Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
Parallel translations
- WEB let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
- KJV Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
- NKJV Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
- NASB Let’s hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;
- NLT Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
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Quick answer
Let us hold firmly to our confessed hope without wavering, because God is faithful to his promise. Our perseverance rests on God's reliability.
Overview
The second exhortation: hold fast our hope. Believers are to remain steadfast in confessing their hope, anchored not in their own strength but in the faithfulness of the God who promised. Because 'he who promised is faithful', our hope is secure, encouraging perseverance amid trials.
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Cross-references · 12
- 1 Th 5:24The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.
- 1 Cor 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- 2 Th 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
- Heb 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- Heb 3:6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
- 1 Cor 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
- Rev 3:11I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
- Jas 1:6But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
- Heb 4:14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
- Heb 11:11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
- Heb 3:14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
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