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| 13 | When God made his promise to Abraham, he swore by himself, because he had no one greater to swear by: | God's Sure Promise Hb.6.13-20 | Τῷ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπαγγειλάμενος ὁ θεός, ἐπεὶ κατ' οὐδενὸς εἶχεν μείζονος ὀμόσαι, ὤμοσεν καθ' ἑαυτοῦ, |
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| 14 | I vow that I will bless you abundantly and multiply your descendants.' | - Surely I will bless you and multiply you. Hb.6.14 | Gn.22.17 | Sir.44.21 | λέγων, Εἰ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ σε· |
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| 15 | Thus it was that Abraham, after patient waiting, attained the promise. | | καὶ οὑτως μακροθυμήσας ἐπέτυχεν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας. |
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| 16 | Men swear by a greater than themselves, and the oath provides a confirmation to end all dispute; | | ἄνθρωποι γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν, καὶ πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὁρκος· |
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| 17 | and so God, desiring to show even more clearly to the heirs of his promise how unchanging was his purpose, guaranteed it by oath. | | ἐν ᾧ περισσότερον βουλόμενος ὁ θεὸς ἐπιδεῖξαι τοῖς κληρονόμοις τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τὸ ἀμετάθετον τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ ἐμεσίτευσεν ὁρκῳ, |
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| 18 | Here, then, are two irrevocable acts in which God could not possibly play us false, to give powerful encouragement to us, who have claimed his protection by grasping Or: to give to us, who have claimed his protection, a powerful incentive to grasp ... the hope set before us. | | ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι τὸν θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἐχωμεν οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος· |
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| 19 | That hope we hold. It is like an anchor for our lives, an anchor safe and sure. | | ἣν ὡς ἀγκυραν ἐχομεν τῆς ψυχῆς, ἀσφαλῆ τε καὶ βεβαίαν καὶ εἰσερχομένην εἰς τὸ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος, |
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| 20 | It enters in through the veil, where Jesus has entered on our behalf as forerunner, having become a high priest for ever in the succession of Melchizedek.
| - a high priest for ever after the order of Melchiz'edek. Hb.6.20 | Ps.110.4 | ὁπου πρόδρομος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν εἰσῆλθεν Ἰησοῦς, κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισέδεκ ἀρχιερεὺς γενόμενος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. |
