16 (A)For people swear an oath by [a]one greater than themselves, and with them (B)an oath serving as confirmation is an end of every dispute. 17 [b]In the same way God, desiring even more to demonstrate to (C)the heirs of the promise [c](D)the fact that His purpose is unchangeable, [d]confirmed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things in which (E)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to hold firmly to (F)the hope set before us.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 6:16 Or Him who is greater
  2. Hebrews 6:17 Lit In which
  3. Hebrews 6:17 Lit the unchangeableness of His
  4. Hebrews 6:17 Or mediated

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