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Verse Hebrews 6:13. _WHEN GOD MADE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM_] The promise
referred to is that made to Abraham when he had offered his son Isaac
on the altar, Genesis 22:16-1: "By myself have I sworn, saith...
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FOR WHEN GOD MADE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM - That he would bless him, and
multiply his seed as the stars of heaven; Genesis 22:16. The object of
introducing this example here is, to encourage those to whom...
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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...
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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...
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THE NECESSITY OF PROGRESS (Hebrews 6:1-3)...
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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...
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BY. according to. Greek. _kata._ App-104.
NO. no one. Greek. _oudeis._...
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_For when God_ The "for" implies "and you may feel absolute confidence
about the promises; for," &c.
_made promise to Abraham_ Abraham is here only selected as "the father
of the faithful" (Romans 4:...
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FOUNDED ON THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD’S PROMISES...
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ΤΩ͂Ι ΓᾺΡ ἈΒΡΑΆΜ. The “_for_” implies “and you may
feel absolute confidence about the promises; for,” &c. Abraham is
here only selected as “the father of the faithful” (Romans 4:13);
and not as the _so...
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A SURE PROMISE FROM GOD -- HEBREWS 6:11-15 : When Christianity is
persevered, hope can be obtained. Those who faithfully serve God will
attain the full assurance of hope in the end. No one can have th...
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FOR WHEN GOD MADE PROMISE, &C.— "And a glorious confirmation you
will find these promises to be, when you come to compare one spiritual
object with another, and are better skilled in the method of
int...
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_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,...
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CHRISTIAN PERSEVERANCE
(Hebrews 6:12-15)
Two exhortations were set before the Hebrew Christians in the 6th
chapter of this epistle· First, they were bidden to turn their backs
upon Judaism and go on...
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For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no
greater, he sware by himself,
FOR - Reasonableness of resting on "the promises" as infallibly sure;
for they rest on God's oath: i...
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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...
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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...
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See Genesis 22:16; Genesis 22:17....
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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...
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The connection seems to be this: “You, like them, have promises —
promises to which God has given all possible certainty; you, like
them, can attain the fulfilment only through faith and patient
waiti...
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CHAPTER V.
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF RENEWAL.
"Of Whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation,
seeing ye are become dull of hearing. For when by reason of the time
ye ought to be teachers...
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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...
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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...
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Τῷ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ.… “For when God made promise to
Abraham, since he could sware by none greater, He sware by Himself,
saying, etc.” Abraham is introduced because to him was made the
fundamental and compre...
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“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...
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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...
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THE EXAMPLE OF ABRAHAM
Abraham had relied on the promise of God who swore by Himself (Genesis
22:15-18). God had promised to greatly bless and multiply Abraham.
Lightfoot points out that Abraham was s...
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(7) For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no
greater, he sware by himself,
(7) Another encouragement, to push them onward because the hope of the
inheritance is certain, if...
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For God promising to Abraham, to bless all nations in his seed; i.e.
by the coming of Christ, swore by himself, having no greater to swear
by, &c. He shews them how certain they may be of eternal happ...
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(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,...
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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,...
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13._For when God made a promise to Abraham, etc. _His object was to
prove, that the grace of God is offered to us in vain, except we
receive the promise by faith, and constantly cherish it in the boso...
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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...
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FOR WHEN GOD MADE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM,.... The apostle proposes Abraham
as a pattern, because he was the father of these Hebrews, and of all
believers; and because they were interested in the promise m...
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In the close of the foregoing verse the apostle expresseth the end of
all his exhortations, what they tended unto, and what would be the
advantage of all that complied with them in faith and obedience...
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For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no
greater, he sware by himself,
Ver. 13. _For when God made promise_] Of those many that by faith and
patience had inherited the promi...
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HEB. 6:13. FOR WHEN GOD MADE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM, BECAUSE HE COULD
SWEAR BY NO GREATER, HE SWARE BY HIMSELF.
This verse shows the profound significance of God's covenant-binding
of Himself in the ser...
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_For when God made promise_, &c. As if he had said, And it appears
that this is the way to partake of mercies promised, because Abraham
was obliged to exercise faith and long-suffering before he obtai...
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MADE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM; GENESIS 22:16-18....
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The certainty of God's promises:...
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FOR WHEN GOD MADE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM, BECAUSE HE COULD SWEAR BY NO
GREATER, HE SWORE BY HIMSELF,...
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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...
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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...
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FOR WHEN GOD MADE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM: _for_ is a confirmation by
instance, that faith and patience had made some to inherit the
promises, as Abraham, and what was influencing of him in the
exercising...
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Hebrews 6:13 For G1063 God G2316 promise G1861 (G5666) Abraham G11
because G1893 could G2192 (G5707) swear...
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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...
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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...
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Hebrews 6:13. FOR WHEN GOD MADE (or, had made) PROMISE TO ABRAHAM,
BECAUSE (since) HE COULD SWEAR BY NONE GREATER, HE AWARE BY HIMSELF.
‘Made promise' may be translated (as is done by De Wette and
oth...
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MADE PROMISE
(επαγγειλαμενος). First aorist middle participle of
επαγγελλω. Could swear by none greater (κατ'
ουδενος ειχεν μειζονος ομοσα). Imperfect
active of εχω in sense of εδυνατο as often wit...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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HE MADE A VOW. "When I say to be like the Christian Gentiles, it is
because they will receive what God has promised equally with the Jews.
In fact, God's _sure promise_ is illustrated by Abraham....
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 6:13 PROMISE TO ABRAHAM. God’s promises to
Abraham include those in Genesis 12:1;...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Ezekiel 32:13; Genesis 22:15; Hebrews 6:16; Isaiah 45:23; Jere
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Illustration of the long - suffering of faith by the example of
Abraham. The necessity for emphasizing this element of faith lay in
the growing discouragement of the Jewish Christians at the long dela...
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For — Ye have abundant encouragement, seeing no stronger promise
could be made than that great promise which God made to Abraham, and
in him to us....
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The apostle having told us in general, that the saints by faith and
patience do inherit the promises; instances here paticularly in
Abraham, unto whom God made. promise of multiplying his seed greatly...