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Hebrews 6:11

What does Hebrews 6:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Hebrews 6:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Hebrews 6:11 means

The author desires that each reader show the same earnestness to reach “the fulness of hope even to the end.” Assurance grows as diligence persists; a settled hope comes through sustained, focused obedience and trust, not through brief bursts of zeal. This is a call to consistency in the Christian life—steady devotion that matures into confident expectation of God’s promised future. The aim is not mere activity but the completion of hope: a well-grounded, unshakable confidence in God’s salvation. By urging every individual to persevere, the writer guards against complacency and urges a pace that can be kept for the long haul.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And we desire that every one of you shew forth the same carefulness to the accomplishing of hope unto the end:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;

Context

Having pointed to evidence of grace (verse 10), the author presses for continuity: keep going with the same diligence. Verse 11 narrows to each person, highlighting personal responsibility in the community. Verse 12 will add a negative and positive: avoid sluggishness and imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. This naturally transitions to the example of Abraham (verses 13–15) and then to the deeper ground of assurance in God’s oath and unchangeable purpose (verses 16–20). The momentum moves from exhortation to example to theological foundation.

v.10for 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.

v.11This passage

v.12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hebrews 3:6

    but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

  • Colossians 2:2

    that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:16

    Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

  • Romans 5:2

    through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

  • 2 Peter 3:14

    Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:58

    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

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