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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;”

Hebrews 6:19, King James Version (KJV)

“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil,”

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Hebrews 6 (KJV)

  1. 1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
  2. 2Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
  3. 3And this will we do, if God permit.
  4. 4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
  5. 5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
  6. 6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
  7. 7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
  8. 8But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
  9. 9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
  10. 10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
  11. 11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
  12. 12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  13. 13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
  14. 14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
  15. 15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
  16. 16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
  17. 17Where in God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
  18. 18That 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:
  19. 19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
  20. 20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Related verses

Passages that readers often connect with Hebrews 6:19, in the King James Version.

  • Romans 5:5–10

    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. …

  • Psalm 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.

  • Romans 8:28–39

    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. …

  • Leviticus 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 mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:

  • Leviticus 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 appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

  • Hebrews 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:

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