Hebräer 6:17
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
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The affirmation that 'God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath' presents the divine oath as a form of gracious condescension — God binding himself by the only authority higher than himself (his own name, 6:13) to reassure creatures who need more than his bare word. The 'two immutable things' (v. 18: the promise and the oath) are described as producing 'strong consolation' for those who have fled for refuge — a vivid image drawn from the cities of refuge in Numbers 35, where a manslayer could find sanctuary. The theological argument that God's purposes are unchangeable (abouleuton, irrevocable counsel) guards against anxious spirituality that treats salvation as perpetually conditional on performance. The passage gave the Reformation its confidence in divine faithfulness as the objective ground of assurance.
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Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,
So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
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