Hebrews 6:18 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 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.

BSB

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ASV

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

KJV

That 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:

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That by two immutable things - The promise and oath of God: the promise pledged his faithfulness and justice; the oath, all the infinite perfections of his Godhead, for he sware by himself. There is a good saying in Beracoth on Exo 32:13, fol. 32: Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self. “What is the meaning of by thine own self? Rab. Eleazar answered, Thus said Moses to the holy blessed God, Lord of all the world.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

That by two unchangeable things - His promise and his oath, in either, much more in both of which, it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation - Swallowing up all doubt and fear. Who have fled - After having been tossed by many storms. To lay hold on the hope set before us - On Christ, the object of our hope, and the glory we hope for through him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1352: “Strong Consolation for the Lord's Refugees” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1877)

WHEN we read such a choice verse as this we are apt, at once, to conclude that it "belongs to them that are of full age, even to those who by reason of use have had their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." We set this aside as a choice morsel reserved for those who have worn well and borne the burden and heat of the day—for those who have attained to full assurance of faith and, therefore, are able to lay hold upon rich Covenant provisions.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
πραγμάτων	pragmatōn	things	G4229 →
ἀμεταθέτων,	ametathetōn	unchangeable,	G276 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
οἷς	hois	which	G3739 →
ἀδύνατον	adunaton	[it is] impossible	G102 →
ψεύσασθαι	pseusasthai	to lie	G5574 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεόν,	theon	[for] God,	G2316 →
ἰσχυρὰν	ischuran	strong	G2478 →
παράκλησιν	paraklēsin	encouragement	G3874 →
ἔχωμεν	echōmen	we may have	G2192 →
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
καταφυγόντες	kataphugontes	having fled for refuge	G2703 →
κρατῆσαι	kratēsai	to take hold	G2902 →
τῆς	tēs	of what	G3588 →
προκειμένης	prokeimenēs	is being set before [us]	G4295 →
ἐλπίδος·	elpidos	hope;	G1680 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
leads to
- Titus 1:2
  in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 15:29
  Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- James 1:17
  Every 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.
- Malachi 3:6
  “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Luke 21:33
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Through
2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
leads to
- Numbers 23:19
  God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Romans 3:3
  What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
Through
Romans 3:4
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
leads to
- Psalms 51:4
  Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews