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Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
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The immutability
Confirmed it
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John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in abundance.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, has, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, regenerated us for a living hope
The heirs
Hebrews 6:12
that you may not become slothful, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, after being warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house; by which faith he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Romans 8:17
and, if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified together.
Galatians 3:29
And if you are Christ s, then you are Abraham's posterity, and heirs according to the promise.
James 2:5
Hear, my be loved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God has promised to those who love him?
1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, bestowing honor on the wife as the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.
The immutability
Hebrews 6:18
that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled to lay hold on the hope set before us;
Romans 11:29
for God's gifts and calling are irrevocable.
James 1:17
every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor slightest trace of turning.
Confirmed it
Hebrews 6:16
For, verily, men swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.
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Luke 1:73
the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,