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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 only comes to steal, to slay, and to destroy: I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a life of hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
The heirs
Hebrews 6:12
so that instead of being slack you may imitate those who inherit the promises by their stedfast faith.
Hebrews 11:7
It was by faith that Noah, after being told by God what was still unseen, reverently constructed an ark to save his household; thus he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that follows faith.
Romans 8:17
and if children, heirs as well, heirs of God, heirs along with Christ ??for we share his sufferings in order to share his glory.
Galatians 3:29
Now if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring; in virtue of the Promise, you are heirs.
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?
1 Peter 3:7
In the same way you husbands must be considerate in living with your wives, since they are the weaker sex; you must honour them as heirs equally with yourselves of the grace of Life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
The immutability
Hebrews 6:18
so that by these two solid facts (the Promise and the Oath), where it is impossible for God to be false, we refugees might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us,
Romans 11:29
For God never goes back upon his gifts and call.
James 1:17
all we are given is good, and all our endowments are faultless, descending from above, from the Father of the heavenly lights, who knows no change of rising and setting, who casts no shadow on the earth.
Confirmed it
Hebrews 6:16
For as men swear by a greater than themselves, and as an oath means to them a guarantee that ends any dispute,
General references
Luke 1:73
of the oath he swore to Abraham our father,