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

Concerning him I have much to say, and much that is hard to make clear to you, because you have grown dull of hearing.

Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.

"'You wicked and lazy slave,' said his master. 'You say you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered?'

In your diligence be free from sloth. Be glowing in spirit. Slave for the master.

So, brothers, take diligent care to make your calling and election sure; for if you do this, you will never stumble.

Faith

And so by patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the promise.

For you need stedfastness, so that after having done the will of God, you may receive the promise,

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

"And that in the good soil is those who have listened to the message and, in an honest and good heart, hold fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.

eternal life to those who by patience in well-doing strive for glory and honor and immortality;

Who hopes for what he clearly sees? But if we hope for something that we do not see, we then patiently wait for it.

as I call to mind your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father.

Whoever is destined to go into captivity, goes into captivity. Whoever shall kill with the sword, shall surely be killed by the sword. (Here is the endurance and faith of the saints.)

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

Inherit

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth for service in behalf of those who are about to inherit salvation?

For you need stedfastness, so that after having done the will of God, you may receive the promise,

It was by faith that he sojourned in the promised land as an alien, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, his fellow heirs 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."

"But in the course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom.

"But that the dead are raised, even Moses clearly implied in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord. "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.

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

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth! Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, For their deeds do follow them."

General references

And so by patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the promise.