“That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised — the danger is sloth; the remedy is imitation of those who through faith and patient endurance have inherited the promises. The model is not the apostate but the faithful witness who perseveres.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 6:12
Why then did we say these things? “But we desire that everyone of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; that you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” “We desire,” he says, and we do not therefore merely labor for, or even so far as words go, wish this. But what? “We desire” that you should hold fast to virtue, not as condemning your former conduct (he means), but fearing for the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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