Hebrews 6:15

15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Hebrews 6:15 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 6:15

And so, after he had patiently endured
He waited long for a son, from whom the Messiah was to spring, after he had had the promise of one; and he endured many afflictions with patience, in his journeys from place to place, throughout his life to the end:

he obtained the promise;
he was greatly blessed in temporal things; he lived to see the son of the promise, and his sons; he saw the day of Christ by faith, and now inherits the heavenly glory, which is the thing chiefly designed.

Hebrews 6:15 In-Context

13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself,

14 saying, "Surely in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thee."

15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

16 For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all strife.

17 Thereby God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath,