1. Dealing with sin: Mt. 18:7-9

2. Dealing with sexual sin: Col. 3:6, Mt. 5:27-30, Eph. 5:3-7, 1 Thess. 4:6, Heb. 13:4, Heb. 12:15-17

3. Courage in face of martyrdom: Mt. 10:26-37

4. Self-denial: Mt. 16:24-27

5. Comfort for persecuted believers: 2 Thess. 1:6

6. Freedom to respond to enemies with love: Rom. 12:10

7. Patience: Prov. 20:22

8. For Poor Believers: James 5

9. Reason to watch out for apostacy and unrepentant sin: Heb. 10:22-31

10. Reason to deal with false teaching: Jude

11. Fear and trembling: Ps. 119:118-120

12. Love for Christ: 1 Thess. 1:10

13. Holiness, etc.: 2 Peter 3:11-13

14. Enables us to hate injustice ourselves