Hebrews 6:11–20

¹¹And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance ^cof hope until the end, ¹²so that you may not be sluggish, but ^dimitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

The Certainty of God’s Promise

¹³For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, ^ehe swore by himself, ¹⁴saying, ^f“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” ¹⁵And thus Abraham,^{2 g}having patiently waited, obtained the promise. ¹⁶For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes ^han oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷So when God desired to show more convincingly to ⁱthe heirs of the promise ^jthe unchangeable character of his purpose, ^khe guaranteed it with an oath, ¹⁸so that by two unchangeable things, in which ^lit is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope ^mset before us. ¹⁹We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into ⁿthe inner place behind the curtain, ²⁰where Jesus has gone ^oas a forerunner on our behalf, ^phaving become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.