—“assurance” and “conviction.” This verse doesn’t say faith is the hope of things hoped for, but the assurance of things hoped for. Furthermore, the verse doesn’t suggest that assurance is based on boundless fantasies, but on conviction. In other words, this doesn’t portray faith as an irrational leap into the unknown. Rather, it presupposes that Christians have good reasons for belief, leading to assurance and conviction. It’s important to clarify here that faith itself isn’t a belief. It’s the commitment