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Hebrews 6:19
which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Verse 19. _WHICH_ HOPE _WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR_] The apostle here changes the allusion; he represents the state of the followers of God in this lower world as resembling that of a vessel striving to pe...
WHICH HOPE WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL - Hope accomplishes for the soul the same thing which an anchor does for a ship. It makes it fast and secure. An anchor preserves a ship when the waves beat...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Return to Judaism the crucifixion of the Son of God afresh (Hebrews 6:1)_ 2. Persuaded of better things: Comfort and hope (Hebrews 6:9) Hebrews 6:1 A solemn warning follows, addresse...
The mention of God's promise suggests the thought that it is absolutely sure, so that we may hold to it without misgiving. When God made His promise to Abraham He sealed it by an oath. Just as in huma...
THE NECESSITY OF PROGRESS (Hebrews 6:1-3)...
When God made his promise to Abraham, since he was not able to swear by anyone greater, he swore by himself. "Certainly, he said, "I will bless you and I will multiply you." When Abraham had thus exer...
ANCHOR... SOUL. our anchor. SOUL. App-110. SURE. Greek. _asphales._ See Acts 21:34. STEDFAST. See Hebrews 2:2. WHICH ENTERETH. entering. INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. WITHIN. Greek. _esoteros._ Se...
_as an anchor of the soul_ An anchor seems to have been an emblem of Hope being something which enables us to hope for safety in danger from very early days (Aesch. _Agam._488), and is even found as a...
TO WHICH THEY ARE EXHORTED TO HOLD FAST...
ὩΣ�. An anchor seems to have been an emblem of Hope—being something which enables us to hope for safety in danger—from very early days (Aesch. _Agam_. 488), and is even found as a symbol of Hope on co...
AN ANCHOR FOR OUR SOUL -- HEBREWS 6:16-20 : God's promise of our heavenly hope provides an anchor for our soul. Two immutable things, God's promise and the oath of God should cause us to possess a str...
ΆΓΚΥΡΑ (G45) якорь (SSAW, 250-58). В эллинистическом _греч._ мире якорь символизировал надежду (Moffatt; EGT; Michel; RAC, 1:440-43; BBC), ΆΣΦΑΛΉΣ (G804) безопасный. Имеется в виду внешнее благополуч...
DISCOURSE: 2295 THE CHRISTIAN’S ANCHOR Hebrews 6:19. _Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail; whither the Forerunner is for...
WHICH ENTERETH INTO THAT WITHIN THE VAIL;— The apostle means, that the hope set before us, is not limited to any thing temporal or present, but reaches to heaven and heavenly things; which he compares...
_The example of Abraham. Hebrews 6:13-20_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 6:13-20 Hebrews 6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, since He could swear by none greater, He sware by Himself,...
THE ANCHOR OF THE SOUL (Hebrews 6:16-20) In our last article we saw that the Holy Spirit through Paul exhorted the people of God to "be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patie...
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; Hope is represented on coins by an anchor. SURE AND STEDFAST - sure [ asfalee (G8...
11 Brotherly kindness manifested in the service of the saints is several times commended in t his epistle (Heb_10:34, Heb_13:1), and will be rewarded in accord with the promise of Mat_10:40-42. 12 "T...
SURE AND STEDFAST, AND WHICH ENTERETH] RV inserts 'a hope' before these adjectival terms, thus confining the metaphor of the anchor to the one clause, 'as an anchor of the soul,' and taking the three...
WARNING AND ENCOURAGEMENT 1. Leaving.. let us go on] RV 'let us cease to speak of.. and press on.' The words are either an exhortation to the readers to advance beyond the elementary stage of Christia...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 6 JESUS IS SUPERIOR IN PROMISES 6:1-20 GROW AS CHRISTIANS *FAITH 6:1-3 V1-2 So, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about Christ...
WHICH HOPE WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL. — A beautiful image, introduced for a moment only to set forth the security of the soul, though tossed by the waves of trouble. This symbol of hope, so fam...
CHAPTER VI. THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FAILURE. "But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak: for God is not unrighteous to forget your wo...
ἣν ὡς ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν … “which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul both sure and steadfast, and entering into that which is within the veil”. An anchor was in ancient as well as in modern times the...
Reasons for diligently cultivating hope and exercising patience, thus becoming imitators of those who have patiently waited for the fulfilment of the promises, the reasons being that God has made the...
“THE HOPE SET BEFORE US” Hebrews 6:9 The keynote of this passage is _patient continuance_. We should seek not only faith but its accompaniments. It is not enough to manifest faith, hope and love, bu...
This chapter consists of the third appeal and warning. The appeal is that they should leave the first principles and press on to perfection. The things referred to were Jewish, and all have spiritual...
TRUST IN THE ANCHOR OF THE SOUL So, the reader could rely upon God's word since he had both the promise and an oath stating that the promise would be kept. In fact, strong consolation is the reward of...
(8) Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; (8) He compares hope to an anchor because in the same way that an anchor when...
(13) For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself, (14) Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. (15) And so,...
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
_ANCHORED_ ‘An anchor of the soul.’ Hebrews 6:19 It is a strange and bold metaphor which connects what is so spiritual with what is so material and so substantial—‘An anchor of the soul.’ It would...
