Hebrews 6:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Hebrews 6:12 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 13:7
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Hebrews 10:36
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-20)

The apostle, having applied himself to the fears of the Hebrews, in order to excite their diligence and prevent their apostasy, now proceeds to apply himself to their hopes, and candidly declares the good hope he had concerning them, that they would persevere; and proposes to them the great encouragements they had in the way of their duty. I. He freely and openly declares the good hope he had conc…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. be not--Greek, “become not.” In He 5:11, he said, “Ye have become dull (Greek, ‘slothful’) of hearing”; here he warns them not to become “slothful absolutely,” namely, also in mind and deed. He will not become slothful who keeps always the end in view; hope is the means of ensuring this. followers--Greek, “imitators”; so in Ep 5:1, Greek; 1Co 11:1. patience--Greek, “long-suffering endurance.”…