Hebrews 6:9-20

English Standard Version

⁹ Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. ¹⁰ For ^(A)God is not unjust so as to overlook ^(B)your work and the love that you have shown for his name in ^(C)serving the saints, as you still do. ¹¹ And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance ^(D)of hope until the end, ¹² so that you may not be sluggish, but ^(E)imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

The Certainty of God's Promise

¹³ For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, ^(F)he swore by himself, ¹⁴ saying, ^(G)“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” ¹⁵ And thus Abraham,^{[a] (H)}having patiently waited, obtained the promise. ¹⁶ For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes ^(I)an oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷ So when God desired to show more convincingly to ^(J)the heirs of the promise ^(K)the unchangeable character of his purpose, ^(L)he guaranteed it with an oath, ¹⁸ so that by two unchangeable things, in which ^(M)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope ^(N)set before us. ¹⁹ We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into ^(O)the inner place behind the curtain, ²⁰ where Jesus has gone ^(P)as a forerunner on our behalf, ^(Q)having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.