Hebrews 6:12,17
Hebrews 6:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews 6:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath
Hebrews 6:12 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews 6:17 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath
Hebrews 6:9-12 The Message (MSG)
I’m sure that won’t happen to you, friends. I have better things in mind for you—salvation things! God doesn’t miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you’ve shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it. And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. Don’t drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them.
Hebrews 6:13-18a The Message (MSG)
When God made his promise to Abraham, he backed it all the way, putting his own reputation on the line. He said, “I promise that I’ll bless you with everything I have—bless and bless and bless!” Abraham stuck it out and got everything that had been promised to him. When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they’ll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee—God can’t break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable.
Hebrews 6:12 King James Version (KJV)
that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews 6:17 King James Version (KJV)
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath
Hebrews 6:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews 6:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath
Hebrews 6:12 New Century Version (NCV)
We do not want you to become lazy. Be like those who through faith and patience will receive what God has promised.
Hebrews 6:17 New Century Version (NCV)
God wanted to prove that his promise was true to those who would get what he promised. And he wanted them to understand clearly that his purposes never change, so he made an oath.
Hebrews 6:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews 6:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath
Hebrews 6:12 New International Version (NIV)
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Hebrews 6:17 New International Version (NIV)
Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.
Hebrews 6:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
so that you will not be [spiritually] sluggish, but [will instead be] imitators of those who through faith [lean on God with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in His power] and by patient endurance [even when suffering] are [now] inheriting the promises.
Hebrews 6:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
In the same way God, in His desire to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, intervened and guaranteed it with an oath
Hebrews 6:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.
Hebrews 6:17 New Living Translation (NLT)
God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.