Hebrews 6:17
15 And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
16 Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
18 Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Derfor, da Gud ville enn mere vise løftets arvinger hvor uryggelig hans vilje var, gikk han imellom med en ed,
- OTB
- På samme måte ønsket Gud, for å gjøre den uforanderlige naturen av sitt formål veldig klart for arvingene til løftet, å bekrefte det med en ed,
- B1930
- Derfor, da Gud vilde enn mere vise løftets arvinger hvor uryggelig hans vilje var, gikk han imellem med en ed,
- BSB
- So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
- KJV
- Where in God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
- WEB
- In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,
- ASV
- Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
- DARBY
- Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,
- BLB
- in which God, willing to show more abundantly the unchangeableness of His purpose to the heirs of the promise, guaranteed [it] by an oath,
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Proverbs 19:21
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
Les i sammenhengHebrews 6:18
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 55:11
so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 14:24
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
Les i sammenhengHebrews 11:9
By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 110:4
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Les i sammenhengPsalms 33:11
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
Les i sammenhengJohn 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
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