Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 6:12
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12. be not — Greek, "become not." In :- , 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 :- , Greek; 1 Corinthians 11:1 . patience — Greek, " long-suffering endurance." There is the long-suffering patience, or endurance of love, 1 Corinthians 13:4 , and that of faith, Hebrews 6:15 . them who . . . inherit the promises — Greek, "who are inheriting, " c. to whom the promises are their inheritance. Not that they have actually entered on the perfect inheritance, which Hebrews 11:13 ; Hebrews 11:39 ; Hebrews 11:40 explicitly denies; though doubtless the dead in Christ have, in the disembodied soul, a foretaste of it; but "them (enumerated in Hebrews 11:2-40 ) who in every age have been, are, or shall be, inheritors of the promises"; of whom Abraham is an illustrious example ( Hebrews 11:2-58.11.40- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-13" class="com-number"
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