Hebrews 6:12
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12 so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience,(A) are inheriting the promises.[a]
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Hebrews 6:15
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15 And so, after patient waiting,(A) he obtained the promise.[a]
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- 6:15 He obtained the promise: this probably refers not to Abraham’s temporary possession of the land but to the eschatological blessings that Abraham and the other patriarchs have now come to possess.
Hebrews 6:17
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17 So when God wanted to give the heirs of his promise an even clearer demonstration of the immutability of his purpose, he intervened with an oath,(A)
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