Hebrews 6:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι Θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἔχωμεν, οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος:

Transliteration

Hina dia dyo pragmatōn ametathētōn, in which adynaton pseusasthai Theon, ischyran paraklēsin echōmen, the ones kataphygontes kratēsai tēs prokeimenēs elpidos:

Grammar Details

• *Hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *dia*: preposition + genitive - through/by
• *dyo*: numeral - two
• *pragmatōn*: genitive plural neuter - things/matters
• *ametathētōn*: genitive plural neuter - unchangeable
• *adynaton*: nominative/accusative singular neuter - impossible
• *pseusasthai*: aorist middle infinitive - to lie
• *Theon*: accusative singular masculine - God
• *ischyran*: accusative singular feminine - strong
• *paraklēsin*: accusative singular feminine - encouragement/consolation
• *echōmen*: present active subjunctive, 1st person plural - we might have
• *kataphygontes*: aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine - having fled for refuge
• *kratēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to lay hold of
• *tēs prokeimenēs*: present middle/passive participle, genitive singular feminine - of the set before
• *elpidos*: genitive singular feminine - of hope

Word Meanings

• *Hina*: so that/in order that
• *pragmatōn*: things/matters/facts
• *ametathētōn*: unchangeable/immutable
• *adynaton*: impossible
• *pseusasthai*: to lie/to speak falsely
• *ischyran*: strong/powerful
• *paraklēsin*: encouragement/consolation/comfort
• *kataphygontes*: having fled for refuge/taken refuge
• *kratēsai*: to lay hold of/to seize/to grasp
• *prokeimenēs*: set before/set forth/lying before us
• *elpidos*: hope/expectation

Referenced Verses

• Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
• Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?
• 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for he is not a man, whose purpose may be changed.
• Isa 27:5 : 5 Or let him put himself under my power, and make peace with me.
• Isa 32:1-2 : 1 See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions. 2 And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
• Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?
• Isa 56:4 : 4 For the Lord says, As for the unsexed who keep my Sabbaths, and give their hearts to pleasing me, and keep their agreement with me:
• Isa 64:7 : 7 But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.
• Gen 19:22 : 22 Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.
• Prov 4:13 : 13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
• Zech 9:12 : 12 And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;
• Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
• 1 Kgs 2:28 : 28 And news of this came to Joab; for Joab had been one of Adonijah's supporters, though he had not been on Absalom's side. Then Joab went in flight to the Tent of the Lord, and put his hands on the horns of the altar.
• Ps 46:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Num 35:11-15 : 11 Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight. 12 In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people. 13 Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places; 14 Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight. 15 For the children of Israel and for the man from another country who is living among them, these six towns are to be safe places, where anyone causing the death of another through error may go in flight.
• Josh 20:3 : 3 So that any man who in error and without design has taken the life of another, may go in flight to them: and they will be safe places for you from him who has the right of punishment for blood.
• Ps 110:4 : 4 The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.
• 1 Tim 1:1 : 1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope;
• 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.
• 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.
• Heb 3:11 : 11 And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.
• Luke 2:25 : 25 And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
• Rom 3:4 : 4 In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.
• Rom 3:25 : 25 Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
• Rom 15:5 : 5 Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:
• 2 Cor 1:5-7 : 5 For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater. 6 But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo: 7 And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.
• Phil 2:1 : 1 If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,
• Col 1:5 : 5 Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,
• Col 1:27 : 27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
• 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.
• 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.
• Heb 7:21 : 21 (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.
• Heb 12:1-2 : 1 For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us, 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
• 1 John 1:10 : 10 If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.
• 1 John 5:10 : 10 He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.
• Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
• Ps 62:8 : 8 Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)
• Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.
• Isa 66:10-13 : 10 Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her: 11 So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory. 12 For the Lord says, See, I will make her peace like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and she will take her children in her arms, gently caring for them on her knees. 13 As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.
• Heb 3:6 : 6 But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.
• Col 1:23 : 23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
• 2 Cor 5:18-21 : 18 But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace; 19 That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace. 20 So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God. 21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.