He confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words."
Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.
Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.
Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.
Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
The king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all [his] heart, and all [his] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.
Moreover those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
Now, the LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as you have spoken.
So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.
However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.
but had certain questions against him about their own religion, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Seeing this, we understand that this people alone is continually in opposition unto all men, differing in the strange ways of their laws and bringing about evil to our state, working all the mischief they can, so that our kingdom may not be firmly established:
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants, in the matter of the fastings and their cry.
The commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.
He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky, such has not been done as has been done to Jerusalem.
He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.
"As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
'Cursed is he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'"
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants, in the matter of the fastings and their cry.
The commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, the LORD says; but the LORD has not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.
Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation--which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
Behold, the LORD will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.
Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited;' and of the cities of Judah, 'They will be built,' and 'I will raise up its waste places;'
Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: the LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved.
His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.
The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.
and command them, saying, 'Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging place, where you will lodge tonight.'"
But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."
After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"
They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."
It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven; and above all praised and glorified for ever.
Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary.
For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.
I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.
Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, the LORD, forevermore.
and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
"I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.
I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.
Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned.
Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,
Now this was [the custom] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the [way of] attestation in Israel.
This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;
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