Hebrews 6:5

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.

If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony in its own times,

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life;

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.

Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.

“Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

For he didn’t subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels.

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”

Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul.

The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”

Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.

A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

Then Daniel answered before the king, “Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

If we should say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.

Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”