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Verse 14. _SAYING, SURELY BLESSING I WILL BLESS THEE_] I will continue
to bless thee.
_MULTIPLYING I WILL MULTIPLY THEE._] I will continue to increase thy
posterity. In the most literal manner God c...
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SAYING, SURELY BLESSING I WILL BLESS THEE - That is, I will certainly
bless thee. The phrase is a Hebrew mode of expression, to denote
emphasis or certainty - indicated by the repetition of a word; co...
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. Return to Judaism the crucifixion of the Son of God afresh
(Hebrews 6:1)_
2. Persuaded of better things: Comfort and hope (Hebrews 6:9)
Hebrews 6:1
A solemn warning follows, addresse...
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The mention of God's promise suggests the thought that it is
absolutely sure, so that we may hold to it without misgiving. When God
made His promise to Abraham He sealed it by an oath. Just as in huma...
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THE NECESSITY OF PROGRESS (Hebrews 6:1-3)...
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When God made his promise to Abraham, since he was not able to swear
by anyone greater, he swore by himself. "Certainly, he said, "I will
bless you and I will multiply you." When Abraham had thus exer...
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SURELY. Greek. _e_ (the texts read _ei)men_. Only here.
BLESSING, &C. Quoted from the Septuagint of Genesis 22:17....
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_blessing I will bless thee_ The repetition represents the emphasis of
the Hebrew, which expresses a superlative by repeating the word twice.
_I will multiply thee_ In the Heb. and LXX. we have "I wi...
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FOUNDED ON THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD’S PROMISES...
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ΕἸ ΜΉΝ אABDE. MSS. vary between ἧ μὴν (the classical
affirmation), and εἰ μή. This _formula jurandi_ is used in the
LXX. (Ezekiel 33:27, &c.), and perhaps comes from the Hebraic εἰ
μή.
14. ΕἸ ΜΉΝ. “_I...
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A SURE PROMISE FROM GOD -- HEBREWS 6:11-15 : When Christianity is
persevered, hope can be obtained. Those who faithfully serve God will
attain the full assurance of hope in the end. No one can have th...
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FOR WHEN GOD MADE PROMISE, &C.— "And a glorious confirmation you
will find these promises to be, when you come to compare one spiritual
object with another, and are better skilled in the method of
int...
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_The example of Abraham. Hebrews 6:13-20_.
_TEXT_
Hebrews 6:13-20
Hebrews 6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, since He could
swear by none greater, He sware by Himself,...
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CHRISTIAN PERSEVERANCE
(Hebrews 6:12-15)
Two exhortations were set before the Hebrew Christians in the 6th
chapter of this epistle· First, they were bidden to turn their backs
upon Judaism and go on...
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Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will
multiply thee.
MULTIPLYING ... MULTIPLY - Hebraism for superabundantly multiply.
THEE. The increase of Abraham's seed is virtual...
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11 Brotherly kindness manifested in the service of the saints is
several times commended in t his epistle (Heb_10:34, Heb_13:1), and
will be rewarded in accord with the promise of Mat_10:40-42.
12 "T...
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6:14 thee; (d-13) See Genesis 22:17 ....
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WARNING AND ENCOURAGEMENT
1. Leaving.. let us go on] RV 'let us cease to speak of.. and press
on.' The words are either an exhortation to the readers to advance
beyond the elementary stage of Christia...
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HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN?
HEBREWS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 6
JESUS IS SUPERIOR IN PROMISES 6:1-20
GROW AS CHRISTIANS *FAITH 6:1-3
V1-2 So, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about Christ...
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SAYING. — The words of the oath itself, “By myself have I sworn,
saith the Lord” (Genesis 22:16), are not repeated, because they are
almost identical with the writer’s own words introducing the
citati...
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CHAPTER VI.
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FAILURE.
"But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that
accompany salvation, though we thus speak: for God is not unrighteous
to forget your wo...
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CHAPTER V.
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF RENEWAL.
"Of Whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation,
seeing ye are become dull of hearing. For when by reason of the time
ye ought to be teachers...
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The oath runs εἰ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω
σε.… “Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will
multiply thee.” “Sentences which denote assurance … are in
classical Greek introduced by ἦ μήν, wh...
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Reasons for diligently cultivating hope and exercising patience, thus
becoming imitators of those who have patiently waited for the
fulfilment of the promises, the reasons being that God has made the...
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“THE HOPE SET BEFORE US”
Hebrews 6:9
The keynote of this passage is _patient continuance_. We should seek
not only faith but its accompaniments. It is not enough to manifest
faith, hope and love, bu...
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This chapter consists of the third appeal and warning. The appeal is
that they should leave the first principles and press on to
perfection. The things referred to were Jewish, and all have spiritual...
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THE EXAMPLE OF ABRAHAM
Abraham had relied on the promise of God who swore by Himself (Genesis
22:15-18). God had promised to greatly bless and multiply Abraham.
Lightfoot points out that Abraham was s...
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Saying, Surely (e) blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will
multiply thee.
(e) I will heap many benefits on you....
