Hebrews 6:11

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now we desire each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of your hope until the end,

King James Version (1611)
And wee desire, that euery one of you doe shewe the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope vnto the ende:

King James Version
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

English Standard Version
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,

New American Standard Bible
And we desire that each one of you demonstrate the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,

New Century Version
We want each of you to go on with the same hard work all your lives so you will surely get what you hope for.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,

Legacy Standard Bible
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,

Berean Standard Bible
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

Contemporary English Version
We wish that each of you would always be eager to show how strong and lasting your hope really is.

Complete Jewish Bible
However, we want each one of you to keep showing the same diligence right up to the end, when your hope will be realized;

Darby Translation
But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;

Easy-to-Read Version
We want each of you to be willing and eager to show your love like that the rest of your life. Then you will be sure to get what you hope for.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And we desire that euery one of you shew the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope vnto the ende,

George Lamsa Translation
We desire that every one of you show the same diligence toward the fulfillment of your hope, even unto the end,

Good News Translation
Our great desire is that each of you keep up your eagerness to the end, so that the things you hope for will come true.

Lexham English Bible
And we desire each one of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of your hope until the end,

Literal Translation
But we desire each of you to show the same eagerness, to the full assurance of the hope to the end;

Amplified Bible
And we desire for each one of you to show the same diligence [all the way through] so as to realize and enjoy the full assurance of hope until the end,

American Standard Version
And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

Bible in Basic English
And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:

Hebrew Names Version
We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

International Standard Version
But we want each of you to continue to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to give full assurance to your hope.Colossians 2:2; Hebrews 3:6,14;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But we desire that every one of you manifest the same diligence for the full completion of your hope until the end;

Murdock Translation
And we desire, that each one of you may show this same activity, for the completion of your hope, even to the end:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea and we desire that euery one of you do shewe the same diligence, to the full assuraunce of hope, vnto the ende,

English Revised Version
And we desire that each one of you may shew the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

World English Bible
We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But we desire that every one of you would shew unto the end the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope,

Weymouth's New Testament
But we long for each of you to continue to manifest the same earnestness, with a view to your enjoying fulness of hope to the very End;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And we coueiten that ech of you schewe the same bisynesse to the fillyng of hope in to the ende;

Update Bible Version
And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end:

Webster's Bible Translation
And we desire every one of you to show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end:

New English Translation
But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

New King James Version
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,

New Living Translation
Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true.

New Life Bible
We want each one of you to keep on working to the end. Then what you hope for, will happen.

New Revised Standard
And we want each one of you to show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope to the very end,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But we covet that, each one of you, be shewing forth the same diligence, unto the full assurance of the hope throughout:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And we desire that every one of you shew forth the same carefulness to the accomplishing of hope unto the end:

Revised Standard Version
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Yee and we desyre that every one of you shew the same diligence to the stablysshynge of hope even vnto the ende:

Young's Literal Translation
and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee and we desyre, that euery one of you shewe the same diligence, to the stablyshinge of hope euen vnto the ende,

Mace New Testament (1729)
but we desire that every one of you may shew the same concern, continuing to discharge the condition upon which your hopes are founded: that ye be not unactive,

Simplified Cowboy Version
What we are hoping for is that you will continue on the trail marked out for you.

