“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)”
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful — confession (homologia, literally 'speaking the same') of hope is maintained through trust in God's fidelity (pistos). Hold fast (katecho) suggests gripping something precious against loss.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 10:23
“ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He has consecrated for us.” Having shown the difference of the High Priest, and of the sacrifices, and of the tabernacle, and of the Covenant, and of the promise, and that the difference is great, since those are temporal, but these eternal, those “near to vanishing away,” these permanent, those powerless, these perfect, those figures, these reality, for (he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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