²¹ And since we have a great priest over God’s house, ²² let us come near to God with a ·sincere [true] heart and a ·sure [confident] faith, because we have ·been made free [^Lhad our hearts sprinkled; ^Csacrificial blood was sprinkled on people and things to purify them] from a ·guilty [evil] conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water [^Cwater was used in Judaism for ritual purification]. ²³ Let us hold ·firmly [without wavering] to the hope that we have confessed, because ·we can trust God to do what he promised [^Lthe one who promised is faithful].