Hebrews 6:13-20. Chiastic structure copied from Chiastic Analysis
of the Epistle to the Hebrews, arranged by John Bligh (Athenaeum
Press, Heythrop College, Oxon, England: 1966). Bligh's work is almost entirely
in Greek. For website purposes, I have used unaccented Greek from the Unbound Bible,
Nestle-Aland 26,
at unbound.biola.edu
I have added English from the New American Standard Bible, revised.
A | 13 tw gar
abraam epaggeilamenoV o qeoV For when God made the promise to Abraham, epei kat oudenoV eicen meizonoV
omosai wmosen kaq eautou |
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B | 15 kai
outwV makroqumhsaV epetucen thV epaggeliaV And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise. |
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C | 16 anqrwpoi
gar kata tou meizonoV omnuousin For men swear by one greater than themselves, kai pashV autoiV antilogiaV peraV
eiV bebaiwsin o orkoV |
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D | 17 en w
perissoteron boulomenoV o qeoV epideixai In the same way God, desiring even more to show toiV klhronomoiV thV epaggeliaV to
ametaqeton thV boulhV autou |
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E | emesiteusen orkw interposed with an oath, | ||||
D* | 18 ina dia
duo pragmatwn ametaqetwn so that by two unchangeable things |
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C* | en oiV adunaton
yeusasqai [ton] qeon in which it is impossible for God to lie, iscuran paraklhsin ecwmen |
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B* | oi
katafugonteV krathsai thV prokeimenhV elpidoV who have taken refuge... to take hold of the hope set before us. |
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A* | 19 hn wV
agkuran ecomen thV yuchV This hope we have as an anchor of
the soul,
asfalh te kai bebaian kai
eisercomenhn eiV to eswteron tou katapetasmatoV 20 opou prodromoV uper hmwn
eishlqen ihsouV kata thn taxin melcisedek
arciereuV genomenoV eiV ton aiwna |