The LORD made a solemn promise and will not take it back: "You will be a priest forever in the priestly order of Melchizedek."

You made a solemn promise to David--- a promise you will not take back: "I will make one of your sons king, and he will rule after you.

As the Sovereign LORD is holy, he has promised, "The days will come when they will drag you away with hooks; every one of you will be like a fish on a hook.

The LORD, the God of Israel, has sworn, "I will never forget their evil deeds.

When God made his promise to Abraham, he made a vow to do what he had promised. Since there was no one greater than himself, he used his own name when he made his vow.

To those who were to receive what he promised, God wanted to make it very clear that he would never change his purpose; so he added his vow to the promise.

We must thank God at all times for you, friends, you whom the Lord loves. For God chose you as the first to be saved by the Spirit's power to make you his holy people and by your faith in the truth.

which is based on the hope for eternal life. God, who does not lie, promised us this life before the beginning of time,