Hebrews 6:11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

◄ Hebrews 6:11 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

English Standard Version
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,

New American Standard Bible
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,

King James Bible
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope,

International Standard Version
But we want each of you to continue to be diligent to the very end, in order to give full assurance to your hope.

American Standard Version
And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And we desire that every one of you shew forth the same carefulness to the accomplishing of hope unto the end:

Darby Bible Translation
But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;

Young's Literal Translation
and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

6:11-20 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. And as He cannot lie; the destruction of the unbeliever, and the salvation of the believer, are alike certain. Here observe, those to whom God has given full security of happiness, have a title to the promises by inheritance. The consolations of God are strong enough to support his people under their heaviest trials. Here is a refuge for all sinners who flee to the mercy of God, through the redemption of Christ, according to the covenant of grace, laying aside all other confidences. We are in this world as a ship at sea, tossed up and down, and in danger of being cast away. We need an anchor to keep us sure and steady. Gospel hope is our anchor in the storms of this world. It is sure and stedfast, or it could not keep us so. The free grace of God, the merits and mediation of Christ, and the powerful influences of his Spirit, are the grounds of this hope, and so it is a stedfast hope. Christ is the object and ground of the believer's hope. Let us therefore set our affections on things above, and wait patiently for his appearance, when we shall certainly appear with him in glory.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. And—Greek, "But."

desire—Greek, "earnestly desire." The language of fatherly affection, rather than command.

every one of you—implying that all in the Palestinian churches had not shown the same diligence as some of those whom he praises in Heb 6:10. "He cares alike for great and small, and overlooks none." "Every one of them," even those diligent in acts of LOVE (Heb 6:10), needed to be stimulated to persevere in the same diligence with a view to the full assurance of HOPE unto the end. They needed, besides love, patient perseverance, resting on hope and faith (Heb 10:36; 13:7). Compare "the full assurance of faith," Heb 10:22; Ro 4:21; 1Th 1:5.

unto the end—the coming of Christ.