Contextual Overview

⁹I'm sure that won't happen to you, friends. I have better things in mind for you—salvation things! God doesn't miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you've shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it. And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. Don't drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them. ¹³When God made his promise to Abraham, he backed it to the hilt, putting his own reputation on the line. He said, "I promise that I'll bless you with everything I have—bless and bless and bless!" Abraham stuck it out and got everything that had been promised to him. When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they'll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee—God can't break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It's an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek. ¹⁹ So come on, let's leave the preschool fingerpainting exercises on Christ and get on with the grand work of art. Grow up in Christ. The basic foundational truths are in place: turning your back on "salvation by self-help" and turning in trust toward God; baptismal instructions; laying on of hands; resurrection of the dead; eternal judgment. God helping us, we'll stay true to all that. But there's so much more. Let's get on with it! Once people have seen the light, gotten a taste of heaven and been part of the work of the Holy Spirit, once they've personally experienced the sheer goodness of God's Word and the powers breaking in on us—if then they turn their backs on it, washing their hands of the whole thing, well, they can't start over as if nothing happened. That's impossible. Why, they've re-crucified Jesus! They've repudiated him in public! Parched ground that soaks up the rain and then produces an abundance of carrots and corn for its gardener gets God's "Well done!" But if it produces weeds and thistles, it's more likely to get cussed out. Fields like that are burned, not harvested. I'm sure that won't happen to you, friends. I have better things in mind for you—salvation things! God doesn't miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you've shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it. And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. Don't drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them. When God made his promise to Abraham, he backed it to the hilt, putting his own reputation on the line. He said, "I promise that I'll bless you with everything I have—bless and bless and bless!" Abraham stuck it out and got everything that had been promised to him. When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they'll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee—God can't break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It's an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek. ²⁰ So come on, let's leave the preschool fingerpainting exercises on Christ and get on with the grand work of art. Grow up in Christ. The basic foundational truths are in place: turning your back on "salvation by self-help" and turning in trust toward God; baptismal instructions; laying on of hands; resurrection of the dead; eternal judgment. God helping us, we'll stay true to all that. But there's so much more. Let's get on with it! Once people have seen the light, gotten a taste of heaven and been part of the work of the Holy Spirit, once they've personally experienced the sheer goodness of God's Word and the powers breaking in on us—if then they turn their backs on it, washing their hands of the whole thing, well, they can't start over as if nothing happened. That's impossible. Why, they've re-crucified Jesus! They've repudiated him in public! Parched ground that soaks up the rain and then produces an abundance of carrots and corn for its gardener gets God's "Well done!" But if it produces weeds and thistles, it's more likely to get cussed out. Fields like that are burned, not harvested. I'm sure that won't happen to you, friends. I have better things in mind for you—salvation things! God doesn't miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you've shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it. And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. Don't drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them. When God made his promise to Abraham, he backed it to the hilt, putting his own reputation on the line. He said, "I promise that I'll bless you with everything I have—bless and bless and bless!" Abraham stuck it out and got everything that had been promised to him. When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they'll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee—God can't break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It's an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we desire: Romans 12:8, Romans 12:11, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Galatians 6:9, Philippians 1:9-11, Philippians 3:15, 1 Thessalonians 4:10, 2 Thessalonians 3:13, 2 Peter 1:5-8, 2 Peter 3:14

to the: Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 10:22, Isaiah 32:17, Colossians 2:2, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 2 Peter 1:10, 1 John 3:14, 1 John 3:19

of hope: Hebrews 6:18-20, Romans 5:2-5, Romans 8:24, Romans 8:25, Romans 12:12, Romans 15:13, 1 Corinthians 13:13, Galatians 5:5, Colossians 1:5, Colossians 1:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:17, 1 Peter 1:3-5, 1 Peter 1:21, 1 John 3:1-3

unto: Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 10:32-35, Matthew 24:13, Revelation 2:26

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 6:17 - General Joshua 7:3 - about two Joshua 22:5 - take Judges 18:9 - be not Proverbs 10:4 - becometh Proverbs 13:4 - but Proverbs 14:23 - all Ecclesiastes 10:18 - General Matthew 10:22 - but Matthew 25:17 - he also Luke 8:15 - bring Luke 14:30 - General Luke 21:19 - General John 13:1 - unto Acts 13:43 - persuaded Romans 16:12 - labour Philippians 2:12 - work 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - and labour 1 Timothy 2:1 - exhort 2 Timothy 3:14 - assured Hebrews 4:11 - Let Hebrews 10:24 - love Hebrews 12:15 - Looking Hebrews 13:1 - General Hebrews 13:22 - suffer Revelation 2:4 - because Revelation 14:13 - and their

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.

Genesis 7:1
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.

Genesis 13:13
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .

Psalms 55:9
Come down hard, Lord—slit their tongues. I'm appalled how they've split the city Into rival gangs prowling the alleys Day and night spoiling for a fight, trash piled in the streets, Even shopkeepers gouging and cheating in broad daylight.

Ezekiel 8:17
He said, "Have you seen enough, son of man? Isn't it bad enough that Judah engages in these outrageous obscenities? They fill the country with violence and now provoke me even further with their obscene gestures. That's it. They have an angry God on their hands! From now on, no mercy. They can shout all they want, but I'm not listening."

