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Hebrews 10
³³ Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things.
³⁴ You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever.
³⁵ So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!
³⁶ Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
³⁷ “For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.
³⁸ And my righteous ones will live by faith. But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”
³⁹ But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.
Hebrews 11
¹ Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.
² Through their faith, the people in days of old earned a good reputation.
³ By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.
⁴ It was by faith that Abel brought a more acceptable offering to God than Cain did. Abel’s offering gave evidence that he was a righteous man, and God showed his approval of his gifts. Although Abel is long dead, he still speaks to us by his example of faith.