Hebrews 3:14

3:14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence ¹  firm until the end.

Hebrews 7:20

7:20 And since ²  this was not done without a sworn affirmation – for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

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¹ tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”

² sn The Greek text contains an elaborate comparison between v. 20a and v. 22, with a parenthesis (vv. 20b-21) in between; the comparison is literally, “by as much as…by so much” or “to the degree that…to that same degree.”