Hebrews 6:18
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That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
In other translations
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
Greek words
ἵναinaso thatG2443διὰdiathroughG1223δύοduotwoG1417πραγμάτωνpragmatōnthingsG4229ἀμεταθέτων,ametathetōnunchangeable,G276ἐνeninG1722οἷςhoiswhichG3739ἀδύνατονadunaton[it is] impossibleG102ψεύσασθαιpseusasthaito lieG5574τὸνton<the>G3588θεόν,theon[for] God,G2316ἰσχυρὰνischuranstrongG2478παράκλησινparaklēsinencouragementG3874ἔχωμενechōmenwe may haveG2192οἱhoi<the>G3588καταφυγόντεςkataphugonteshaving fled for refugeG2703κρατῆσαιkratēsaito take holdG2902τῆςtēsof whatG3588προκειμένηςprokeimenēsis being set before [us]G4295ἐλπίδος·elpidoshope;G1680
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Related verses
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- 1 Samuel 15:29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- 2 Timothy 2:13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
- Romans 3:4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
- Psalm 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- Isaiah 51:12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
- Isaiah 32:1-21 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. 2 Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
- 1 John 1:10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
- Joshua 20:3That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
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