^16 (A)For men swear by ^[a]one greater than themselves, and with them ^(B)an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute. ^17 [b]In the same way God, desiring even more to show to ^(C)the heirs of the promise ^(D)the unchangeableness of His purpose, guaranteed it with an oath, ¹⁸ so that by two unchangeable things in which ^(E)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of ^(F)the hope set before us.