Now ¹  many have undertaken to compile an account ²  of the things ³  that have been fulfilled ⁴  among us,

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

so that we who have found refuge in him ¹  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.

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. ¹