And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.

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

And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

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

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

But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

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

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

Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions,

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

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

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