Hebrews 6:15

And so he was patient, and obtained the promise.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14and said: Blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

16For men swear by one greater than themselves: and in every controversy that occurs among them, the sure termination of it is by an oath.

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Cross References

Romans 4:17as it is written: " I have constituted thee a father to a multitude of nations;" namely before God, in whom thou hast believed; who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as if they were.

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 →

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