King James Version
Hebrews 6:12 in the King James Version says “That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” — study this verse from Hebrews chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
Hebrews 6:12 · KJV
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“ye be”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“of them who through”
G1223through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
“faith”
G4102persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of god or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon christ
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“patience”
G3115longanimity, i.e., (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude
“the promises”
G1860an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
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