hebrews-6:19-7:28-niv

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 6:19-20

Our anchor and anchorage. This text suggests, first of all, that the Christian life is a life of storm. It is exposed to storms of persecution, of doubt, of remorse, of inward corruption, of outward adversity, and to the last great storm of death. But, blessed be God, believers possess complete security in the midst of these storms. I. CHRISTIAN HOPE IS OUR ANCHOR . Of the three great abiding graces—faith, hope, love—hope is the one which often receives least prominence in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 6:19-20

The anchor of the soul. "Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul," etc. Christians have been exhorted to imitate "them who through faith and patience inherit the promises." There are most excellent reasons for their doing so; for God's purposes and promises are most sure. They were not lightly or hastily made; they are most solemnly confirmed; they are "immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie;" and they supply the strongest encouragement to the Christian's hopes ( ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 6:19

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul - Hope accomplishes for the soul the same thing which an anchor does for a ship. It makes it fast and secure. An anchor preserves a ship when the waves beat and the wind blows, and as long as the anchor holds, so long the ship is safe, and the mariner apprehends no danger. So with the soul of the Christian. In the tempests and trials of life, his mind is calm as long as his hope of heaven is firm. If that gives way, he feels that all is lost. Among... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 6:18-19

Hebrews 6:18-19. That by two immutable things in either, much more in both, of which it was impossible for God to lie To alter his purpose and disappoint our expectation; we might have a strong consolation A powerful argument to believe the promise with a confidence excluding all doubt and fear, and might receive a great comfort thereby; who have fled for refuge Who, under a consciousness of our sinfulness and guilt, depravity, weakness, and wretchedness, have betaken ourselves for... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 6:9-20

Encouragement to sincere believers (6:9-20)Although some who received this letter needed such solemn warnings, others had clearly shown by their changed lives that they were genuine Christians. The writer has no doubts about such people (9-10). He encourages them to keep up the good work. They are not to lose heart or become lazy, but persevere to the end (11-12).Warnings of judgment need not unsettle the believers concerning their assurance of salvation. When God promises salvation he keeps... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 6:19

anchor . . . soul = our anchor. soul . App-110 . sure . Greek. asphales. See Acts 21:34 . stedfast . See Hebrews 2:2 . which entereth = entering. into . Greek. eis. App-104 . within . Greek. esoteros. See Acts 16:24 . veil . See Matthew 27:51 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 6:19

Which we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and stedfast and which entereth into that which is within the veil.Hope is the great anchor, or stabilizer, of the human soul; and that hope for the Christian is Christ the Lord, who has entered into that which is beyond the veil, that is, into heaven itself; and this corresponds to the actions of the ancient high priest who was typical of Christ in that he went into the Holy of Holies, behind the veil, in the tabernacle. The aptness of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 6:19-20

Hebrews 6:19-20. Which entereth into that within the vail;— The apostle means, that the hope set before us, is not limited to any thing temporal or present, but reaches to heaven and heavenly things; which he compares to the holy of holies, that part of the tabernacle which was behind, or within the second vail. Compare ch. Hebrews 9:3. Into which (Hebrews 6:20.) Jesus is entered. See ch. Hebrews 9:24. The sacred writer here assigns a... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 6:19

19. Hope is found represented on coins by an anchor. sure and steadfast—sure in respect to us: steadfast, or "firm" [ALFORD], in itself. Not such an anchor as will not keep the vessel from tossing, or an anchor unsound or too light [THEOPHYLACT]. which entereth into that—that is the place within the veil—two images beautifully combined: (1) The soul is the ship: the world the sea: the bliss beyond the world, the distant coast; the hope resting on faith, the anchor which prevents the vessel... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 6:13-20

B. The Basis for Confidence and Steadfastness 6:13-20Again the change in genre, this time from exhortation to exposition, signals a new literary unit within the epistle. Here the writer proceeded to expound the reliability of God’s promise to Christians through Jesus Christ’s high priestly ministry. Notice the repetition of key words introduced in Hebrews 6:12 as the exposition unfolds. This pericope contains a strong argument for the believer’s eternal security, so it is unlikely that we... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 6:19-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 6:19-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 6:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 6:18-19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 6:9-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 6:19

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 6:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 6:19-20

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 6:19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 6:13-20

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