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Do you not remember that while I was still with you I used to tell you all this?

ὅτι hoti “that”

And from us thanks are always due to God on your behalf--brethren whom the Lord loves--because God from the beginning has chosen you for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying influence and your belief in the truth.

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And we have confidence in the Lord in regard to you that you are doing, and will do, what we command.

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For even when we were with you, we laid down this rule for you: "If a man does not choose to work, neither shall he eat."

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Now we know that the Law is good, if a man uses it in the way it should be used,

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and remembers that a law is not enacted to control a righteous man, but for the lawless and rebellious, the irreligious and sinful, the godless and profane--for those who strike their fathers or their mothers, for murderers,

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I am thankful to Him who made me strong--even Christ Jesus our Lord--because He has judged me to be faithful and has put me into His service,

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Faithful is the saying, and deserving of universal acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; among whom I stand foremost.

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Now the Spirit expressly declares that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons;

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For I recall the sincere faith which is in your heart--a faith which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and then in your mother Eunice, and, I am fully convinced, now dwells in you also.

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That indeed is the reason why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know in whom my trust reposes, and I am confident that He has it in His power to keep what I have entrusted to Him safe until that day.

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Of this you are aware, that all the Christians in Roman Asia have deserted me: and among them Phygelus and Hermogenes.

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But avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men, knowing--as you do--that these lead to quarrels;

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But of this be assured: in the last days grievous times will set in.

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for, as you know, a man of that description has turned aside from the right path and is a sinner self-condemned.

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I Paul write this with my own hand--I will pay you in full. (I say nothing of the fact that you owe me even your own self.)

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I write to you in the full confidence that you will meet my wishes, for I know you will do even more than I say.

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And at the same time provide accommodation for me; for I hope that through your prayers I shall be permitted to come to you.

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But, as we know, a writer has solemnly said, "How poor a creature is man, and yet Thou dost remember him, and a son of man, and yet Thou dost come to him!

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And so we see that it was owing to lack of faith that they could not be admitted.

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Moreover here frail mortal men receive tithes: there one receives them about whom there is evidence that he is alive.

ὅτι hoti “that”

For it is undeniable that our Lord sprang from Judah, a tribe of which Moses said nothing in connection with priests.

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For the words are in evidence, "Thou art a priest for ever, belonging to the order of Melchizedek."

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After saying the words I have just quoted, "Sacrifices and offerings or whole burnt-offerings and sin-offerings Thou hast not desired or taken pleasure in" --all such being offered in obedience to the Law--

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But where there is no faith it is impossible truly to please Him; for the man who draws near to God must believe that there is a God and that He proves Himself a rewarder of those who earnestly try to find Him.

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