Hebrews 6:15

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise.

King James Version (1611)
And so after he had patiently indured, he obtained the promise.

King James Version
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

English Standard Version
And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

New American Standard Bible
And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

New Century Version
Abraham waited patiently for this to happen, and he received what God promised.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

Legacy Standard Bible
And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

Berean Standard Bible
And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.

Contemporary English Version
Then after Abraham had been very patient, he was given what God had promised.

Complete Jewish Bible
and so, after waiting patiently, Avraham saw the promise fulfilled.

Darby Translation
and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise.

Easy-to-Read Version
Abraham waited patiently for this to happen, and later he received what God promised.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And so after that he had taried patiently, he enioyed the promes.

George Lamsa Translation
And so he was patient, and obtained the promise.

Good News Translation
Abraham was patient, and so he received what God had promised.

Lexham English Bible
And so, by persevering, he obtained the promise.

Literal Translation
And so, being long-suffering, he obtained the promise.

Amplified Bible
And so, having patiently waited, he realized the promise [in the miraculous birth of Isaac, as a pledge of what was to come from God].

American Standard Version
And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Bible in Basic English
And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

Hebrew Names Version
Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

International Standard Version
And so he obtained the promise, because he patiently waited for it.

Etheridge Translation
And so he waited patiently, and obtained the promise.

Murdock Translation
And so he was patient, and obtained the promise.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so after that he had taryed paciently, he enioyed the promise.

English Revised Version
And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

World English Bible
Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Weymouth's New Testament
And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and so he long abidinge hadde the biheeste.

Update Bible Version
And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Webster's Bible Translation
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

New English Translation
And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.

New King James Version
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

New Living Translation
Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.

New Life Bible
Abraham was willing to wait and God gave to him what He had promised.

New Revised Standard
And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, thus, being patient, he attained unto the promise.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And so patiently enduring he obtained the promise.

Revised Standard Version
And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And so after that he had taryed a longe tyme he enioyed the promes.

Young's Literal Translation
and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And so he abode pacietly, and optayned the promes.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and after he had patiently waited, he obtained what was promised.

Simplified Cowboy Version
All Abe had to do was wait on God and then get what he'd promised.

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

Hebrews 6:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 15:2-6, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 21:2-7, Exodus 1:7, Habakkuk 2:2, Habakkuk 2:3, Romans 4:17-25

Reciprocal: Luke 21:19 - General Romans 2:7 - patient Romans 8:25 - with patience Romans 12:12 - patient 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - and patience 2 Thessalonians 1:4 - your patience 2 Timothy 2:3 - endure Hebrews 10:36 - ye have Hebrews 11:27 - endured Hebrews 12:1 - with patience James 1:12 - the man James 5:7 - Be patient 2 Peter 1:6 - patience Revelation 2:3 - hast patience

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 3:11
Og king of Bashan was the last remaining Rephaite. His bed, made of iron, was over thirteen feet long and six wide. You can still see it on display in Rabbah of the People of Ammon.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And so, after he had patiently endured,.... He waited long for a son, from whom the Messiah was to spring, after he had had the promise of one; and he endured many afflictions with patience, in his journeys from place to place, throughout his life to the end:

he obtained the promise; he was greatly blessed in temporal things; he lived to see the son of the promise, and his sons; he saw the day of Christ by faith, and now inherits the heavenly glory, which is the thing chiefly designed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And so, after he had patiently endured - After he had waited for a long time. He did not faint or grow weary, but he persevered in a confident expectation of the fulfillment of what God had so solemnly promised.

He obtained the promise - Evidently the promise referred to in the oath - that he would have a numerous posterity. The apostle intimates that he had waited for that a long time; that his faith did not waver, and that in due season the object of his wishes was granted. To see the force of this, we are to remember:

(1)That when he was called by God from Haran, and when the promise of a numerous posterity was made to him, he was seventy-five years old; Genesis 12:1-5.

1. Twenty-four years elapsed after this, during which he was a sojourner in a strange land, before the manner in which this promise would be fulfilled was made known to him; Genesis 17:1-16.
2. It was only when he was an hundred years old, and when he had persevered in the belief of the truth of the promise against all the natural improbabilities of its accomplishment, that he received the pledge of its fulfillment in the birth of his son Isaac; Genesis 21:1-5.
3. The birth of that son was a pledge that the other blessings implied in the promise would be granted, and in that pledge Abraham may be said to have “received the promise.”

He did not actually see the numerous posterity of which he was to be the honored ancestor, nor the Messiah who was to descend from him, nor the happy influences which would result to mankind from the fulfillment of the promise. But he saw the certainty that all this would occur; he saw by faith the Messiah in the distance John 8:56, and the numerous blessings which would result from his coming. It was a remarkable instance of faith, and one well suited to the purpose of the apostle. It would furnish ample encouragement to the Christians to whom he wrote, to persevere in their course, and to avoid the dangers of apostasy. If Abraham persevered when “appearances” were so much against the fulfillment of what had been promised, then Christians should persevere under the clearer light and with the more distinct promises of the gospel.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 15. He obtained the promise. — Isaac was supernaturally born; and in his birth God began to fulfil the promise: while he lived, he saw a provision made for the multiplication of his seed; and, having continued steadfast in the faith, he received the end of all the promises in the enjoyment of an eternal glory. And the inference from this is: If we believe and prove faithful unto death, we shall also inherit the promises; and this is what is implied in the apostle's exhortation, Hebrews 6:12: Be not slothful, but followers of them, &c.