of patience Few graces were more needed in the terrible trials of that day (Hebrews 6:12; Luke 21:19; Colossians 1:11; James 1:3-4).

after ye have done The meaning perhaps rather is "by doing," or "by having done the will of God ye may win the fruition of the promise." The apparently contradictory expressions, about "receiving" and "not receiving "the promise or the promises, arise in part from the fact that "promise" is used both for the verbalpromise, and for its actual fulfilment (Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 11:39).

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