19._As an anchor, etc. _It is a striking likeness when he compares faith leaning on God’s word to an anchor; for doubtless, as long as we sojourn in this world, we stand not on firm ground, but are to...
Now the Spirit will not stop at this point with Christians, but will go on to that full revelation of His glory which belongs to them that are of full age and indeed forms us for that state. We easily...
WHICH [HOPE] WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL,.... This world is as a sea; the church in it, and so every believer, is as a ship; the port that is bound unto is heaven; Christ is the pilot, and hope i...
In this last part of the chapter two things are further designed by the apostle: 1. An explication of the purpose and end of God in his promise, as it was confirmed by his oath; and therewithal and...
Which _hope_ we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; Ver. 19. _Both sure and stedfast_] _Spes in terrents, incerti nomen boni: Spes in...
HEB. 6:19. WHICH (HOPE) WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL, BOTH SURE AND STEADFAST, AND WHICH ENTERETH INTO THAT WITHIN THE VEIL; A lengthy one of the _Notes on the Bible _ explains Hebrews 6:19. [2...
_That by two immutable things in_ either, much more in both, of _which it was impossible for God to lie_ To alter his purpose and disappoint our expectation; _we might have a strong consolation_ A pow...
WHICH ENTERETH; it is immaterial whether we understand the hope of the anchor as entering, since the one is a symbol of the other. INTO THAT WITHIN THE VEIL; into the heavenly holy of holies within th...
Verse 1 of this chapter is not properly translated in the Authorized Version, and it should be evident that we must never leave "the principles of the doctrine of Christ." Divine principles and sound...
11-20 The hope here meant, is a sure looking for good things promised, through those promises, with love, desire, and valuing of them. Hope has its degrees, as faith also. The promise of blessedness...
WHICH HOPE WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL, BOTH SURE AND STEDFAST: _which, _ taketh in both the good hoped for, and the grace and act itself of hope exercised about it; which grace is by a metaphor...
Hebrews 6:19 This G3739 have G2192 (G5719) as G5613 anchor G45 soul G5590 both G5037 sure G804 and...
Hebrews 6:19. WHICH (_i.e_ which hope, not which encouragement) WE HAVE. The hope spoken of in the previous verse is largely objective, _i.e_ it includes the object of our hope, the glorious things wh...
CHAP. Hebrews 5:11 to Hebrews 6:20. The writer, knowing how unprepared his readers were to admit that the Aaronic priesthood was inferior to that of Melchisedec and to that of Christ (who was the anti...
Hebrews 6:13-20. The writer has sought to encourage the Hebrews by appealing to the Divine ‘righteousness.' He who _graciously_ made them fruitful would _righteously_ treat them according to their fru...
WHICH (ην). Which hope. What would life be without this blessed hope based on Christ as our Redeemer?AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL (ως αγκυραν της ψυχης). Old word, literally in Acts 27:29, figurativel...
Hebrews 6:19 The Anchor of the Soul. Note a series of practical lessons. I. The ship that is kept by an anchor, although safe, is not at ease. It does not, on the one hand, dread destruction; but ne...
Hebrews 6:4 Exhortation. I. The danger of apostasy. The Hebrews had become lukewarm, negligent and inert; the Gospel, once clearly seen and dearly loved by them, had become to them dim and vague; the...
In the previous chapter, Paul was writing to some who ought to have been teachers, but who needed still to be taught the first principles of the gospel; they were such babes in grace that they needed...
CONTENTS: Warning against mixture of law and grace. Danger of tasting the Spirit's work in grace and then going back to ceremonies. CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Melchisedec. CONCLUS...
Hebrews 6:1. _Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ,_ as a builder leaves the foundation to complete the superstructure, _let us go on to perfection,_ which he calls here, _telei...
HOPE AS AN ANCHOR. "As the storms howl around the ship, the anchor holds firm in the unseen world below the surface. Just so, hope reaches through the curtain into the inner sanctuary (the _true_ Most...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 6:19 The Christian’s HOPE is in the person and saving work of Christ. This hope is an ANCHOR, providing security and stability for the soul. Clearly, even though the author has...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 6:13.—The connection of thought may be thus given: “Follow the godly, I say. Take one such for an instance. Abraham. See how graciously God met his steadfast go...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 6:1, HEBREWS 6:2 WHEREFORE (since it is so incumbent on us to advance out of the state of milk-fed infants), LEAVING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST, LET US PRESS ON UNTO...
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, [that is the primaries, the word at the beginning of the gospel of Christ] let us go on to maturity; not laying again the foundation of repe...
1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Timothy 2:19; Acts 27:29; Acts 27:40;...
An anchor of the soul [α γ κ υ ρ α ν τ η ς ψ υ χ η ς]. The same figure is implied 1 Timothy 1:19. Sure and steadfast [α σ φ α λ η τ ε κ α ι β ε β α ι α ν]. The distinction between the two adjectives e...
Which hope in Christ we have as an anchor of the soul — Entering into heaven itself, and fixed there. Within the veil — Thus he slides back to the priesthood of Christ....
In these words we have the nature of. Christian's hope described. 1. By. metaphorical; 2. By. typical similitude. 1. Observe the metaphor made use of, to set forth the nature and office of hope, it is...