12. We don’t want you to be lazy. We want you to be like those who, because of their faith and patience, will get what God has promised.
13. God made a promise to Abraham. And there is no one greater than God, so he made the promise with an oath in his own name—an oath that he would do what he promised.
14. He said, “I will surely bless you. I will give you many descendants.”
15. Abraham waited patiently for this to happen, and later he received what God promised.