Hebrews 6:13-20

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹³ For ^(A)when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He ^(B)swore by Himself, ¹⁴ saying, “^(C)I will surely bless you and I will surely multiply you.” ¹⁵ And so, ^(D)having patiently waited, he obtained the promise. ^16 (E)For men swear by ^[a]one greater than themselves, and with them ^(F)an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute. ^17 [b]In the same way God, desiring even more to show to ^(G)the heirs of the promise ^(H)the unchangeableness of His purpose, ^[c]interposed with an oath, ¹⁸ so that by two unchangeable things in which ^(I)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have ^[d]taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of ^(J)the hope set before us. ^19 [e]This ^(K)hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which ^(L)enters ^[f]within the veil, ^20 (M)where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a ^(N)high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.