Hebrews 6:15

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Hebrews 6:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

14 saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”

15 And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.

16 Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

17 So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

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Hebrews 6:12

Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

Genesis 12:2

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 15:2

But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Genesis 15:3

Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

Genesis 15:4

Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”

Genesis 15:5

And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Genesis 15:6

Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

Genesis 17:17

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

Genesis 21:2

So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

Genesis 21:3

And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

Genesis 21:4

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

Genesis 21:5

Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Genesis 21:6

Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

Genesis 21:7

She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Exodus 1:7

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

Habakkuk 2:2

Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.

Romans 4:17

As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

Romans 4:18

Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”

Romans 4:19

Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

Romans 4:20

Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

Romans 4:21

being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.

Romans 4:22

This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Romans 4:23

Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,

Romans 4:24

but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Romans 4:25

He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.