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9 But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.
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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 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.
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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 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,
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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 so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,
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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 I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU."
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saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”
15 And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.
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And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.
16 For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.
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People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.
17 In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath,
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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 so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.
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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.
19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,
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We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
20 where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
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where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.
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