'May' in the Bible

and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, 'And let them bow before him -- all messengers of God;'

And unto which of the messengers said He ever, 'Sit at My right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool?'

For this reason we must pay closer attention to the things we have heard, or we may drift away,

Wherefore, (as the Holy Spirit saith, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear --

ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,

And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.

see to it, brethren, that there is never in any one of you--as perhaps there may be--a sinful and unbelieving heart, manifesting itself in revolt from the ever-living God.

Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,

for partakers we have become of the Christ, if the beginning of the confidence unto the end we may hold fast,

in its being said, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,'

We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,

For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

again He doth limit a certain day, 'To-day,' (in David saying, after so long a time,) as it hath been said, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts,'

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.

Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens -- Jesus the Son of God -- may we hold fast the profession,

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God,

and this we will do, if God may permit,

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

that through two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,

And it is true that by the law, those of the sons of Levi who have the position of priests may take a tenth part of the people's goods; that is to say, they take it from their brothers though these are the sons of Abraham.

And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

for every chief priest to offer both gifts and sacrifices is appointed, whence it is necessary for this one to have also something that he may offer;

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead actions so that we may serve the living God!

This is why the Messiah is the mediator of a new covenant; so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance promised them, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the offenses committed under the first covenant.

And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

nor that he may many times offer himself, even as the chief priest doth enter into the holy places every year with blood of others;

Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

as to the rest, expecting till He may place his enemies as his footstool,

may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;

may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful is He who did promise),

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

We may well go in fear of falling into the hands of the living God.

Ye may not cast away, then, your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward,

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised.

and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'

So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

Think about the one who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not become tired and give up.

For a short time they disciplined us as they thought best, but God does it for our good, so that we may share in his holiness.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed instead.

Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

and [see to it] that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,

for they were not bearing that which is commanded, 'And if a beast may touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or with an arrow shot through,'

But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who speaketh from heaven,

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.

now, then, may we go forth unto him without the camp, his reproach bearing;

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus—the great Shepherd of the sheep—with the blood of the everlasting covenant,

equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Know ye that the brother Timotheus is released, with whom, if he may come more shortly, I will see you.

May grace be with all of you!