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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 cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it abundantly.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again to a living hope, by the resurrection of Christ from the dead,
The heirs
Hebrews 6:12
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them, who through faith and long suffering inherited the promises.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his houshold, by which he condemned the world, and became 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 we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
Galatians 3:29
And if ye are Christ's, then are ye the seed of Abraham, and heirs according to the promise.
James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him?
1 Peter 3:7
In like manner, ye husbands, dwell according to knowledge with the woman, as the weaker vessel; giving them honour, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
The immutability
Hebrews 6:18
That by two unchangeable 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 the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.
James 1:17
descending from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Confirmed it
Hebrews 6:16
For men verily 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 sware to our father Abraham,