Hebrews 6:17 — Meaning and Application

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation {is} to them an end of all strife.

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed {it} by an oath: {confirmed...: Gr. interposed himself by}

That by two immutable things, in which {it was} impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Which {hope} we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;