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

On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

But his master answered, 'Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn't sow and gather where I didn't scatter?

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin.

Faith

And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.

For you need endurance in order to do God's will and so receive what is promised.

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

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

because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, then by the sword he must be killed. This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints.

This requires the steadfast endurance of the saints -- those who obey God's commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus.

Inherit

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

For you need endurance in order to do God's will and so receive what is promised.

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.

I am the God of Abraham, 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 by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

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

Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: 'Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them."

General references

So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.