The Certainty of God's Promise

¹³ For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, ^(A)he swore by himself, ¹⁴ saying, ^(B)“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” ¹⁵ And thus Abraham,^{[a] (C)}having patiently waited, obtained the promise. ¹⁶ For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes ^(D)an oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷ So when God desired to show more convincingly to ^(E)the heirs of the promise ^(F)the unchangeable character of his purpose, ^(G)he guaranteed it with an oath, ¹⁸ so that by two unchangeable things, in which ^(H)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope ^(I)set before us. ¹⁹ We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into ^(J)the inner place behind the curtain, ²⁰ where Jesus has gone ^(K)as a forerunner on our behalf, ^(L)having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

²¹ and since we have ^(A)a great priest over the house of God, ²² let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts ^(B)sprinkled clean ^(C)from an evil conscience and our bodies ^(D)washed with pure water. ^23 (E)Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for ^(F)he who promised is faithful.

That You May Know

¹³ I write ^(A)these things to you who ^(B)believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

Our Heavenly Dwelling

5 For we know that if ^(A)the tent that is ^(B)our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, ^(C)a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

⁵ He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, ^(A)who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

A Great Multitude from Every Nation

⁹ After this I looked, and behold, ^(A)a great multitude that no one could number, ^(B)from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, ^(C)clothed in white robes, with ^(D)palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰ and crying out with a loud voice, ^(E)“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

⁶ And I am sure of this, that he who began ^(A)a good work in you ^(B)will bring it to completion at ^(C)the day of Jesus Christ.

²⁹ For those whom he ^(A)foreknew he also ^(B)predestined ^(C)to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be ^(D)the firstborn among many brothers. ³⁰ And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also ^(E)justified, and those whom he justified he also ^(F)glorified.

^37 (A)All that ^(B)the Father gives me will come to me, and ^(C)whoever comes to me I will never cast out. ³⁸ For ^(D)I have come down from heaven, not to do ^(E)my own will but ^(F)the will of him ^(G)who sent me. ³⁹ And ^(H)this is the will of him who sent me, ^(I)that I should lose nothing of ^(J)all that he has given me, but ^(K)raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰ For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who ^(L)looks on the Son and ^(M)believes in him ^(N)should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”