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Hebrews 6:16

“Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.”

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¹⁴Saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”

¹⁵And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.

¹⁶Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

¹⁷So 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.

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.

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