This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

Further, if he were still on earth, he would not be a priest at all, for there are priests enough provided to offer the gifts the Law prescribes??5 though the service they engage in is only a shadow and imitation of that in heaven. For when Moses was going to make the tent of worship he was warned, "Be sure to make it all just like the pattern you were shown on the mountain."

For he was looking forward to that city with the sure foundations, designed and built by God.

Pray for me, for I am sure I have a clear conscience, and I mean in every way to live an upright life.

But about you, dear friends, even though we say this, we are sure of better things that promise salvation.

How much surer, think you, will be the punishment of one who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has profaned that covenant blood with which he was sanctified, and has done despite to the spirit of grace?

We are partakers of Christ, if we keep sure unto the end the beginning of the first substance,

Faith is a sure confidence of things which are hoped for, and a certainty of things which are not seen.

For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.

For if the message given through angels [the Law given to Moses] was authentic and unalterable, and every violation and disobedient act received an appropriate penalty,

Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful [to His word];

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”

Again, it was faith that enabled Sarah to conceive (though she was past the age for child-bearing), because she felt sure that he who had given her the promise would not fail her.

how shall *we* escape if we are indifferent to a salvation as great as that now offered to us? This, after having first of all been announced by the Lord Himself, had its truth made sure to us by those who heard Him,