Paul's Letters to Timothy and the Hebrews

“Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David...If we died with him, we will also live with him. If we endure, we will also reign with him....” (2 Timothy 2:8 and 11-12 / NET)

2 Timothy

“For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord…but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.” (2 Timothy 1:7-8 / NET)

“So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus…Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” (2 Timothy 2:1-3 / NET)

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David…. If we died with him, we will also live with him. If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us. If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself.” (2 Timothy 2:8 and 11-13 / NET)

Hebrews

“To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see. It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God’s approval.” (Hebrews 11:1-2 / TEV)

“It is by faith that we understand that the universe was created by God’s word…. It was faith that kept Enoch from dying. Instead, he was taken up to God…. It was faith that made Noah hear God’s warnings about things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and built a boat in which he and his family were saved. As a result, the world was condemned….” (Hebrews 11: 3, 5 and 7 / TEV)

“It was by faith that made Abraham obey when God called him to go out to a country which God had promised to give him…. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise….” (Hebrews 11:8-9 / TEV)

“It was faith that made Abraham able to become a father, even though he was too old and Sarah herself could not have children…. Though Abraham was practically dead, from this one man came as many descendants as there are stars in the sky…. It was in faith that all these persons died. They did not receive the things God had promised, but from a long way off they saw them and welcomed them, and admitted openly that they were foreigners and refugees on earth…. Instead, it was a better country they longed for, the heavenly country. And so God is not ashamed for them to call him their God….” (Hebrews 11:11-13 and 16 / TEV)

“It was faith that made Abraham offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice when God put Abraham to the test…. Abraham reckoned that God was able to raise Isaac from the death – and, so to speak, Abraham did receive Isaac back from death.” (Hebrews 11:17 and 19 / TEV)

“It was faith that made Isaac promise blessings for the future to Jacob and Esau. It was faith that made Jacob bless each of the sons of Joseph just before he died…. It was faith that made Joseph…speak of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt…. It was faith that made the parents of Moses hide him for three months after he was born…. and they were not afraid to disobey the king’s order.” (Hebrews 11:20-23 / TEV)

“It was faith that made Moses…refuse to be called son of the king’s daughter. He preferred to suffer with God’s people…. It was faith that made Moses leave Egypt without being afraid of the king’s anger…. It was faith that made him establish the Passover…so that the Angel of Death would not kill the first-born sons of the Israelites.  (Hebrews 11:24-25 and 27-28 / TEV)

“It was faith that made the Israelites able to cross the Red Sea as if on dry land…. It was faith that made the walls of Jericho fall down after the Israelites marched around them for seven days…. Should I go on? There isn’t enough time to speak of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets…. They did what is right and received what God had promised….” (Hebrews 11:29-30 and 32-33 / TEV)

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Suggested Readings for the

LETTER of PAUL to the HEBREWS

Jesus the High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek and the New Covenant - Hebrews 7:11 - 8:13

Faith - Hebrews 11:1-40