“For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,”
When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself — the divine promise to Abraham is secured by God's oath. The oath's uniqueness lies in its object: God swears by himself, the only being greater than himself. God's self-oath is the strongest possible guarantee.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 6:13
Having boldly reflected on the faults of the Hebrews, and sufficiently alarmed them, he consoles them, first, by praises, and secondly (which also is the stronger ground), by the [thought] that they would certainly attain the object of their hope. Moreover he draws his consolation, not from things future, but again from the past, which indeed would the rather persuade them. For as in the case of punishment, he alarms them rather by those [viz. things future], so also in the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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