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Hebrews 6 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Hebrews 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrews 6 in the Greek

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Greek Transliteration Strong's Count KJV renderings
ὀμνύω omnýō G3660 3 swear
ἐπαγγελία epangelía G1860 3 message, promise
ἀμετάθετος ametáthetos G276 2 immutable
ἀδύνατος adýnatos G102 2 could not do, impossible, impotent, not possible
ἐνδείκνυμι endeíknymi G1731 2 do, show
ὅρκος hórkos G3727 2 oath
πληθύνω plēthýnō G4129 2 abound, multiply

How preachers through history handled this text

16 public-domain excerpts on Hebrews 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 5 Matthew Henry 4 Chrysostom 3 John Wesley 2 Calvin 1 Gregory of Nazianzus 1

“The hope here meant, is a sure looking for good things promised, through those promises, with love, desire, and valuing of them. Hope has its degrees, as faith also. The promise of blessedness God has made to believers, is from God's eternal purpose, settled between the eternal Father, Son, and Spirit. These promises of God may safely be depended upon; for here we have two things which cannot change, the counsel and the oath of God, in which it is not possible for God to lie; it would be contrary to his nature as well as to his will. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Hebrews 6:11–30 (Public Domain)

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