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Hebrews 6:16 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 6 · verse 16
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.Hebrews 6:16 · King James Version
Hebrews 6:16 in context
14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- confirmationbebaiōsisconfirmationG951 →
- greatermeizōngreater, larger, elder, strongerG3187 →
- verilymentruly, certainly, surely, indeedG3303 →
- swearomnyōto swear, to affirm, promise, threaten, with an oath, in swearing to call a person or…G3660 →
- oathhorkosthat which has been pledged or promised with an oathG3727 →
- endperasextremity, bound, end, of a portion of space, boundary, frontier, the ends of the earth…G4009 →
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The apostle, having applied himself to the fears of the Hebrews, in order to excite their diligence and prevent their apostasy, now proceeds to apply himself to their hopes, and candidly declares the good hope he had concerning them, that they would persevere;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-20