Hebrews 6:13-20

New American Standard Bible

¹³For ^(A)when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear an oath by no one greater, He ^(B)swore by Himself, ¹⁴saying, “^(C)indeed I will greatly bless you and I will greatly multiply you.” ¹⁵And so, ^(D)having patiently waited, he obtained the promise. ¹⁶^(E)For people swear an oath by ^[a]one greater than themselves, and with them ^(F)an oath serving as confirmation is an end of every dispute. ¹⁷^[b]In the same way God, desiring even more to demonstrate to ^(G)the heirs of the promise ^[c]^(H)the fact that His purpose is unchangeable, ^[d]confirmed it with an oath, ¹⁸so that by two unchangeable things in which ^(I)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to hold firmly to ^(J)the hope set before us. ¹⁹^[e]This ^(K)hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and reliable 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.

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Footnotes

Hebrews 6:16 Or Him who is greater
Hebrews 6:17 Lit In which
Hebrews 6:17 Lit the unchangeableness of His
Hebrews 6:17 Or mediated
Hebrews 6:19 Lit Which hope we have
Hebrews 6:19 Or inside

Hebrews 6:13-20

English Standard Version

The Certainty of God's Promise

¹³For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, ^(A)he swore by himself, ¹⁴saying, ^(B)“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” ¹⁵And thus Abraham,^[a] ^(C)having patiently waited, obtained the promise. ¹⁶For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes ^(D)an oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷So when God desired to show more convincingly to ^(E)the heirs of the promise ^(F)the unchangeable character of his purpose, ^(G)he guaranteed it with an oath, ¹⁸so that by two unchangeable things, in which ^(H)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope ^(I)set before us. ¹⁹We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into ^(J)the inner place behind the curtain, ²⁰where Jesus has gone ^(K)as a forerunner on our behalf, ^(L)having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.