Hebrews 6:19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
KJV
ἣν ὡς ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν τῆς ψυχῆς, ἀσφαλῆ τε καὶ βεβαίαν καὶ εἰσερχομένην εἰς τὸ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος,
Greek NT
quam sicut anchoram habemus animæ tutam ac firmam, et incedentem usque ad interiora velaminis,
Vulgate
which we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
ASV
Which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and which entereth in even within the veil:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἀσφαλῆ — SBLGNT
- ἀσφαλῆ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἀσφαλήν — Tregelles
Themes
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1820Christian hope unfolds from the beginning of Jesus' preaching in the proclamation of the beatitudes. the beatitudes raise our hope toward heaven as the new Promised Land; they trace the path that leads through the trials that await the disciples of Jesus. But through the merits of Jesus Christ and of his Passion, God keeps us in the "hope that does not disappoint."88 Hope is th…
1. If therefore (he says) perfection were by the Levitical priesthood. Having spoken concerning Melchisedec, and shown how much superior he was to Abraham, and having set forth the great difference between them, he begins from this point forward to prove the wide difference as to the covenant itself, and how the one is imperfect and the other perfect. However he does not even y…
1. He has shown from the Priest, from the Priesthood, from the Covenant, that that [dispensation] was to have an end. From this point he shows it from the fashion of the tabernacle itself. How? This, he says, [was] the Holy and the Holy of Holies. The holy place then is a symbol of the former period (for there all things are done by means of sacrifices); but the Holy of Holies …
Is hope a virtue? Is its object eternal happiness? May one man, by the virtue of hope, hope for another's happiness? May a man lawfully hope in man? Is hope a theological virtue? Its distinction from the other theological virtues Its relation to faith Its relation to charity Article 1. Whether hope is a virtue? Objection 1. It would seem that hope is not a virtue. For "no man m…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 13:13 — And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
- 1Cor 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
- 1Pet 1:13 — Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
- 1Thess 5:8 — But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
- 2Pet 1:10 — Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
- 2Sam 23:5 — Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to gro
- 2Tim 2:19 — Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
- Acts 1:2 — Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
- Acts 27:29 — Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
- Acts 27:29 — Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
- Acts 27:40 — And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
- Col 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul
- Col 2:5 — For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
- Col 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
- Heb 4:16 — Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
- Heb 9:3 — And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
- Heb 9:7 — But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
- Heb 10:20 — By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
- Heb 10:20 — By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
- Isa 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Isa 25:3 — Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
- Isa 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
- Jer 17:7 — Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
- Lev 16:2 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will
- Lev 16:15 — Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the m
- Lev 16:15 — Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the m
- Mark 15:38 — And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
- Matt 27:51 — And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Matt 27:51 — And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Ps 42:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
- Ps 42:11 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Ps 43:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Ps 62:5 — My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
- Ps 146:5 — Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
- Rom 4:16 — Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who
- Rom 5:5 — And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
- Rom 8:28 — And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.