Hebrews 6:12-19
12so that you may not be sluggish, but aimitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.The Certainty of God’s Promise
13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, bhe swore by himself, 14saying, c“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15And thus Abraham, ▼▼Greek he
ehaving patiently waited, obtained the promise. 16For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes fan oath is final for confirmation. 17So when God desired to show more convincingly to gthe heirs of the promise hthe unchangeable character of his purpose, ihe guaranteed it with an oath, 18so that by two unchangeable things, in which jit is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope kset before us. 19We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into lthe inner place behind the curtain, Hebrews 7:6
6But this man mwho does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed nhim who had the promises.Hebrews 9:10-15
10but deal only with ofood and drink and pvarious washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.Redemption Through the Blood of Christ
11But when Christ appeared as a high priest qof the good things that have come, ▼▼Some manuscripts good things to come
then through sthe greater and more perfect tent ( tnot made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12he uentered vonce for all into the holy places, not by means of wthe blood of goats and calves but xby means of his own blood, ythus securing an eternal redemption. 13For if zthe blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with aathe ashes of a heifer, sanctify ▼▼Or For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies
for the purification of the flesh, 14how much more will acthe blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit adoffered himself without blemish to God, aepurify our ▼▼Some manuscripts your
conscience agfrom dead works ahto serve the living God. 15Therefore he is aithe mediator of a new covenant, so that ajthose who are called may akreceive the promised eternal inheritance, alsince a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. ▼
▼The Greek word means both covenant and will; also verses 16, 17
Hebrews 11:13
13These all died in faith, annot having received the things promised, but aohaving seen them and greeted them from afar, and aphaving acknowledged that they were aqstrangers and exiles on the earth.Hebrews 11:39-40
39And all these, arthough commended through their faith, asdid not receive what was promised, 40since God had provided something better for us, atthat apart from us they should not be made perfect.Hebrews 13:8
8Jesus Christ is authe same yesterday and today and forever.1 John 2:24-25
24Let avwhat you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then awyou too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25And this is the promise that he made to us ▼▼Some manuscripts you
— ayeternal life. 1 John 5:11
11And this is the testimony, that God gave us azeternal life, and bathis life is in his Son.
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