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10 God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
11 We want each of you to show the same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully assured.
12 Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
13 When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
14 He said: "I will surely bless you and give you many descendants."
15 And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham received what [God] had promised.
16 Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
17 So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
18 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.
19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and steadfast. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,