Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

For Abraham Waited Patiently And Obtained The Promise

¹³ For God, having promised to Abraham, swore by Himself— since He had by no one greater to swear— ¹⁴ saying [in Gen 22:17]: “Surely while blessing I will bless you, and while multiplying I will multiply^[a] you”. ¹⁵ And so, having waited-patiently, he obtained the promise.

God Even Guaranteed His Promise To Encourage Those Waiting For It

¹⁶ For people swear by the greater one. And for them the oath for confirmation is the end^[b] of every dispute, ¹⁷ by which custom God, intending even more to show the unchangeableness of His intention^[c] to the heirs of the promise, guaranteed with an oath, ¹⁸ in order that by two^[d] unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we^[e]— the ones having fled to take-hold-of the hope being set-before us— may have strong encouragement^[f], ¹⁹ which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both secure and firm and entering into the inner side of the curtain, ²⁰ where a forerunner for us went in— Jesus— having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.