For our life is a matter of faith, not of sight.

For it was by hope that we were saved; but if we see what we hope for, then it is not really hope. For who of us hopes for something we see?

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.

He preferred to suffer with God's people rather than to enjoy sin for a little while.

It was faith that made Moses leave Egypt without being afraid of the king's anger. As though he saw the invisible God, he refused to turn back.

Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne.

Think of what he went through; how he put up with so much hatred from sinners! So do not let yourselves become discouraged and give up.

These, then, will be sent off to eternal punishment, but the righteous will go to eternal life."

He shall burn on the altar the fat of the animal for the sin offering.

The man who drove the goat into the desert to Azazel must wash his clothes and take a bath before he comes back into camp.

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and in his grace gave us unfailing courage and a firm hope,

Everything that belongs to the world---what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of---none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.

The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever.

And this is what Christ himself promised to give us---eternal life.