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</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>but if it bears thorns and briers, <i>it is</i> rejected and near to being cursed, whose end <i>is</i> to be burned.</span></p> <h3> A Better Estimate</span></h3><p><span class="text Heb-6-9"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For God <i>is</i> not unjust to forget your work and <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>labor of love which you have shown toward His name, <i>in that</i> you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>that you do not become <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.</span></p> <h3> God’s Infallible Purpose in Christ</span></h3><p><span class="text Heb-6-13"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>saying, <span class="oblique">“Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation <i>is</i> for them an end of all dispute. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>immutability of His counsel, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>confirmed <i>it</i> by an oath, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>that by two <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>immutable things, in which it <i>is</i> impossible for God to lie, we <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before <i>us.</i></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>This <i>hope</i> we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the <i>Presence</i> behind the veil, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>where the forerunner has entered for us, <i>even</i> Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-30046a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hebrews 6:1">Hebrews 6:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>maturity</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30048b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hebrews 6:3">Hebrews 6:3</span> <span class='footnote-text'>M <i>let us do</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30051c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hebrews 6:6">Hebrews 6:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>and have fallen away</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30055d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hebrews 6:10">Hebrews 6:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>labor of</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30057e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hebrews 6:12">Hebrews 6:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>lazy</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30062f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hebrews 6:17">Hebrews 6:17</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>unchangeableness of His purpose</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30062g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hebrews 6:17">Hebrews 6:17</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>guaranteed</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30063h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hebrews 6:18">Hebrews 6:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>unchangeable</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30063i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hebrews 6:18">Hebrews 6:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>M omits <i>might</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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