Hebrews 6:16
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Context
This verse from Hebrews Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. Let us move beyond elementary doctrine to maturity. Those who have once been enlightened and tasted the heavenly gift but fall away — it is impossible to restore them again to repentance. Yet the writer is persuaded better things about …
Autres traductions
For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation <FI>is<Fi> the oath,
For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.
Références croisées
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And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, …
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