G0949–βέβαιος–bebaios

All depends on faith, and for this reason--that acceptance with God might be an act of pure grace,

βεβαίαν bebaian “sure”

And our hope for you is stedfast; for we know that as you are partners with us in the sufferings, so you are also partners in the comfort.

βεβαία bebaia “[is] steadfast”

For if the message delivered through angels proved to be true, and every transgression and act of disobedience met with just retribution,

βέβαιος, bebaios “unalterable,”

but Christ was faithful as a Son having authority over God's house, and we are that house, if we hold firm to the End the boldness and the hope which we boast of as ours.

βεβαίαν bebaian “unshakable”

For we have, all alike, become sharers with Christ, if we really hold our first confidence firm to the End;

βεβαίαν bebaian “firm”

That hope we have as an anchor of the soul--an anchor that can neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil,

βεβαίαν bebaian “unshakable”

And a will is only of force in the case of a deceased person, being never of any avail so long as he who made it lives.

βεβαία, bebaia “[is] affirmed,”

For this reason, brethren, be all the more in earnest to make sure that God has called you and chosen you; for it is certain that so long as you practise these things, you will never stumble.

βεβαίαν bebaian “sure”

And in the written word of prophecy we have something more permanent; to which you do well to pay attention--as to a lamp shining in a dimly-lighted place--until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

βεβαιότερον bebaioteron “more certain”