<p>6:13 <i>For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could swear by none greater, He swore by Himself</i>- We are to be followers of Abraham's example (:12) because in essence, the very same promises have been made to us. The good news of eternal salvation in the Kingdom was preached to Abraham as much as to us (Gal. 3:8). We ought to believe that we will be saved because God made the promise of salvation &quot;by Himself&quot;. the whole of God is as it were staked on our being saved. To doubt it is to doubt God and all God stands for.</p>