Hebrews 6:13-20

The Reliability of God’s Promise

13 For [when] God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself,
14 saying, "Surely {I will greatly bless} you, and {I will greatly multiply} you."
15 And so, [by] persevering, he obtained the promise.
16 For people swear by what is greater [than themselves], and the oath for confirmation [is the] end of all dispute for them.
17 In the same way God, [because he] wanted to show even more to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his resolve, guaranteed [it] with an oath,
18 in order that through two unchangeable things, in which [it is] impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge may have powerful encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before [us],
19 which we have like an anchor of the soul, both firm and steadfast, and entering into the inside of the curtain,
20 where Jesus, the forerunner for us, entered, [because he] became a high priest {forever} according to the order of Melchizedek.

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Footnotes 5

  • [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the temporal participle ("made a promise")
  • [b]. *Here "[by]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("persevering") which is understood as means
  • [c]. *Here "[because]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("wanted") which is understood as causal
  • [d]. *Here "[because]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("became") which is understood as causal
  • [e]. Literally "to the age"
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