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


In Context

9 Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are confident of better things in your case--things that accompany salvation.

10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.

11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

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

13 When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,

14 saying, "I will surely bless you and give you many descendants."

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 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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