Hebrews 6:12
that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
In Context
13For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,
Cross References
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful [hand] shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 15:19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain.
Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
Song of Solomon 1:8If thou know not, thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' booths.
Matthew 22:32*I* am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of [the] dead, but of [the] living.
Luke 8:15But that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 6:10-20
Cautions against Apostasy; The Divine Promise and Oath. ( a. d. 62.) 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have showed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who… Read the whole commentary →