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Hebrews 6:17

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.

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ASV

Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

KJV

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἐνenInG1722 →
ᾧhōwhichG3739 →
περισσότερονperissoteronmore excessiveG4054 →
βουλόμενοςboulomenosdesiringG1014 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
θεὸςtheosGodG2316 →
ἐπιδεῖξαιepideixaito showG1925 →
τοῖςtoisto theG3588 →
κληρονόμοιςklēronomoisheirsG2818 →
τῆςtēsof theG3588 →
ἐπαγγελίαςepangeliaspromiseG1860 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
ἀμετάθετονametathetonunchangeablenessG276 →
τῆςtēsof theG3588 →
βουλῆςboulēspurposeG1012 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
ἐμεσίτευσενemesiteusenguaranteed [it]G3315 →
ὅρκῳ,horkōby an oath,G3727 →

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Hebrews 6:18Thus 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.Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.Isaiah 55:11so 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.Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,Isaiah 14:24The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.Psalms 89:35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—Psalms 110:4The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”Hebrews 11:9By 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.Hebrews 10:36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.John 3:33Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.Genesis 26:3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.Psalms 33:11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.John 10:10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.2 Peter 1:11and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.Romans 11:29For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

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