“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.”
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 — God's justice requires that he remember neither their work nor their love shown in service to the saints. The readers' past and continuing service demonstrates genuine faith and proves they are not destined for apostasy.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 6:10
“For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love, which you have showed toward His name, in that you have ministered unto the saints and do minister.” O how did he here restore their spirit, and give them fresh strength, by reminding them of former things, and bringing them to the necessity of not supposing that God had forgotten. (For he cannot but sin who is not fully assured concerning his hope, and says that God is unrighteous. Accordingly he obliged them by…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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