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

I have much to say to you about Him, but it is difficult to make it clear to you, since you have become so dull in your spiritual senses.

Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage relations kept sacred. Persons who are sexually vicious and immoral God will punish.

His master answered him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed.

never slack in earnestness, always on fire with the Spirit, always serving the Lord,

Therefore, brothers, be all the more in earnest to make certain to yourselves God's call and choice of you. For if you cultivate these qualities, you will never slip,

Faith

And so by patiently waiting he obtained what God had promised him.

Indeed, to carry out the will of God and to receive the blessing He has promised, you need endurance, for:

By faith Abraham, on being called, obeyed in starting off for a country which he was to receive as his own, and he did it in spite of the fact that he did not know where he was going.

But the portion in rich soil illustrates those who listen to the message, keep it in good and honest hearts, and in patience yield fruit.

eternal life to those who patiently continue doing good and striving for glory, honor, and immortality,

But a hope that is seen is not real hope, for who hopes for what he actually sees? But if we hope for something we do not see, we keep on patiently waiting for it.

for we can never for a moment before our God forget your energizing faith, your toiling love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Whoever leads others into captivity will go into captivity himself. Whoever kills with the sword must be killed with the sword himself. In this way will be shown the patient endurance and the fidelity of God's people.

In this way is shown the patient endurance of God's people, who always cling to God's commands and their faith in Jesus.

Inherit

Are not the angels all attending spirits sent forth to serve for the sake of those who are going to be unceasing possessors of salvation?

Indeed, to carry out the will of God and to receive the blessing He has promised, you need endurance, for:

By faith he made his temporary home in the land that God had promised him, although a land inhabited by others, living merely in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were to share the promise with him.

'I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob!' Now God is not the God of dead but of living men."

One day the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to be Abraham's bosom companion, and the rich man too died and was buried.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses at the bush has demonstrated, when he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

And the very thing that He Himself has promised us is eternal life.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who from this time die as Christians.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "let them rest from their toils, for the things they have done are going with them."

General references

And so by patiently waiting he obtained what God had promised him.