KumaHeberu 6:10-20

Ngokuba uNkulunkulu akayena ongalungile ukuba akhohlwe umsebenzi wenu nomshikashika wothando enalubonakalisa kulo igama lakhe, ngokukhonza abangcwele, nisabakhonza. Sifisa ukuthi yilowo nalowo kini akubonakalise lokho kukhuthala, kube yisiqinisekiso esigcwele sethemba kuze kube sekupheleni. Ukuze ningavilaphi, kodwa nilingise labo abathi ngokholo nangokubekezela badla ifa lezithembiso. Ngokuba lapho uNkulunkulu ethembisa u-Abrahama, wazifunga yena, lokhu kungekho omkhulu kunaye angamfunga; Ethi: Impela ngiyakukubusisa nokukubusisa, ngokwandisa ngiyakukwandisa. Ngakho-ke esebekezele wazuza isithembiso. Ngokuba abantu bafunga omkhulu kubo, nesifungo sokuqinisekisa singukuphela kwakho konke ukuphikisana. Ngakho uNkulunkulu, ethanda kakhulu kakhulu ukubonisa izindlalifa zesithembiso ukungaguquleki kwecebo lakhe, wakuqinisa ngesifungo; ukuze, ngezinto ezimbili ezingaphendukiyo, okungekwenzeki ukuthi uNkulunkulu aqambe amanga ngazo, sibe lenduduzo elamandla thina esibalekeleyo ukuze sibambe ithemba elibekwe phambi kwethu; ithemba esilalo njengehange lomphefumulo, liqinisekile, liqinile, lingena kokungaphakathi kwesihenqo; lapho umanduleli angena khona ngenxa yethu, uJesu, waba ngumpristi omkhulu kuze kube phakade ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki.