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 be explained, since ye are become dull of hearing.

Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed is not defiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

but his lord answered and said to him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed;

not slothful in business: fervent in spirit: serving the Lord.

Wherefore, my brethren, be the more diligent thus to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things ye shall never fall.

Faith

And thus waiting patiently he obtained the promise.

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

By faith Abraham when called to go out to a place which he was afterwards to receive for an inheritance obeyed: and went out, though he knew not whither he was going.

But that on the good ground, are those who having heard the word, retain it in a good and honest heart, and bring forth fruit with patience.

to them, who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, and honor, and immortality, eternal life:

but if we hope for what we see not, then we wait for it with patience.

Incessantly remembering your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father:

and he, that killeth with the sword, shall be slain with the sword. Here then is the patience and faith of the saints.

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Inherit

Are they not all ministring spirits, sent forth to attend on those who shall be heirs of salvation?

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

By faith he sojourned in the land promised him, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob the heirs with him of the same promise.

saying, 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.

and was carried by angels to Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried.

Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush; for he calleth the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

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

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord, from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them.

General references

And thus waiting patiently he obtained the promise.