Catholic Public Domain Version
"For men swear by what is greater than themselves, and an oath as confirmation is the end of all their controversy. "
— Hebrews 6:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.”
“For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. ”
“For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.”
“For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.”
“For men swear by one greater than themselves: and an oath for confirmation is the end of all their controversy.”
“For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.”
“For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.”
For God, in making promises to Abraham, swore by himself, (because he had no one greater by whom he might swear),
saying: “Blessing, I shall bless you, and multiplying, I shall multiply you.”
And in this way, by enduring patiently, he secured the promise.
For men swear by what is greater than themselves, and an oath as confirmation is the end of all their controversy.
In this matter, God, wanting to reveal more thoroughly the immutability of his counsel to the heirs of the promise, interposed an oath,
so that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest solace: we who have fled together so as to hold fast to the hope set before us.
This we have as an anchor of the soul, safe and sound, which advances even to the interior of the veil,