Matthew 26:39-46
39 Going a little farther, he fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me one hour? 41 Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42 Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” 43 And he came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open.
44 After leaving them, he went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more. 45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? See, the time is near. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Get up; let’s go. See, my betrayer is near.” [1]
 
Not concerned about premature death –
John 10:18 - 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”[2]
 
Luke 19:10 - 10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”[3]
 
John 10:17 - 17 This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again.[4]
 
Mark 14:35-42
35 He went a little farther, fell to the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, “Abba, Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, not what I will, but what you will.” 37 Then he came and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake one hour? 38 Stay awake and pray so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 39 Once again he went away and prayed, saying the same thing. 40 And again he came and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open. They did not know what to say to him. 41 Then he came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The time has come. See, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Get up; let’s go. See, my betrayer is near.” [5]
 
Luke 22:44-46
44 Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

• Hematohidrosis also known as Hematidrosis, hemidrosis and hematidrosis, is a condition in which capillary blood vessels that feed the sweat glands rupture, causing them to exude blood, occurring under conditions of extreme physical or emotional stress.4

45 When he got up from prayer and came to the disciples, he found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief. 46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won’t fall into temptation.”[6]

• We are committed to studying the Gospels from a Jewish perspective.
• Jesus needed to die on Friday Morning at 9:00
  AM to fulfill prophecy.
• The Jewish leaders gave more value to the Oral Law than they did the written Law.
• God’s timing of our lessons has occurred all throughout this study… whether personal situations within Leavener of in light of what is happening with our news of the world.
• It’s no different today… as we watched a man on trial this week and the timing of the whole ordeal is critical.

 

• 1) There were to be no steps of criminal precedings after sunset (Mishnah – p. 387, CAPITAL CHARGES MUST BE TRIED BY DAY AND CONCLUDED BY DAY)
• 2) There was to be no arrest by religious authorities that was affected by a bribe (Exodus 23:8)
• 3) Judges or Sanhedrin member not allowed to participate in the arrest.
• 4) There were to be no trials before the morning sacrifice.
• 5) There were to be no secret trial, only a public trial
• 6) There were to be two to three witnesses, and their testimony had to agree in every detail (Deuteronomy 19:15)
• 7) The procedure was to be first the defense and then the accusation: (Mishnah - p. 386, CAPITAL CASES MUST BEGIN WITH REASONS FOR ACQUITTAL AND MAY NOT BEGIN WITH REASON FOR CONVICTION.)
• 8) There was to be no allowance for the accused to testify against himself.
• 9) All may argue in favor of acquittal, but all may in argue in favor of conviction: (Mishnah – p. 387, IN CAPITAL CHARGES ALL MAY ARGUE IN FAVOR OF ACQUITTAL BUT NOT IN FAVOR OF CONVICTION)
• 10) The accusation of blasphemy was only valid if the name of God itself was pronounced: (Mishnah – p. 382, HE THAT HATH BROUGHT AN EVIL NAME (MUST BE JUDGED) BY THREE AND TWENTY, FOR THERE MAY ARISE THEREFROM A CAPITAL CASE. Mishna – p. 392, “THE BLASPHEMER” IS NOT CULPABLE UNLESS HE PRONOUNCES THE NAME ITSELF)
• 11)  A person condemned to death was not to be scourged or beaten beforehand: (Babylonian Talmud – FLOGGING IS CONSIDERED A SUBSTITUTE FOR DEATH, SO A PERSON WHO WAS TO DIE WAS NOT TO BE BEATEN OR SCOURGED BEFOREHAND.)
• 12) The verdict could not be announced at night, only in the daytime: (Mishnah – p. 387, IN CAPITAL CASES… “THE VERDICT ALSO MUST BE REACHED DURING THE DAYTIME.)
• 13) The high priest was forbidden to tear his garments (Leviticus 21:10)
• 14) In cases of capital punishment, the trial and guilty verdict could not occur at the same time but had to be separated by at least 24 hours: (Mishnah – p. 387, IN CAPITAL CASES A VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL MAY BE REACHED ON THE SAME DAY, BUT A VERDICT OF CONVICTION NOT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY. Mishnah – P. 389, IF THEY FOUND HIM INNOCENT THEY SET HIM FREE; OTHERWISE THEY LEAVE HIS SENTENCE OVER UNTUL THE MORROW.
• 15) Charges could not originate with the judges; they could only investigate charges brought to them.
• 16) A unanimous decision for guilt shows innocence since it is impossible for 23-71 men to agree without plotting.
• 17) Judges were to be humane and kind.
• 18) A person could not be condemned on the basis of his own words alone.
• 19) Voting for the death penalty had to be done by individual count beginning with the youngest so the young would not be influenced by the elders. (Mishnah – p. 387, IN CAPITAL CASES THEY BEGIN FROM [THEM THAT SIT AT] THE SIDE.
• 20) The only place a Sanhedrin trial could take place was in the Hall of Judgment of the Temple Compound: (Babylonian Talmud – CAPITAL CASES WERE ONLY DEALT WITH BY ANY COURT OF 23 WHILE THE SANHEDRIN SAT IN THE HEWN-STONE CHAMBER OF THE TEMPLE.)
• 21) The sentence and the guilty verdict could not be announced on the same day, in fact, had to be separated by three days.
• 22) No trials were on the eve of the Sabbath or on the eve of a feast day: (Mishnah – p. 387, TRIALS ARE NOT TO BE HELD ON THE EVE OF A SABBATH OR ON THE EVE OF A FESTIVAL DAY.)

