12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.


In Context

9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak:

10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

11 And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

12 that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

13 For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,

14 saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

Hebrews 6:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:12We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:12That you become not slothful, but followers of them, who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.