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12 Do not give up. But be like the people who get what God has promised. They believe God and keep on believing for a long time.

13 God made a promise to Abraham. God did not have anyone greater than himself to hear his promise.

14 So he promised to himself when he said, `I will surely bless you and you will have many children.'

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12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate(A) those who through faith and patience(B) inherit what has been promised.(C)

The Certainty of God’s Promise

13 When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,(D) 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 6:14 Gen. 22:17