for, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold,

and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.

for partakers we have become of the Christ, if the beginning of the confidence unto the end we may hold fast,

Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens -- Jesus the Son of God -- may we hold fast the profession,

that through two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,

may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful is He who did promise),