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11 We earnestly desire each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of hope until the end,(A) 12 so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience,(B) are inheriting the promises.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 6:12 Imitators of those…inheriting the promises: the author urges the addressees to imitate the faith of the holy people of the Old Testament, who now possess the promised goods of which they lived in hope. This theme will be treated fully in Hb 6:11.

11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope(A) for may be fully realized. 12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate(B) those who through faith and patience(C) inherit what has been promised.(D)

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