Hebrews 6:10 - A Call to Maturity (2024)

New International Version
God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.New Living Translation
For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do.English Standard Version
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.Berean Standard Bible
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.Berean Literal Bible
For God is not unjust to forget your work and the love that you have shown toward His name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.King James Bible
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.New King James Version
For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.New American Standard Bible
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, by having served and by still serving the saints.NASB 1995
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.NASB 1977
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.Legacy Standard Bible
For God is not unrighteous so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and continuing to minister to the saints.Amplified Bible
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for His name in ministering to [the needs of] the saints (God’s people), as you do.Christian Standard Bible
For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you demonstrated for his name by serving the saints—and by continuing to serve them.Holman Christian Standard Bible
For God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you showed for His name when you served the saints—and you continue to serve them.American Standard Version
for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For God is not evil, that he would disregard your works and your love which you have shown in his name, which you have ministered to the Saints and you do minister.Contemporary English Version
God is always fair. He will remember how you helped his people in the past and how you are still helping them. You belong to God, and he won't forget the love you have shown his people. Douay-Rheims Bible
For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work, and the love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered, and do minister to the saints. English Revised Version
for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye shewed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.GOD'S WORD® Translation
God is fair. He won't forget what you've done or the love you've shown for him. You helped his holy people, and you continue to help them.Good News Translation
God is not unfair. He will not forget the work you did or the love you showed for him in the help you gave and are still giving to other Christians. International Standard Version
For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them. Literal Standard Version
for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that you showed to His Name, having ministered to the holy ones and ministering;Majority Standard Bible
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the labor of love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.New American Bible
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name by having served and continuing to serve the holy ones.NET Bible
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.New Revised Standard Version
For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.New Heart English Bible
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.Webster's Bible Translation
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have shown towards his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.Weymouth New Testament
For God is not unjust so that He is unmindful of your labour and of the love which you have manifested towards Himself in having rendered services to His people and in still rendering them.World English Bible
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them. Young's Literal Translation
for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;Additional Translations ...

(10) In expressing the ground of his hope he does not directly say, "For I have heard of your fruitfulness;" he implies this, and then, in accordance with the parable of Hebrews 6:7, he declares that God will surely bestow the promised reward. Herein lies his hope. Man's work cannot in itself merit reward from God, but (1John 1:9) the righteous God cannot neglect His own promise and law that such works shall receive reward.

Your work and labour of love.--The best MSS. omit "labour"; so that the words run thus: to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward His name. The "fruit" consisted in brotherly love, but it was offered unto God (Hebrews 6:7); the bond of brotherhood was the joint relation to "His name" (Hebrews 2:10). With the last words compare Romans 15:26; Romans 15:31. . . .

Verse 10. - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love (τοῦ κόπου in the Textus Receptus is ill supported, having, perhaps, been interpolated kern 1 Thessalonians 1:3) which ye showed towards his Name, in that ye ministered to the saints, and do minister. It appears that the Hebrew Christians had formerly (some especial occasion being probably referred to) been active in their charity towards fellow-Christians in distress, and that such charity had not ceased. On this is grounded the persuasion that they will be kept steadfast in the faith. Those who had so shown their faith by their works would surely not be allowed to lose it. The very idea of the Divine justice implies that the use of grace, thus evidenced, will be rewarded by continuance of grace. Cf. Philippians 1:6, "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perfect it (ἐπιτελέσει) until the day of Jesus Christ; "where also there is reference to deeds of charity, shown in the case of the Philippians by their sympathy with the apostle in his bonds, which charity he prays may "abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all discernment." No difficulty need be felt in this reference to God's justice, as though it involved the doctrine of human merit, de congruo or de condigno, claiming reward as of debt. The simple and obvious view, that God, in virtue of his justice, will be most gracious to those who have used his grace, by no means contravenes the doctrine of all grace being the free gift of his bounty (cf. 1 John 1:9; Romans 2:6, etc.). Observe, too, as bearing on the idea of this passage, how the will to do the will of God is said by our Lord to be followed by knowledge of the doctrine (John 7:17), and how works of charity are the very tests of the final judgment (Matthew 25:31, etc.). Parallel Commentaries ...

Greek

God
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

[is] not
οὐ (ou)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

unjust.
ἄδικος (adikos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 94: Unjust, unrighteous, wicked. Specially, heathen.

He will not forget
ἐπιλαθέσθαι (epilathesthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's 1950: To forget, neglect. Middle voice from epi and lanthano; to lose out of mind; by implication, to neglect.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

work
ἔργου (ergou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

love
ἀγάπης (agapēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 26: From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast.

you have shown
ἐνεδείξασθε (enedeixasthe)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1731: To show forth, prove. From en and deiknuo; to indicate.

for
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

name
ὄνομα (onoma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.

as you have ministered
διακονήσαντες (diakonēsantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1247: From diakonos; to be an attendant, i.e. Wait upon (figuratively) teacher; technically, to act as a Christian deacon.

to the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

saints
ἁγίοις (hagiois)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

continue to [do so].
διακονοῦντες (diakonountes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1247: From diakonos; to be an attendant, i.e. Wait upon (figuratively) teacher; technically, to act as a Christian deacon.

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