 
John 18:1-9
JESUS BETRAYED
1 After Jesus had said these things, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it. 2 Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas took a company of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

• Here is the issue – The unredeemed Jews are caught up in an identity crisis.
• They believe that everything they do and everything they have identifies them publicly.
• Therefore, they will do whatever it takes to keep their identity as to what they want to be associated with.
• If I wanted my identity to be attached to Leavener or as a teacher… I might compromise what I do or what I teach because I would need to be accepted and received for those things (Leavener & a teacher).
• I could easily let my position, status or title be dictated by how society expects me to behave or speak.
• If my identity was wrapped up in my teaching, I might alter what I believe to be accepted. I might change my own standards to accomplish what society is dictating.
• You either are holding on tightly to what you have and it will crush you when you lose it…
• Or you hold on loosely and trust what you have been given… even if it is just for a season.
• The unredeemed Jews needed things to happen accordingly:
• 1) They needed Judas because they needed Jesus arrested in a private setting. Otherwise they could have lost their position of authority that was given to them by the Romans.
• 2) They need someone to bring a civil charge to Pilate so a Roman Cohort (400 soldiers) could be used to arrest Jesus.
• 3) They need Judas to present himself as a witness before Pilate (But he was not there because he went and hung himself).

Judas, the unredeemed Jewish leaders and a Roman Cohort came to the Garden of Gethsemane with lanterns, torches and weapons. VIOLATION!!!

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mt 26:39–46). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 10:18). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 19:10). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 10:17). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[5] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mk 14:32–42). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[6] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 22:39–46). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
4 Freddrick Z., Dr Hematidrosis. Available from: http://enwikipediaorg/wiki/hematidrosis. [Ref list]

John 17:21
21 May they all be one (intimacy), as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us, so that the world may believe you sent me.[1]

• The goal is not horizontal relationships with others.
• It is with Christ… and horizontal relationships are benefited from the vertical.

 
John 18:1
1 After Jesus had said these things, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it.[2]

• Picture of Google Map – Path to Garden of Gethsemane
• Picture of Kidron Valley from the south
• Picture of Olive Tree in Garden of Gethsemane

 
Matthew 26:36-46
36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee (Mark 14:33 – James & John),

• Matthew 17 – Transfiguration
• Matthew 16 – Peter given the keys to the Church
• Matthew 12 – Cast a dumb demon out of a man and was charged with doing this under the spirit of Beelzebub.

he began to be sorrowful (grieved) and troubled (distressed).

• He knows what is coming but he has never experienced what was coming.

38 He said to them, “I am deeply grieved to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”

• Mark 14:33-34 - 33 He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
• Never experienced this level of stress before.
• 34 He said to them, “I am deeply grieved to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake.”
• Jesus came close to collapsing His physical frame.
• He asks His 3 super hero disciples to stay awake and pray for with Him
• Luke 22:44 - Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

 
39 Going a little farther, he fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping.

• The men Jesus was counting on to support Him were passed out cold.
• What was POS saying to Jesus?
• The unredeemed Jewish leaders turned their back on Jesus.
• Judas has turned his back on Jesus.
• His 11 are ALL asleep.
• Jesus even gets to a point of feeling distant from the Father. “Why have you forsaken Me?”
• Who understands your pain and suffering more than Jesus?
• Who did Jesus have left on his side?
• Angels
• Luke 22:43 - Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. (ministering to Jesus)
• We don’t become angels.
• Isaiah 49:1-13 –
• 1 Coasts and islands, listen to me; distant peoples, pay attention. The Lord called me (Jesus) before I was born. He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.

2 He made my words like a sharp sword; he hid me
in the shadow of his hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow; he hid me in his quiver.
3 He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in
whom I will be glorified.”
4 But I myself said: I have labored in vain, I have
spent my strength for nothing and futility; yet my vindication is with the Lord, and my reward is with my God.
5 And now, says the Lord, who formed me from the
womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him so that Israel might be gathered to him;
(Romans 11:11) - 11 I ask, then, have they stumbled so as to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.[3]

• The relationship the Church has with Jesus will cause the Jews to be jealous enough to cause them to turn to Jesus as the Messiah.

