for I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, as it dwells (I feel sure) in yourself.

It is a sure word, that "If we have died with him, we shall live with him,

Shut your mind against foolish, popular controversy; be sure that only breeds strife.

he must hold by the sure truths of doctrine so as to be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and refute objections raised by any.]

It is a sure saying. I want you to insist on this, that those who have faith in God must profess honest occupations. Such counsels are right and good for men.

you may be sure a man like that is perverted; he is sinning and he knows it.

so I swore in my anger, 'they shall never enter my Rest.'

And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his Rest? To whom but those who disobeyed?

For we do enter the Rest by our faith: according to his word, As I swore in my anger, they shall never enter my Rest ??although his works were all over by the foundation of the world.

Though I say this, beloved, I feel sure you will take the better course that means salvation.

For in making a promise to Abraham God swore by himself (since he could swear by none greater),

For as men swear by a greater than themselves, and as an oath means to them a guarantee that ends any dispute,

anchoring the soul to it safe and sure, as it enters the inner Presence behind the veil.

It was by faith that even Sara got strength to conceive, bearing a son when she was past the age for it ??because she considered she could rely on Him who gave the promise.

Pray for me, for I am sure I have a clean conscience; my desire is in every way to lead an honest life.

sure that the sterling temper of your faith produces endurance;

Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry ??20 for human anger does not promote divine righteousness;

Above all, my brothers, never swear an oath, either by heaven or by earth or by anything else; let your "yes" be a plain "yes," your "no" a plain "no," lest you incur judgment.

Thus Sara obeyed Abraham by calling him 'lord'. And you are daughters of Sara if you do what is right and yield to no panic.

but rescued righteous Lot who was sore burdened by the immoral behaviour of the lawless

(for when that righteous man resided among them, by what he saw and heard his righteous soul was vexed day after day with their unlawful doings) ??9 then be sure the Lord knows how to rescue pious folk from trial, and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment till the day of doom,

This is how we may be sure we know him, by obeying his commands.

but whoever obeys his word, in him love to God is really complete. This is how we may be sure we are in him:

Children, it is the last hour. You have learned that 'Antichrist is coming.' Well, but many antichrists have appeared ??which makes us sure it is the last hour.

As you know he is just, be sure that everyone who practises righteousness is born of him.

Thus it is that we may be sure we belong to the truth and reassure ourselves

he who obeys his commands remains within him ??and He remains within him. And this is how we may be sure he remains within us, by means of the Spirit he has given us.

This is how we may be sure we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us a share in his own Spirit;

This is how we are sure that we love God's children, by loving God and obeying his commands

I have written in this way to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may be sure you have life eternal.

Lo, I will lay her on a sickbed, and bring her paramours into sore distress, if they do not repent of her practices;

and swore by Him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, "There shall be no more delay;