'Fact' in the Bible

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.

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

And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.

In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God's word. You have become people who need milk instead of solid food.

So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood -- for on that basis the people received the law -- what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron's order?

But, as a matter of fact, the ministry which Christ has obtained is all the nobler a ministry, in that He is at the same time the negotiator of a sublimer covenant, based upon sublimer promises.

Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.

In fact, under the Law almost everything is cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of the blood there is no forgiveness.

In that case Christ would have needed to suffer many times, from the creation of the world onwards; but as a matter of fact He has appeared once for all, at the Close of the Ages, in order to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].

Therefore from one man—in fact, from one as good as dead—came offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as innumerable as the grains of sand by the seashore.

In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said, "I shudder with fear."

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly.