Hebrews 6:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

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  • Heb 6:12 : 12 That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • Gen 12:2-3 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing: 3 And I will bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
  • Gen 15:2-6 : 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me You have given no offspring: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come forth out of your own body shall be your heir. 5 And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
  • Gen 17:16-17 : 16 And I will bless her and give you a son also by her; yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall come from her. 17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
  • Gen 21:2-7 : 2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6 And Sarah said, God has made me laugh, so that all who hear will laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
  • Hab 2:2-3 : 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, so that he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie: though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
  • Rom 4:17-25 : 17 As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. 21 And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform. 22 And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness. 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was credited to him; 24 But also for us, to whom it shall be credited, if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25 Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 10:36-37
    2 verses
    80%

    36For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

    37For yet a little while, and he who is coming will come and will not tarry.

  • Heb 6:11-14
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    75%

    11And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,

    12That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

    14Saying, 'Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.'

  • Heb 6:16-18
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    16For people indeed swear by something greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end to all dispute.

    17In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath:

    18That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us:

  • Heb 11:39
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    39And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,

  • Rom 4:18-21
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    18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be.

    19And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.

    20He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

    21And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

  • Heb 11:17-19
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    73%

    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

    19concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

  • Gen 15:5-6
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    71%

    5And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be.

    6And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

  • Heb 11:8-11
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    71%

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out to a place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

    9By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

    10For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

    11Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
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    16Even the covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

    17And confirmed to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

  • Jas 5:11
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    11Behold, we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very compassionate and full of mercy.

  • Heb 11:2
    69%

    2For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

  • Ps 105:9
    69%

    9The covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Jas 1:3-4
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    3Knowing this, that the testing of your faith produces patience.

    4But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

  • Rom 5:4
    69%

    4And patience, character; and character, hope:

  • Rom 9:9
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    9For this is the word of promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • Heb 11:13
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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Jas 1:12
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    12Blessed is the man who endures temptation: for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

  • Gal 3:15
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    15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man annuls or adds to it.

  • Heb 5:8
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    8Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience through the things which He suffered;

  • Gen 22:16
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    16And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:

  • Heb 10:23
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    23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful;

  • Heb 7:6
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    6But he whose genealogy is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

  • Luke 1:73
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    73The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:

  • Gen 21:2
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    2For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

  • Rom 8:25
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    25But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

  • Gen 26:5
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    5Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

  • Rom 15:4
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    4For whatever things were written in the past were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

  • Gen 17:19
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    19And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

  • Ps 105:42
    67%

    42For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

  • Gen 22:18
    67%

    18And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.