Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, 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;)
- BSB Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, 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 5:24He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
- 1 Cor 1:9God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
- 2 Th 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
- Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
- Heb 3:6but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
- 1 Cor 10:13No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
- Rev 3:11I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.
- Jas 1:6But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
- Heb 4:14Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
- Heb 11:11By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
- Heb 3:14For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
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