¹² You mustn’t become lazy. There are people who are inheriting the promises through faith and patience, and you should be copying them!

God’s unchangeable promise

¹³ When God was making his promise to Abraham, you see, he had nobody else greater than himself by whom he could swear, and so he swore by himself, ¹⁴ with the words, “I will most surely bless you, and multiply you very greatly.”