Hebrews 6:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁵ And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ So Abraham obtained the promise by showing patience.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And in this way, by enduring patiently, he secured the promise.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ 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 descendants of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong; so that the land was filled with them.

Hebrews 6:12

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

Hebrews 9:15

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