^{17 Ref} Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

^{18 Ref} that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

^{19 Ref} which we have as an anchor of the soul, `a hope' both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

^{20 Ref} whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.