Charles Ellicott Commentary Hebrews 10:36

"For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise." — Hebrews 10:36 (ASV)

Patience—i.e., brave, patient endurance (see the Note on Hebrews 6:12). The general tenor of the exhortation in that chapter (Hebrews 10:9–20) closely resembles these verses.

That, after ye have done . . . ye might.—Better, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. To do the will of God (Hebrews 13:21) is the necessary condition for receiving the promised blessing and reward ; for both “endurance” is necessary. In these words we have an echo of Matthew 7:21, where our Lord sums up His requirements from those who call themselves His in words which express the purpose of His own life (Hebrews 10:7; Hebrews 10:9; John 4:34).