Hebrews 6:16
For, men, by the greater one, swear, and, with them, an end of all gainsaying by way of confirmation is, the oath:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
In Context
15And, thus, being patient, he attained unto the promise.
Cross References
Genesis 14:22And Abram said unto the king of Sodom,—I have lifted up my hand unto Yahweh GOD Most High, possessor of [the] heavens and earth:
Genesis 21:24And Abraham said, I, will swear.
Genesis 31:53The Gods of Abraham and the Gods of Nahor judge betwixt us—the Gods of their fathers. And Jacob sware by the Dread of his father Isaac:
Joshua 9:15And Joshua made peace with them, and solemnised with them a covenant to let them live,—and the princes of the assembly, entered into an oath with them.
Ezekiel 17:16As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Very! in the place where dwelleth the king that made him king, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken With him in the midst of Babylon, shall he die.
Hebrews 6:13For, when to Abraham God made promise, seeing he had no one greater by whom to swear, He sware, by himself,—
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 →