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(13) For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by
no greater, he swore by himself, (14) Saying, Surely blessing I will
bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. (15) And so,...
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The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all
those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned
whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
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Now the Spirit will not stop at this point with Christians, but will
go on to that full revelation of His glory which belongs to them that
are of full age and indeed forms us for that state.
We easily...
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SAYING, SURELY BLESSING I WILL BLESS THEE,.... Which is expressive of
the certainty of the blessings; the reality and substantiality of
them; the abundance of them, and the continuance of the same: an...
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In the close of the foregoing verse the apostle expresseth the end of
all his exhortations, what they tended unto, and what would be the
advantage of all that complied with them in faith and obedience...
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Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will
multiply thee.
Ver. 14. _Bleasing I will bless thee_] Now he whom God blesseth shall
be blessed, as Isaac said of Jacob,Genesis 27:33...
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HEB. 6:14-15. SAYING, SURELY BLESSING I WILL BLESS THEE, AND
MULTIPLYING I WILL MULTIPLY THEE. AND SO, AFTER HE HAD PATIENTLY
ENDURED, HE OBTAINED THE PROMISE.
_ Blank Bible: _
_ obtained the promi...
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_For when God made promise_, &c. As if he had said, And it appears
that this is the way to partake of mercies promised, because Abraham
was obliged to exercise faith and long-suffering before he obtai...
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SAYING, SURELY BLESSING I WILL BLESS THEE, AND MULTIPLYING I WILL
MULTIPLY THEE....
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The certainty of God's promises:...
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Verse 1 of this chapter is not properly translated in the Authorized
Version, and it should be evident that we must never leave "the
principles of the doctrine of Christ." Divine principles and sound...
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11-20 The hope here meant, is a sure looking for good things
promised, through those promises, with love, desire, and valuing of
them. Hope has its degrees, as faith also. The promise of blessedness...
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OLBHeb;
Here is laid down the form and matter of God's oath: the form, in
GENESIS 22:16, is implied in the particle yk in this text well
rendered _surely,_ HEBREWS 3:11. The other defective expression...
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Hebrews 6:14 saying G3004 (G5723) Surely G2229 G3375 blessing G2127
(G5723) bless G2127 (G5692) you...
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CHAP. Hebrews 5:11 to Hebrews 6:20. The writer, knowing how unprepared
his readers were to admit that the Aaronic priesthood was inferior to
that of Melchisedec and to that of Christ (who was the anti...
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Hebrews 6:13-20. The writer has sought to encourage the Hebrews by
appealing to the Divine ‘righteousness.' He who _graciously_ made
them fruitful would _righteously_ treat them according to their
fru...
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Hebrews 6:14. SAYING, SURELY. The Hebrew of ‘surely' is equivalent
to ‘ I SWEAR.' The unfamiliarity to the Greek translators of the
Hebrew idiom for swearing has created various renderings of the Hebr...
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SURELY
(ε μην). By itacism for η μην (Deissmann, _Bible Studies_, p.
205). The quotation is from Genesis 22:16. (the promise renewed to
Abraham with an oath after offering of Isaac).BLESSING
(ευλ...
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Hebrews 6:4
Exhortation.
I. The danger of apostasy. The Hebrews had become lukewarm, negligent
and inert; the Gospel, once clearly seen and dearly loved by them, had
become to them dim and vague; the...
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In the previous chapter, Paul was writing to some who ought to have
been teachers, but who needed still to be taught the first principles
of the gospel; they were such babes in grace that they needed...
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CONTENTS: Warning against mixture of law and grace. Danger of tasting
the Spirit's work in grace and then going back to ceremonies.
CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Melchisedec.
CONCLUS...
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Hebrews 6:1. _Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of
Christ,_ as a builder leaves the foundation to complete the
superstructure, _let us go on to perfection,_ which he calls here,
_telei...
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HE SAID. Genesis 22:17. I WILL BLESS YOU by accepting your faith as
righteousness (Romans 4:22). AND GIVE YOU MANY DESCENDANTS who will be
your spiritual children and also be accepted as righteous thr...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 6:13 PROMISE TO ABRAHAM. God’s promises to
Abraham include those in Genesis 12:1;...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Hebrews 6:13.—The connection of thought may be thus given: “Follow
the godly, I say. Take one such for an instance. Abraham. See how
graciously God met his steadfast go...
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EXPOSITION
HEBREWS 6:1, HEBREWS 6:2
WHEREFORE (since it is so incumbent on us to advance out of the state
of milk-fed infants), LEAVING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCTRINE OF
CHRIST, LET US PRESS ON UNTO...
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Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, [that is
the primaries, the word at the beginning of the gospel of Christ] let
us go on to maturity; not laying again the foundation of repe...
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Deuteronomy 1:10; Exodus 32:13; Genesis 17:2; Genesis 48:4; Nehemiah
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Surely blessing I will bless thee [ε ι μ η ν ε υ λ ο γ ω ν
ε υ λ ο γ η σ ω σ ε]. Ei mhn as a formula of swearing N. T.
o. In LXX, see Numbers 14:23; Numbers 14:28; Numbers 14:35;...
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Genesis 22:17....