hope, That ye be not slothful, but followers of them, who through faith and long-suffering inherited the promises. For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he could sware by no greater, be swore by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently waited he obtained the promise. For men verily sware by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction. Wherefore God being