Ezekiel 28:16
The Money Has Gone to Your Head God's Message came to me, "Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what God , the Master, says: "‘Your heart is proud, going around saying, "I'm a god. I sit on God's divine throne, ruling the sea"— You, a mere mortal, not even close to being a god, A mere mortal trying to be a god. Look, you think you're smarter than Daniel. No enigmas can stump you. Your sharp intelligence made you world-wealthy. You piled up gold and silver in your banks. You used your head well, worked good deals, made a lot of money. But the money has gone to your head, swelled your head—what a big head! "‘Therefore, God , the Master, says: "‘Because you're acting like a god, pretending to be a god, I'm giving fair warning: I'm bringing strangers down on you, the most vicious of all nations. They'll pull their swords and make hash of your reputation for knowing it all. They'll puncture the balloon of your god-pretensions. They'll bring you down from your self-made pedestal and bury you in the deep blue sea. Will you protest to your assassins, "You can't do that! I'm a god"? To them you're a mere mortal. They're killing a man, not a god. You'll die like a stray dog, killed by strangers— Because I said so. Decree of God , the Master.'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, raise a funeral song over the king of Tyre. Tell him, A Message from God , the Master: "You had everything going for you. You were in Eden, God's garden. You were dressed in splendor, your robe studded with jewels: Carnelian, peridot, and moonstone, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, all in settings of engraved gold. A robe was prepared for you the same day you were created. You were the anointed cherub. I placed you on the mountain of God. You strolled in magnificence among the stones of fire. From the day of your creation you were sheer perfection... and then imperfection—evil!—was detected in you. In much buying and selling you turned violent, you sinned! I threw you, disgraced, off the mountain of God. I threw you out—you, the anointed angel-cherub. No more strolling among the gems of fire for you! Your beauty went to your head. You corrupted wisdom by using it to get worldly fame. I threw you to the ground, sent you sprawling before an audience of kings and let them gloat over your demise. By sin after sin after sin, by your corrupt ways of doing business, you defiled your holy places of worship. So I set a fire around and within you. It burned you up. I reduced you to ashes. All anyone sees now when they look for you is ashes, a pitiful mound of ashes. All who once knew you now throw up their hands: ‘This can't have happened! This has happened!'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Sidon. Preach against it. Say, ‘Message from God , the Master: "‘Look! I'm against you, Sidon. I intend to be known for who I truly am among you.' They'll know that I am God when I set things right and reveal my holy presence. I'll order an epidemic of disease there, along with murder and mayhem in the streets. People will drop dead right and left, as war presses in from every side. Then they'll realize that I mean business, that I am God . "No longer will Israel have to put up with their thistle-and-thorn neighbors Who have treated them so contemptuously. And they also will realize that I am God ." God , the Master, says, "When I gather Israel from the peoples among whom they've been scattered and put my holiness on display among them with all the nations looking on, then they'll live in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. They'll live there in safety. They'll build houses. They'll plant vineyards, living in safety. Meanwhile, I'll bring judgment on all the neighbors who have treated them with such contempt. And they'll realize that I am God ."

Habakkuk 2:8
class="poetry"> What's God going to say to my questions? I'm braced for the worst. I'll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I'll wait to see what God says, how he'll answer my complaint. And then God answered: "Write this. Write what you see. Write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run. This vision-message is a witness pointing to what's coming. It aches for the coming—it can hardly wait! And it doesn't lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It's on its way. It will come right on time. "Look at that man, bloated by self-importance— full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive. "Note well: Money deceives. The arrogant rich don't last. They are more hungry for wealth than the grave is for cadavers. Like death, they always want more, but the ‘more' they get is dead bodies. They are cemeteries filled with dead nations, graveyards filled with corpses. Don't give people like this a second thought. Soon the whole world will be taunting them: "‘Who do you think you are— getting rich by stealing and extortion? How long do you think you can get away with this?' Indeed, how long before your victims wake up, stand up and make you the victim? You've plundered nation after nation. Now you'll get a taste of your own medicine. All the survivors are out to plunder you, a payback for all your murders and massacres.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And we desire that everyone of you do show the same diligence,.... In the constant exercise of the graces of faith and love, and in ministering to the necessities of the saints: there is a spiritual labour, diligence, and industry to be used by the saints; and former diligence is a motive to future; and is a means of attaining to full assurance, as appears by what follows; and this is to be shown for the glory of God, for the evidence of the above graces, and for an example and encouragement to other saints: and the persons addressed being "everyone", this shows the apostle's impartiality in his exhortations, and served to remove all groundless suspicions in particular persons; and the manner of his addressing them shows his hearty concern for their welfare, his mildness and gentleness towards them, and his design to encourage them to go forward; and that his exhortation might have the greater weight, he uses the plural "we"; and this exhortation, put in this form, moreover shows that what he had said before had no tendency in some things to encourage despair, or in others carelessness and indolence: and what he had in view in the whole was, that they might arrive

to the full assurance of hope unto the end; not only that they might keep up an hope, but attain to the full assurance of it; as to interest in the love and grace of God; in the covenant of grace, its blessings and promises; in God, as a covenant God and Father; in Christ, as a Saviour and Redeemer; and as to the truth of the work of grace upon their souls, and their right and meetness for the possession of eternal glory and happiness: the phrase, "unto the end", may either respect the continuance of the grace of assurance; or refer to the showing forth of their diligence and industry in ministering to the saints, as they had done, to the end of their lives.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And we desire that every one of you - We wish that every member of the church should exhibit the same endeavor to do good until they attain to the full assurance of hope. It is implied here that the full assurance of hope is to be obtained by a persevering effort to lead a holy life.

