Hebrews 6:15

6:15 And so by persevering, Abraham ¹  inherited the promise.

Hebrews 11:9

11:9 By faith he lived as a foreigner ²  in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs ³  of the same promise.

Hebrews 11:39

11:39 And these all were commended ⁴  for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised. ⁵ 

Hebrews 4:1

God’s Promised Rest

4:1 Therefore we must be wary ⁶  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Hebrews 6:12

6:12 so that you may not be sluggish, ⁷  but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

Hebrews 7:6

7:6 But Melchizedek ⁸  who does not share their ancestry ⁹  collected a tithe ¹⁰  from Abraham and blessed ¹¹  the one who possessed the promise.

Hebrews 8:6

8:6 But ¹²  now Jesus ¹³  has obtained a superior ministry, since ¹⁴  the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted ¹⁵  on better promises. ¹⁶ 

Hebrews 10:36

10:36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised. ¹⁷ 

Hebrews 11:17

11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, ¹⁸  yet he was ready to offer up ¹⁹  his only son.

Hebrews 11:33

11:33 Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, ²⁰  gained what was promised, ²¹  shut the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 6:17

6:17 In the same way ²²  God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, ²³  and so he intervened with an oath,

Hebrews 9:15

9:15 And so he is the mediator ²⁴  of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, ²⁵  since he died ²⁶  to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

Hebrews 11:13

11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, ²⁷  but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners ²⁸  on the earth.

¹ tn Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (Abraham) has been specified for clarity.

² tn Or “settled as a resident alien.”

³ tn Or “heirs with him.”

³ sn The expression these all were commended forms an inclusio with Heb 11:2: The chapter begins and ends with references to commendation for faith.

⁴ tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.

⁴ tn Grk “let us fear.”

⁵ tn Or “dull.”

⁶ tn Grk “the one”; in the translation the referent (Melchizedek) has been specified for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “is not descended from them.”

⁸ tn Or “a tenth part.”

⁹ sn The verbs “collected…and blessed” emphasize the continuing effect of the past actions, i.e., Melchizedek’s importance.

⁷ sn The Greek text indicates a contrast between vv. 4-5 and v. 6 that is difficult to render in English: Jesus’ status in the old order of priests (vv. 4-5) versus his superior ministry (v. 6).

⁸ tn Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (Jesus) has been specified for clarity.

⁹ tn Grk “to the degree that.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “which is enacted.”

¹¹ sn This linkage of the change in priesthood with a change in the law or the covenant goes back to Heb 7:12, 22 and is picked up again in Heb 9:6-15 and 10:1-18.

⁸ tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.

⁹ tn Here “received the promises” refers to the pledges themselves, not to the things God promised.

¹⁰ tn Grk “he was offering up.” The tense of this verb indicates the attempt or readiness to sacrifice Isaac without the actual completion of the deed.

¹⁰ tn This probably refers to the righteous rule of David and others. But it could be more general and mean “did what was righteous.”

¹¹ tn Grk “obtained promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

¹¹ tn Grk “in which.”

¹² tn Or “immutable” (here and in v. 18); Grk “the unchangeableness of his purpose.”

¹² tn The Greek word μεσίτης (mesith", “mediator”) in this context does not imply that Jesus was a mediator in the contemporary sense of the word, i.e., he worked for compromise between opposing parties. Here the term describes his function as the one who was used by God to enact a new covenant which established a new relationship between God and his people, but entirely on God’s terms.

¹³ tn Grk “the promise of the eternal inheritance.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “a death having occurred.”

¹³ tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

¹⁴ tn Or “sojourners.”