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12 so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience,(A) are inheriting the promises.[a]

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  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.

20 He did not doubt God’s promise in unbelief;[a] rather, he was empowered by faith and gave glory to God

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  1. 4:20 He did not doubt God’s promise in unbelief: any doubts Abraham might have had were resolved in commitment to God’s promise. Hb 11:8–12 emphasizes the faith of Abraham and Sarah.