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Hebrews 10:23
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Hebrews 10:23
23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
23Let vs hold fast the profession of our faith without wauering (for he is faithfull that promised)
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DEFINED WORDS
Hebrews 10:23
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Firm, fixed, or secure; moving quickly; also an abstinence from food or the act of abstaining.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
profession
An open declaration or acknowledgment; also a calling or occupation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Trust, belief, confidence, or reliance; especially trust in God and belief in his word, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Steadfast in truth, duty, promise, or allegiance; trustworthy and true.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Engaged by word or writing; stipulated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study24Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
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Open the full verse study9God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Open the full verse study3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
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Open the full verse study18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
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Open the full verse study2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
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Open the full verse study6But 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.
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Open the full verse study13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
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Open the full verse study11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
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Open the full verse study6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
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Open the full verse study14Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
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Open the full verse study11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
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Open the full verse study14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
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