Hebrews 6:15
and thus having waited long, he received the promise.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
In Context
14saying, If indeed blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee:
16For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy:
Cross References
Romans 4:17as it has been written, That I have constituted thee the father of many nations, before God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls things which are not as really existing:
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 →