriptures in the encouragement, they provide we might have hope.

Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.