So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.

For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.

Again he says, “I will be confident in him,” and again, “Here I am, with the children God has given me.”

But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,

By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.

so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.