6:12 so that you may not be sluggish, 1 but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.
Hebrews 6:17
6:17 In the same way 2 God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, 3 and so he intervened with an oath,
1 tn Or “dull.”
2 tnGrk “in which.”
3 tn Or “immutable” (here and in v. 18); Grk “the unchangeableness of his purpose.”