Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.’ Therefore the name of the city is Zoar. ,
Hebrews 6:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This was so that, by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive us, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed for us and set before [us]. American Standard Version (1901) that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us: Common English Bible So these are two things that don’t change, because it’s impossible for God to lie. He did this so that we, who have taken refuge in him, can be encouraged to grasp the hope that is lying in front of us. Catholic Public Domain Version so that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest solace: we who have fled together so as to hold fast to the hope set before us. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest comfort, who have fled for refuge to hold fast the hope set before us. |
Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.’ Therefore the name of the city is Zoar. ,
The news reached Joab. Since he had supported Adonijah but not Absalom, Joab fled to the Lord’s tabernacle and took hold of the horns of the altar.
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who hold on to her are happy.
Or let it take hold of my strength; let it make peace with me – make peace with me.
I #– #I am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you should fear humans who die, or a son of man who is given up like grass?
For the Lord says this: ‘For the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose what pleases me, and hold firmly to my covenant,
No one calls on your name, striving to take hold of you. For you have hidden your face from us and made us melt because of , our iniquity.
Return to a stronghold, you prisoners who have hope; today I declare that I will restore double to you.
God is not a man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfil?
When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, ‘Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, according to Christ Jesus,
God presented him as the mercy seat , by his blood, through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.
Absolutely not! Let God be true, even though everyone is a liar, as it is written: That you may be justified in your words and triumph when you judge. ,
This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
If, then, there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,
if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.
God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the word of truth, the gospel
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead #– #Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Saviour and of Christ Jesus our hope:
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of eternal life to which you were called and about which you have made a good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.
in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
But Christ was faithful as a Son over his household. And we are that household if we hold on to our confidence and the hope in which we boast. ,
Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,
(for the law perfected nothing), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
but he became a priest with an oath made by the one who said to him: The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest for ever.’ ,
so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
If we say, ‘We have not sinned,’ we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
The one who believes in the Son of God has this testimony within himself. The one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony God has given about his Son.
Furthermore, the Eternal One of Israel does not lie or change his mind, for he is not man who changes his mind.’