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Hypostasis → Faith → Parrhesia → Righteous Living → The Righteous
Latin rendered hypostasis as substantia (Vulgate Heb 11:1: “fides … sperandarum substantia rerum”), which shaped the medieval reading of faith as “substance”; many Reformation and modern translations prefer “assurance” or “confidence”.
Heb 11:1: “substance/reality” (objective: faith gives present reality to what is hoped for) vs. “assurance/confidence” (subjective). Heb 3:14 favours “confidence” for many interpreters; Heb 1:3 clearly means “being, reality”. The choice in 11:1 is debated.
Nicene/Cappadocian hypostasis (person); Latin substantia; Reformation “assurance”.
ὑπόστασις hupostasis G5287 confidence/essence. “Standing-under”: foundation, reality, guarantee, confidence.
Heb 1:3; Heb 3:14; Heb 11:1; 2Cor 9:4; 2Cor 11:17.
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The Argument of Hebrews 10–11
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