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 Whom we have much to say and difficult to explain, since ye have become dull of hearing.

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

But his lord, answering, said to him, 'Wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter.

in diligence, not slothful; in spirit, fervent, serving the Lord;

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure; for, if ye do these things, ye shall in nowise ever stumble;

Faith

And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

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

By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go forth into the place which he was about to receive for an inheritance; and he went forth, not knowing whither he was going.

"And that in the good ground, these are such as, in a good and honest heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with patience.

to those who, by patience in well-doing, are seeking for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life;

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

remembering, without ceasing, your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

If anyone is for captivity, into captivity he goes; if anyone shall kill with a sword, with a sword he must be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Here is the patience 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, for the sake of those about to inherit salvation?

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

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign 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?' He is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died, and was buried;

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

And this is the promise which He Himself promised us, the eternal life.

And I heard a voice from Heaven, saying, "Write: Happy are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth! Yea," saith the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."

General references

And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.