Hebrews - verse by verse (3)

[HiltiesGwerf]

(NASB95) Hebrews 6:12 so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

 

[HiltiesGwerf]

(NASB95) Hebrews 6:13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

 

[HiltiesGwerf]

(NASB95) Hebrews 6:14 saying, “I will surely bless you and I will surely multiply you.”

 

[HiltiesGwerf]

(NASB95) Hebrews 6:15 And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

 

[HiltiesGwerf]

(NASB95) Hebrews 6:16 For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

 

[HiltiesGwerf]

(NASB95) Hebrews 6:17 In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath,

 

[HiltiesGwerf]

(NASB95) Hebrews 6:18 so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

 

[HiltiesGwerf]

(NASB95) Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,

 

[HiltiesGwerf]

(NASB95) Hebrews 6:20 where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

 

[JesusFreak78]

Hebrews 7:1
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

 

[JesusFreak78]

Hebrews 7:2
to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace.

 

[Joy]

Hebrews 7:3
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

 

[James 217]

Hebrews 7:4
Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!

 

[James 217]

Hebrews 7:5
5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

 

[DerSchweik]

(NASB) Hebrews 7:6 But the one whose genealogy is not traced from them collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.

 

[James 217]

7:7
And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater.