2 Corinthians 5:8

5:8 Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away¹ from the body and at home with the Lord.

Psalms 27:3-4

27:3 Even when an army is deployed against me,

I do not fear.²

Even when war is imminent,³

I remain confident.⁴

27:4 I have asked the Lord for one thing –

this is what I desire!

I want to live⁵ in the Lord’s house⁶ all the days of my life,

so I can gaze at the splendor⁷ of the Lord

and contemplate in his temple.

Proverbs 14:26

14:26 In the fear of the Lord one has⁸ strong confidence,⁹

and it will be a refuge¹⁰ for his children.

Isaiah 30:15

30:15 For this is what the master, the Lord, the Holy One of Israel says:

“If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered;¹¹

if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength,¹²

but you are unwilling.

Isaiah 36:4

36:4 The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence?¹³

Hebrews 10:35

10:35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it¹⁴ has great reward.

Hebrews 10:1

Concluding Exposition: Old and New Sacrifices Contrasted

10:1 For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.¹⁵

Hebrews 5:1

5:1 For every high priest is taken from among the people¹⁶ and appointed¹⁷ to represent them before God,¹⁸ to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

Revelation 1:9

1:9 I, John, your brother and the one who shares¹⁹ with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that²⁰ are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.²¹

¹tn Or “be absent.”

²tn Heb “my heart does not fear.”

³tn Heb “if war rises up against me.”

⁴tn Heb “in this [i.e., “during this situation”] I am trusting.”

⁵tn Heb “my living.”

⁶sn The Lord’s house. This probably refers to the tabernacle (if one accepts Davidic authorship) or the temple (see Judg 19:18; 1 Sam 1:7, 24; 2 Sam 12:20; 1 Kgs 7:12, 40, 45, 51).

⁷tn Or “beauty.”

⁸tn Heb “In the fear of the Lord [is] confidence of strength.” The phrase “one has” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness.

⁹tn Heb “confidence of strength.” This construct phrase features an attributive genitive: “strong confidence” (so most English versions; NIV “a secure fortress”).

¹⁰sn The fear of the Lord will not only provide security for the parent but will also be a refuge for children. The line recalls Exod 20:5-6 where children will reap the benefits of the righteous parents. The line could also be read as “he [= God] will be a refuge for the children.”

¹¹tn Heb “in returning and in quietness you will be delivered.” Many English versions render the last phrase “shall be saved” or something similar (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).

¹²tn Heb “in quietness and in trust is your strength” (NASB and NRSV both similar).

¹³tn Heb “What is this object of trust in which you are trusting?”

¹⁴tn Grk “which,” but showing the reason.

¹⁵tn Grk “those who approach.”

¹⁶tn Grk “from among men,” but since the point in context is shared humanity (rather than shared maleness), the plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) has been translated “people.”

¹⁷tn Grk “who is taken from among people is appointed.”

¹⁸tn Grk “appointed on behalf of people in reference to things relating to God.”

¹⁹tn The translation attempts to bring out the verbal idea in συγκοινωνός (sunkoinwno", “co-sharer”); John was suffering for his faith at the time he wrote this.

²⁰tn The prepositional phrase ἐν ᾿Ιησοῦ (en Ihsou) could be taken with ὑπομονῇ (Jupomonh) as the translation does or with the more distant συγκοινωνός (sunkoinwno"), in which case the translation would read “your brother and the one who shares with you in Jesus in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance.”

²¹tn The phrase “about Jesus” has been translated as an objective genitive.