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Hebrews 6:8-18

Weymouth New Testament WNT

8 But if it only yields a mass of thorns and briers, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be destroyed by fire.

9 But we, even while we speak in this tone, have a happier conviction concerning you, my dearly-loved friends--a conviction of things which point towards salvation.

10 For God is not unjust so that He is unmindful of your labour and of the love which you have manifested towards Himself in having rendered services to His people and in still rendering them.

11 But we long for each of you to continue to manifest the same earnestness, with a view to your enjoying fulness of hope to the very End;

12 so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises.

13 For when God gave the promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

14 saying, "Assuredly I will bless you and bless you, I will increase you and increase you."

15 And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.

16 For men swear by what is greater than themselves; and with them an oath in confirmation of a statement always puts an end to a dispute.

17 In the same way, since it was God's desire to display more convincingly to the heirs of the promise how unchangeable His purpose was,

18 He added an oath, in order that, through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for Him to prove false, we may possess mighty encouragement--we who, for safety, have hastened to lay hold of the hope set before us.

New International Version NIV

8 But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.

9 Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are convinced of better things in your case—the things that have to do with salvation.

10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.

11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

13 When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,

14 saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”

15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.

16 People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.

17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.

18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.