Hebrews 6:13-20
Modern English Version
Sure Promise of God
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could vow by no one greater, He vowed by Himself, 14 saying, “Surely I will bless you, and surely I will multiply you.”[a] 15 So after Abraham had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16 For men indeed swear by a greater authority than themselves, and for them an oath of confirmation ends all dispute. 17 So God, wanting to show more abundantly the immutability of His counsel to the heirs of promise, confirmed it by an oath. 18 So that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. 19 We have this hope as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, which enters the Inner Place behind the veil. 20 This is where Jesus has entered for us as a forerunner, since He has become the everlasting High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.
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Hebrews 6:13-20
Lexham English Bible
The Reliability of God’s Promise
13 For when[a] God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself, 14 saying,
15 And so, by[d] persevering, he obtained the promise. 16 For people swear by what is greater than themselves, and the oath for confirmation is the end of all dispute for them. 17 In the same way God, because he[e] wanted to show even more to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his resolve, guaranteed it with an oath, 18 in order that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge may have powerful encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us, 19 which we have like an anchor of the soul, both firm and steadfast, and entering into the inside of the curtain, 20 where Jesus, the forerunner for us, entered, because he[f] became a high priest forever[g] according to the order of Melchizedek.
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- Hebrews 6:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal participle (“made a promise”)
- Hebrews 6:14 Literally “blessing I will bless”
- Hebrews 6:14 Literally “multiplying I will multiply”
- Hebrews 6:15 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“persevering”) which is understood as means
- Hebrews 6:17 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“wanted”) which is understood as causal
- Hebrews 6:20 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“became”) which is understood as causal
- Hebrews 6:20 Literally “to the age”
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