Hebrews 10:35

Hebrews 10:35 Meaning and Explanation

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

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Do not throw away your confidence, for it carries a great reward.

What Does Hebrews 10:35 Mean?

Having recalled their past courage, the writer presses the lesson home: do not cast away that confidence now. The boldness that carried them through earlier trials is too precious to discard when fresh hardship comes.

This confidence carries a great recompence of reward; it is not spent in vain. To hold fast is not to grit one's teeth in mere stubbornness but to keep one's grip on a hope that God Himself will honor. The temptation under pressure is to let go; the call of faith is to hold on. What looks like loss in the moment is, for the steadfast, the path to a reward that far outweighs the cost.

Hebrews 10:35 in the Original Language

parrhesia (παρρησία), 'confidence' -- bold assurance, the open and unwavering trust that holds firm under pressure.

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Do not throw away your confidence, for it carries a great reward.

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