Hebrews 6:12

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Summary

Hebrews 6:12

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Ye

2 Peter 1:10

Faith

Inherit

General references

Hebrews 6:15

Bible References

Ye

Of him we have many things to say, and difficult to be explained, if we do say them, since you are slow in understanding.

Marriage is honorable among all men, and the bed undefiled; but lewd men and adulterers God will judge.

His lord answered and said to him: Wicked and slothful servant; did you know that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter?

in what requires diligence, be not slothful; in spirit, be fervent; in service, be devoted to the Lord;

Wherefore, brethren, give the greater diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you will never fall.

Faith

And so, when he had waited patiently, he received the promises.

For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

By faith Abraham, when called to go out into a place that he should afterward receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

But that on the good ground are those who, in a good and honest heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

to those who, by patient continuance in good works, seek for glory and honor and incorruptibility, eternal life:

But if we hope for that which we see not we wait for it with patience.

remembering unceasingly your work, which is the result of faith, your labor, the cause of which is love, and your patience, which springs from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of our God and Father:

If any one leads into captivity, he shall go into captivity. If any kills with the sword, he must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and faithfulness of the saints.

Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Inherit

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to those who shall inherit salvation?

For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and was carried by angels to Abra ham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried;

But: that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at The Bush, since he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

And this is the promise which he has promised us, even eternal life.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying: Write, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from this time. Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.

General references

And so, when he had waited patiently, he received the promises.