Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
be not—Greek, "become not." In Hebrews 5:11, he said, "Ye have become dull (Greek, 'slothful') of hearing"; here he warns them not to become "slothful absolutely," namely, also in mind and deed. He will not become slothful who keeps always the end in view; hope is the means of ensuring this.
followers—Greek, "imitators"; so in Ephesians 5:1, Greek; I Corinthians 11:1.
patience—Greek, "long-suffering endurance." There is the long-suffering patience, or endurance of love, I Corinthians 13:4, and that of faith, Hebrews 6:15.
them who . . . inherit the promises—Greek, "who are inheriting," etc.; to whom the promises are their inheritance. Not that they have actually entered on the perfect inheritance, which Hebrews 11:13, Hebrews 11:39-40 explicitly denies; though doubtless the dead in Christ have, in the disembodied soul, a foretaste of it; but "them (enumerated in Heb. 11:2-40) who in every age have been, are, or shall be, inheritors of the promises"; of whom Abraham is an illustrious example (Hebrews 6:13).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hebrews 6:12:
Song of Solomon 1:8
Hebrews 6:1
Hebrews 6:10
Hebrews 10:36
Hebrews 11:9
Hebrews 12:1
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