“For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.”
— WEB
Hebrews 10:36
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.”
— KJV
“For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.”
— ASV
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Commentary
patience--Greek, "waiting endurance," or "enduring perseverance": the kindred Greek verb in the Septuagint, Hab 2:3, is translated, "wait for it" (compare Jam 5:7). after ye have done the will of God--"that whereas ye have done the will of God" hitherto (Heb 10:32-35), ye may now show also patient, persevering endurance, and so "receive the promise," that is, the promised reward: eternal life and bliss commensurate with our work of faith and love (Heb 6:10-12). We must not only do, but also suffer (Pe1 4:19). God first uses the active talents of His servants; then polishes the other side of the stone, making the passive graces shine, patience, meekness, &c. It may be also translated, "That ye may do the will of God, and receive," &c. [ALFORD]: "patience" itself is a further and a persevering doing of "God's will"; otherwise it would be profitless and no real grace (Mat 7:21). We should look, not merely for individual bliss now and at death, but for the great and general consummation of bliss of all saints, both in body and soul.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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