Quotes About Hope

For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

But Christ is faithful as the Son over Godís house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

So I swore on oath in My anger, ëThey shall never enter My rest.í”

We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?

Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.

And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”

Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,

God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.

And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

And this we will do, if God permits.

who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—

Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,