希伯来书6:13-20
13当初神应许亚伯拉罕的时候，因为没有比自己更大可以指着起誓的，就指着自己起誓说，14论福，我必赐大福给你。论子孙，我必叫你的子孙多起来。15这样，亚伯拉罕既恒久忍耐，就得了所应许的。16人都是指着比自己大的起誓。并且以起誓为实据，了结各样的争论。17照样，神愿意为那承受应许的人，格外显明他的旨意是不更改的，就起誓为证。18藉这两件不更改的事，神决不能说谎，好叫我们这逃往避难所，持定摆在我们前头指望的人，可以大得勉励。19我们有这指望如同灵魂的锚，又坚固又牢靠，且通入幔内。20作先锋的耶稣，既照着麦基洗德的等次，成了永远的大祭司，就为我们进入幔内。
13For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying: 14“I will certainly bless you,and I will multiply your descendants beyond number.”#6:14 Gen 22:17. 15Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised. 16Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding. 17God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind. 18So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. 19This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary. 20Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.
