# confidence, confident

## Definition

The terms "confident" and "confidence" refer to being sure that something is true or certain to happen.

* Believers are confident in God's promises, knowing that he never lies and that he always keeps his word.
* Confidence is based on trusting God, even when difficult things happen.
* In the ULB, the term "confidence" is used to translate a word that is often rendered as "hope" in other English versions, with the meaning of knowing that something that will certainly happen.


## Translation Suggestions



* The phrase "be confident" could also be translated as "trust completely" or "be completely sure about" or "know without a doubt that something will happen."
* Depending on the context, ways to translate "confidence" could include, "complete assurance" or "sure expectation" or "confident awaiting" or "confident expectation."