 
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord, and my
God is my strength--
6 he says, “It is not enough for you to be my servant
raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.”

• This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, says to one who is despised, to one abhorred by people, to a servant of rulers: “Kings will see, princes will stand up, and they will all bow down because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel—and he has chosen you.”
• This is what the Lord says: I will answer you in a time of favor, and I will help you in the day of salvation. I will keep you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to make them possess the desolate inheritances,
• saying to the prisoners: Come out, and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves. They will feed along the pathways, and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.
• They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate one will guide them, and lead them to springs.
• I will make all my mountains into a road, and my highways will be raised up.

12 See, these will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Sinim.
13 Shout for joy, you heavens! Earth, rejoice! Mountains break into joyful shouts! For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.[4]
 

• This angel was serving as encouragement to Jesus.
• See the bigger picture
• It is interesting that we started out this message the explaining of how to have friends.
• On a physical level, you can be surrounded by a lot of earthly friends… the odds are, they will fall asleep on you and fail you at your most critical hour.
• On a spiritual level, you need to zoom out and see that you are surrounded by a much greater source.
• There is a battle going on all around you today.
• There are angels that are fighting for you and wanting to minister to you today.
• They might even take on the form of a friend today.
• You are surrounded!
• Who is surrounding you today? Who do you see?

Zoom out… it is the only way to walk through the battle.

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 17:21). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 18:1). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ro 11:11). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Is 49:1–13). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

John 17
17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

• Believers deal with sin differently – we are separated from non-believers.
• 1) “Sanctified” – God sanctifies our person (spirit & soul)
• 2) “Sanctifying” – God has given us the ability to overcome the power of sin.
• 3) “will be sanctified” – In the future, we won’t even have to deal with sin. Total sanctification in our behavior.
• Who does the sanctifying? God or the Truth?
• God sanctifies us with the tool of the Truth.
• Psalm 119:9-11 - 9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping your word.
• I have sought you with all my heart; don’t let me wander from your commands.
• I have treasured your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you.[1]
• It is God who changes us… not the Truth.

18 As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

• He came to model living His life by another… and wanted the disciples to do the same for the world.
• Surrendering your will to His.
• Believing that Jesus is going to do this in me.
• You consciously know that He is going to do it through you.
• It is not a “feeling”
• What does it mean living life by another?
• When you get to the point of saying “I can’t do this anymore.”… you are in a great place.
• Pressure is off.

19 I sanctify myself for them, so that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

• He didn’t sanctify Himself for his own purpose
• He yielded to the Father’s life because the disciple would see it.
• John Bisagno as seminary student wrote 60 names of peers in ministry in the back of his Bible when he graduated from seminary.
• As his peers burned out, failed or simply walked away from full-time ministry he would mark their name out of the back of his Bible.
• When he retired in his 60’s… he had 6 names in the back of his Bible… 1 out of 10.
• If you show up on Sundays, hang out with me or be my friend… you need me to live my life by another…
• I love you… I am learning everyday what this means.

 
JESUS PRAYS FOR ALL BELIEVERS
20 “I pray not only for these, but also for those who believe in me through their word.

• He is praying for ALL of us!

21 May they all be one,

• Religion will never accomplish unity.
• Our country is becoming more divisive by the minute… or tweet.
• Unity finds its origin in God the Father…
• They are the source of love… God is love.

as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us, so that the world may believe you sent me.

• You have a Spirit, and you have a Spirit, and you have a Spirit… how many Spirits do you think are in this room? ONE

22 I have given them the glory you have given me, so that they may be one as we are one.

• You can have all the bells and whistles of a huge organization but it will not prevail unless there is unity through the body of Christ.
• If love is absent… it will fail
• What is the glory of God?
• The awesomeness of the character of God which is the expression of the presence of God and which only draws attention to the person of God.
• Colossians 1:27 – 27 God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.[2]
• If that glory lives in me… I have access to that person. Just as you do.

23 I am in them and you are in me, so that they may be made completely one, that the world may know you have sent me and have loved them as you have loved me.

• Jesus lives in me… and the Father in Jesus…
• God loves me just as much as He does the Son.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they will see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the world’s foundation.
 - Two places at once… My citizenship is in heaven.
 - 2 Corinthians 3:18 - 18 We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.[3]
 - 2 Corinthians 3:14 - 14 but their minds were hardened. For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ.[4]
 - What is being transformed? Our behavior
 - Making us into more spiritually mature humans.
 - Are we more holy? No… just in our behavior.
25 Righteous Father, the world has not known you. However, I have known you, and they have known that you sent me.
 - The whole world knew the Father sent the Son because of the unity in the Church that is displayed.
26 I made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them and I may be in them.”[5]

• They know some now but not as much as they will after Acts 2 – the Spirit coming.
• How confusing would this be for them?
• Jesus would be in them.

