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

What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

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

For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.

The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.