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

Proverbs 2:20

Proverbs 26:14

Hebrews 6:15

Bible References

Ye

Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.

not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;

Faith

And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

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

But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.

to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;

But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and

steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and

their faith in Jesus.

Inherit

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise;

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

Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.”

General references

So you will walk in the way of good men
And keep to the paths of the righteous.

As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the sluggard on his bed.

And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.