Hebrews 6:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And so it was that he [Abraham], having waited long and endured patiently, realized and obtained [in the birth of Isaac as a pledge of what was to come] what God had promised him.

American Standard Version (1901)

And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Common English Bible

So Abraham obtained the promise by showing patience.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And in this way, by enduring patiently, he secured the promise.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And so patiently enduring he obtained the promise.

Hebrews 6:15 Cross References

Genesis 12:4

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Exodus 1:7

But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not become sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Hebrews 9:15

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.