You will be hated by everybody on my account, but the man who holds out to the very end will be saved.

But he said to them, "Who among you if he has even a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

Then he said to the man, "Hold out your hand!" And he held it out, and it was restored and became as well as the other.

Jesus immediately stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, and said to him, "Why did you waver? You have so little faith!"

and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be your slave,

But he who holds out to the end will be saved.

And he looked around at them with anger, hurt by their obstinacy, and he said to the man, "Hold out your hand!" And he held it out, and his hand was cured.

"You give up what God has commanded and hold fast to what men have handed down.

and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be everybody's slave.

You will be hated by everyone, because you bear my name. But he who holds out to the end will be saved.

And he looked around at them all and said to the man, "Hold out your hand!" And he did so, and his hand was restored.

But they made no answer. And he took hold of the man and cured him and sent him away.

Now there were six stone water jars there, for the ceremonial purification practiced by the Jews, each large enough to hold twenty or thirty gallons.

For here the saying holds good, 'One sows, another reaps.'

There are many other things that Jesus did, so many in fact that if they were all written out, I do not suppose that the world itself would hold the books that would have to be written.

"We strictly forbade you," he said, "to teach on this authority, and here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and propose to hold us responsible for this man's death!"

But Barnabas got hold of him and introduced him to the apostles, and he told them how on his journey he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him, and how boldly he had spoken for the cause of Jesus at Damascus.

For the Sadducees hold that there is no resurrection and that there are no angels or spirits, while the Pharisees believe in all three.

and I have the same hope in God that they themselves hold, that there is to be a resurrection of the upright and the wicked.

For we hold that a man is made upright by faith; the observance of the Law has nothing to do with it.

That is why it all turns upon faith; it is to make it a matter of God's favor, so that the promise may hold good for all Abraham's descendants, not only those who are adherents of the Law, but also those who share the faith of Abraham. For he is the father of all of us;

for we know that Christ, once raised from the dead, will never die again; death has no more hold on him.

Your love must be genuine. You must hate what is wrong, and hold to what is right.

For everything that was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that by being steadfast and through the encouragement the Scriptures give, we might hold our hope fast.

I hold that Christ has become an agent of circumcision to show God's truthfulness in carrying out the promises made to our forefathers,

So when you hold your meetings it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat,

and through which you are to be saved, if you hold on, unless your faith has been all for nothing.

For until some people came from James, he used to eat with the heathen, but after they came, he began to draw back and hold aloof, for fear of the party of circumcision.

You people who propose to be made upright by law have finished with Christ; you have lost your hold upon God's favor.

We must lovingly hold to the truth and grow up into perfect union with him who is the head??hrist himself.

So you must take God's armor, so that when the evil day comes you will be able to make a stand, and when it is all over to hold your ground.

Hold them in the highest esteem and affection for what they do. Live at peace with one another.

We beg you, brothers, warn the idlers, cheer up the despondent, keep hold of the weak, be patient with everybody.

So stand firm, brothers, and hold fast to the instructions you have received from us, whether by letter or by word of mouth.

keeping hold of faith and a good conscience. For some people have let that go and have had their faith ruined,

Enter the great contest of faith! Take hold of eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the great profession of faith.

This is why we must give the very closest attention to the message we have heard, to keep from ever losing our hold upon it.

Since then we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great high priest who has gone up into heaven, let us keep firm hold of our religion.

and yet have fallen back, for they crucify the Son of God on their own account, and hold him up to contempt.

Let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we profess, for he who has given us his promise may be trusted.

So tighten your loosening hold! Stiffen your wavering stand!

Anyone who goes too far and does not keep to the teaching of Christ has not God. It is the man who holds to the teaching who has both the Father and the Son.

the living one. I was dead, yet here I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys of death and the underworld.

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: " 'He who holds the seven stars in his right hand and goes about among the seven gold lampstands speaks thus:

But I hold it against you that you do not love as you did at first.

Yet I hold it somewhat against you that you have among you some adherents of the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entrap the children of Israel into eating meat that had been sacrificed to idols, and into immoral practices.

So you also have among you some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

But I hold it against you that you tolerate that Jezebel of a woman who claims to be inspired and who is misleading my slaves and teaching them to practice immorality and to eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols.

But to the rest of you at Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching and have not learned the "deep things" of Satan, as they call them??o you I say, I have no fresh burden to lay on you,

but keep hold of what you have, until I come.

"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: " 'He who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars speaks thus: I know what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive, but you are dead.

I am coming soon. Keep hold of what you have, so that no one may deprive you of your crown.

(See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who keeps awake, and keeps hold of his clothes, so that he will not have to go naked and be put to shame!)