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Hebrews 6:17
“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;”
Verse in context — Hebrews 6
15
Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
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For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
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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;
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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 take hold of the hope set before us.
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This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
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