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G949 · bébaios · beb'-ah-yos · Greek
stable (literally or figuratively)
:--firm, of force, stedfast, sure.
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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 is the father of us all,
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
