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God took an oath so we would have good reason not to give up. We have run away from everything else to take hold of the hope offered to us in God's promise. So God gave his promise and his oath. Those two things can't change. He couldn't lie about them.
Reference
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: ὅρκος (hórkos)
perhaps akin to G3725 (ὅριον)); a limit, i.e. (sacred) restraint (specially, an oath)
Hebrew: kᵉnêmâʼ
so or thus
Hebrew: ʼănûw
we
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: βίος (bíos)
life, i.e. (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood
Hebrew: rᵉkûwsh
property (as gathered)
Greek: οὐδαμῶς (oudamōs)
by no means
Hebrew: ʼîyn
is it not?
Greek: χορηγέω (chorēgéō)
to be a dance-leader, i.e. (generally) to furnish
Hebrew: ʼănûw
we
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: rûwr
to slaver (with spittle), i.e. (by analogy) to emit afluid (ulcerous or natural)
Greek: ἔξω (éxō)
out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively
Greek: ἐγγύς (engýs)
near
Hebrew: ʼayin
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
Hebrew: lâphath
properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp; also (reflexively) to turn around or aside
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: machăçeh
a shelter (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs)
we (only used when emphatic)
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: ἐπάγγελμα (epángelma)
a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good)
Hebrew: ʼômer
{something said}
Hebrew: kᵉnêmâʼ
so or thus
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Greek: ἐπάγγελμα (epángelma)
a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good)
Hebrew: ʼômer
{something said}
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Greek: ὅρκος (hórkos)
perhaps akin to G3725 (ὅριον)); a limit, i.e. (sacred) restraint (specially, an oath)
Greek: ἀλλάσσω (allássō)
to make different
Hebrew: chălîyphâh
alternation
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: ψεῦσμα (pseûsma)
a fabrication, i.e. falsehood
Hebrew: tᵉʼun
naughtiness, i.e. toil
Greek: πρός (prós)
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
Hebrew: ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
Hope
Titus 1:2
Parallel theme
1 Samuel 15:29
2 Timothy 2:13
Joshua 20:3
Isaiah 51:12
1 John 1:10
Hebrews 3:11
References God
Numbers 23:19
Romans 3:4
Psalm 46:1
Verse Explanation
Believers have two unchangeable things, God's promise and His oath, giving strong encouragement to those who have fled to Him for refuge and providing a secure foundation for their hope.
History
1st century AD: Early Christians understood their hope as resting upon God's trustworthy promises fulfilled through Christ.