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Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Hebrews 6:19 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
  • BSB We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
  • NKJV This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil,
  • NASB This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and reliable and one which enters within the veil,
  • NLT This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.

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Quick answer

This hope is an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, reaching into the inner sanctuary behind the veil. Our hope is firmly fixed where Christ has gone before us.

Overview

The writer pictures hope as an anchor, but one secured not below in shifting seas but above, within the heavenly sanctuary beyond the veil. The 'veil' recalls the curtain before the Most Holy Place, now opened through Christ. Believers' hope is anchored in heaven itself, where Jesus their high priest ministers.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 25

  • Rom 5:5–10And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
  • Ps 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
  • Rom 8:28–39And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
  • Heb 9:7But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
  • Lev 16:2And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
  • Lev 16:15Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
  • Ps 62:5–6My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
  • Col 3:1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
  • Matt 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
  • Heb 9:3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
  • Isa 25:3–4Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
  • Ps 42:11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
  • 2 Tim 2:19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
  • Acts 27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
  • Jer 17:7–8Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
  • Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Rom 4:16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
  • Ps 146:5–6Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
  • Acts 27:40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
  • Isa 28:16Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
  • Heb 4:16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
  • Heb 10:20–21By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
  • Ps 42:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
  • 1 Cor 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
  • Eph 2:6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

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Christ at the center

Hebrews is sustained worship of Christ: better than angels, Moses, and the priests; the great High Priest after Melchizedek who by one sacrifice perfects forever those he saves.

How Hebrews 6:19 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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