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ps 119:9–11). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Col 1:27). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (2 Co 3:18). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (2 Co 3:14). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[5] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 17:1–26). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

John 17
17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

• Sanctify – to be made holy – set apart.
• Who sanctifies you? The Father.
• What does the Father use to sanctify you? Truth
• Truth is the tool used by the Father to sanctify us.
• FALSE - The more truth you know the more holy you become.
• FALSE - The better you behave, the more holy you become.
• Your person cannot be improved upon the moment they believe.
  
  
• My person (soul/spirit) is sanctified.
• Acts 26:17-18 - 17 I will rescue you from your people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’[1]
• 1 Corinthians 6:11 - 11 And some of you used to be like this. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. [2]
• Hebrews 2:11 - 11 For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father.[3]
• Who sanctifies? The One
• Is there anything you can do to sanctify yourself (more)?
• Hebrews 10:10 - 10 By this will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all time.[4]
• How complete are you?

 

• My behavior is being sanctified.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 - 3 For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality, 4 that each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5 not with lustful passions, like the Gentiles, who don’t know God.[5]
• If when I received salvation and I was made holy, blameless and righteous… sanctified, what happens to my sinful patterns that still continue?
• How do you change your behavior?
• How many of you have been completely successful in perfecting your behavior?
• What percentage of your behavior has already been perfected?

 

• Video: Francisca has had many pups… every one of them is born hungry.

 

• Hebrews 2:11 - 11 For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father.[6]
• “are sanctified” – NASB note says “or are being sanctified”
• 1 Corinthians 1:18 - For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.[7]
• We were saved from the penalty of sin.
• We are being saved from the power of sin.
• We will be saved from the presence of sin.
• Again… who is doing the sanctifying?
• 2 Corinthians 3:18 - But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.[8]
• What’s being transformed? The person or the behavior? Behavior
• Who does the transforming? From the Lord, the Spirit
• I set myself in the environment to look at God.
• Look… I’ve been doing this a long time.
• I deal with people who have addictions and strong sinful behavior patterns.
• We’ve spent thousands of dollars trying to clean, trying to change, trying to erase believer’s behaviors.
• It works… well... some of the times… well… for a season…
• You want to know what a defining factor is in changing one’s behavior? Changing your environment.
• What are you looking at in the mirror? Your past that has gotten you in the same place over and over or are you looking at the image of God?
• Are you hanging around the same people that eventually cause you to end up with the same result time after time?
• Or are you hanging around people that are going to impact you and cause you to focus on the image of the Spirit of God?
• This sounds bad… but I have done this long enough… people ask me if I take attendance… no, I take role… I wanna see who has not been around us for a season.
• I’m not saying coming to church makes you have better behavior… I’m saying your absence is a red flag and I’m not sure what is going on in your personal life but you may be focused on “other things”. RED FLAG!
• Your absence could be a sign that things have or are derailing in your life because your focus has shifted.
• So if you want to see your behavior change from bad to good… you better start looking in a different place.
• Look for people who are going to encourage you in your walk.
• Look to the Word of God for answers.
• Focus on things above.
• You will begin to reflect on what you are focused.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 - For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor[9]
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23 - Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.[10]
• Who does the sanctifying?
• Who does the changing of behavior?
• 2 Timothy 2:21 - Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.[11]
• This sounds like we are responsible for changing our behavior.
• Paul is “assuming” that Timothy is doing this by the source of another.
• Hebrews 10:14 - For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.[12]
• What can you do to make yourself more perfect?
• “Well… I’m not perfect.” – Oh yes you are!

 

• My behavior will be sanctified. (in heaven)
• 1 John 3:2-3 -  2 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he appears, we will be like him because we will see him as he is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself just as he is pure.[13]
• I’m as righteous as Jesus is righteous because of what He did.

In heaven, we are void of this body which houses the power of sin.
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[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ac 26:17–18). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (1 Co 6:11). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Heb 2:11). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Heb 10:10). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[5] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (1 Th 4:3–5). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[6] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Heb 2:11). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[7] New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (1 Co 1:18). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
[8] New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (2 Co 3:18). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
[9] New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (1 Th 4:3–4). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
[10] New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (1 Th 5:23). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
[11] New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (2 Ti 2:21). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
[12] New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. (1995). (Heb 10:14). La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
[13] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (1 Jn 3:1–3). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.