Hebrews 6:13-20

21st Century King James Version

¹³For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself,

¹⁴saying, “Surely in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thee.”

¹⁵And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

¹⁶For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all strife.

¹⁷Thereby God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath,

¹⁸that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we, who have fled for refuge, might have strong consolation to lay hold upon the hope set before us.

¹⁹This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil,

²⁰where the Forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, who is made a high priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.

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Hebrews 6:13-20

New International Version

The Certainty of God’s Promise

¹³When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,^(A) ¹⁴saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”^[a]^(B) ¹⁵And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.^(C)

¹⁶People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.^(D) ¹⁷Because God wanted to make the unchanging^(E) nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised,^(F) he confirmed it with an oath. ¹⁸God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie,^(G) we who have fled to take hold of the hope^(H) set before us may be greatly encouraged. ¹⁹We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,^(I) ²⁰where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf.^(J) He has become a high priest^(K) forever, in the order of Melchizedek.^(L)