The same diligence - The same strenuous endeavor, the same ardor and zeal.

To the full assurance of hope - In order to obtain the full assurance of hope. The word rendered “full assurance,” means firm persuasion, and refers to a state of mind where there is the fullest conviction, or where there is no doubt; see Colossians 2:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; Hebrews 10:22; compare Luke 1:1; Romans 4:21; Romans 14:5; 2Ti 4:5, 2 Timothy 4:17, where the same word, in different forms, occurs. Hope is a compound emotion (see the note on Ephesians 2:12), made up of an earnest “desire” for an object, and a corresponding “expectation” of obtaining it. The hope of heaven is made up of an earnest “wish” to reach heaven, and a corresponding “expectation” of it, or “reason to believe” that it will be ours. The full assurance of that hope exists where there is the highest desire of heaven, and such corresponding evidence of personal piety as to leave no doubt that it will be ours.

To the end - To the end of life. The apostle wished that they would persevere in such acts of piety to the end of their course, as to have their hope of heaven fully established, and to leave no doubt on the mind that they were sincere Christians. Hence, learn:

(1)That full assurance of hope is to be obtained only by holy living.

(2)It is only when that is persevered in that it can be obtained.

(3)It is not by visions and raptures; by dreams and revelations that it can now be acquired, for God imparts no such direct revelation now.

(4)It is usually only as the result of a life of consistent piety that such an assurance is to be obtained. No man can have it who does not persevere in holy living, and they who do obtain it usually secure it only near the end of a life of eminent devotedness to God.

God could impart it at once when the soul is converted, but such is the tendency of man to indolence and sloth that even good people would then relax their efforts, and sit down contented, feeling that they had now the undoubted prospect of heaven. As it is, it is held out as a prize to be won - as that whose acquisition is to cheer us in our old age, when the warfare is over, and when amidst the infirmities of years, and the near prospect of death, we need special consolation; compare 2 Timothy 4:6-7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hebrews 6:11. We desire — επιθυμουμεν, We earnestly wish, that each person among you may continue ενδεικνυσθαι, to manifest, exhibit to full view, the same diligence. There might be reason to suspect that some, through fear of man, might not wish the good they did to be seen, lest they also should suffer persecution. This would not comport with the generous, noble spirit of the Gospel; the man who is afraid to let his decided attachment to God be known, is not far from backsliding. He who is more afraid of man than he is of God Almighty, can have very little religion. As the Church of Christ required all those who in these times embraced the Gospel to be publicly baptized, those who submitted to this rite gave full proof that they were thoroughly convinced of the truths of Christianity; and they gave this as a public pledge that they would be faithful.

The same diligence — They had an active faith and a labouring love, and the apostle wishes them to persevere in both. They were diligent, very diligent, and he desires them to continue so.

To the full assurance of hope, Προς την πληροφοριαν της ελπιδος. "The full assurance of faith," says Mr. Wesley, "relates to present pardon; the full assurance of hope, to future glory: the former is the highest degree of Divine evidence that God is reconciled to me in the Son of his love; the latter is the same degree of Divine evidence, wrought in the soul by the same immediate inspiration of the Holy Ghost, of persevering grace, and of eternal glory. So much as faith every moment beholds with open face, so much, and no more, does hope see to all eternity. But this assurance of faith and hope is not an opinion, not a bare construction of Scripture, but is given immediately by the power of the Holy Ghost, and what none can have for another, but for himself only."

We must not misapprehend these excellent sayings of this eminent man.

1. The person who has this full assurance of hope is he who not only knows and feels that his sins are forgiven through Christ Jesus, but also that his heart is purified from all unrighteousness, that the whole body of sin and death is destroyed, and that he is fully made a partaker of the Divine nature. As without holiness, complete, entire holiness, no man can see God: so, without this, none can scripturally or rationally hope for eternal glory; it being a contradiction to profess to have the full assurance of hope to enjoy a state and place for which the soul is conscious it is not prepared.

2. All that is said here must be understood as still implying the absolute necessity of continuing in the same degree of grace from which this full assurance of hope is derived. This full assurance, therefore, does not imply that the man will absolutely persevere to the end; but that, if he do persevere in this same grace, he shall infallibly have an eternal glory. There is no unconditional perseverance in the Scripture, nor can there be such in a state of probation.