 | John Bovee Dods - Sermons, American - 1845 - 374 pages
...not only the gospel of God, but the justification of the heathen ; yes, of all nations. Again, Paul says, " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself. .... Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of the promise the... | |
 | Joseph Augustus Seiss - Bible - 1846 - 430 pages
...for ever and ever. Amen. LECTURE XVI. THE IMMUTABILITY OF THE DIVINE PURPOSE. Heb. i i. 13 — 20. For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he aware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless tliec, and multiplying I will multiply thee.... | |
 | 1913 - 304 pages
...for a start we must ascertain what these were. Verse 13 of this chapter (Heb. 6) contains the key : "For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself." Here are two things, a "promise" and an "oath." The promise, as is well known, refers... | |
 | Abraham Mitrie Rihbany - Palestine - 1916 - 454 pages
...given to the verse just quoted in the sixth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews, where it is said, " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself." I have no doubt that this thought of God swearing by himself sprang from the custom of Oriental aristocrats... | |
 | Levi Rightmyer - 1916 - 990 pages
...God, which is proved as follows, where the apostle Paul says in his letter to the Hebrews (6: 13-18). z svvare by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee; and multiplying I will multiply thee.... | |
 | Arno Clemens Gaebelein - Bible - 1917 - 316 pages
...patiently and obtained the promise. And He gave not only the promise of His Word, but also His oath. "For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself." What assurance therefore — God's Word and God's oath. And this makes manifest to the heirs of promise... | |
 | Richard F. Chambers - God - 1917 - 120 pages
...have the PREEMINENCE in that which he has planned and purposed to do for all nations of the earth. "For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swear by himself — wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs the immutability of... | |
 | 1917 - 460 pages
...That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promses. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.... | |
 | John Harden Allen - Anglo-Israelism - 1918 - 418 pages
...the faithfulness of God, he gives a word for word quotation from this same covenant promise, saying : "When God made promise to Abraham, because he could...swear by no greater, he swore by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." This quotation, as you see,... | |
 | World War, 1914-1918 - 1918 - 628 pages
...That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.... | |
| |
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying ; Surely blessing I will bless thee ; and multiplying I will multiply thee. 
