We must, therefore, be very careful, though there is a promise still standing that we shall enter upon God's Rest, that none of you even appear to have missed it.

Since, then, there is still a promise that some shall enter upon this Rest, and since those who were first told the Good News did not enter upon it, because of their disbelief,

When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.

And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfillment of God's promise.

Let us maintain the confession of our hope unshaken, for he who has given us his promise will not fail us.

You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God's will, you may obtain the fulfillment of his promise.

It was faith that made him go to live as an emigrant in the Promised Land--as in a strange country--living there in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.

Again, it was faith that enabled Sarah to conceive (though she was past the age for child-bearing), because she felt sure that he who had given her the promise would not fail her.

Yet, though they all won renown by their faith, they did not obtain the final fulfillment of God's promise;