Hebrews 6:12
that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
In Context
11We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
Cross References
Proverbs 12:24The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
Proverbs 15:19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
Song of Solomon 1:8If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
Matthew 22:32‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
Luke 8:15Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.
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 →