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Hebrews 10:35
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author addresses Jewish Christians who recently endured imprisonment and property confiscation, writing to them after they demonstrated solidarity with sufferers and accepted material loss.
The words — παρρησίαν (parrēsin) means boldness or confidence, paired with ἀποβάλητε (apobalēte), meaning may throw away, which together form the verse’s central prohibition and promise.
The thread — The call to hold fast to confidence runs through Hebrews 3:6, while the link between steadfast action and future reward appears in 1 Corinthians 15:58 and Galatians 6:8.
Why it lands — The text commands readers to cease discarding their faith’s assurance because that confidence secures a future divine reward, requiring active perseverance rather than passive belief.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
- Galatians 6:8 The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- Hebrews 3:6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
- Luke 14:14 and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
- Hebrews 11:26 He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
- Matthew 5:12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- Hebrews 4:14 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.
- Hebrews 3:14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
- Matthew 10:32 Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
- Psalms 19:11 By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.