Hebrews 6
1 Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on [to what belongs] to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
So let us get beyond the teaching of the elementary doctrines of Christ, and let us be borne along toward what is mature. Let us not be continually laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God,
2 of [the] doctrine of washings, and of imposition of hands, and of resurrection of [the] dead, and of eternal judgment; (aiōnios g166)
of the teaching regarding ablutions and the laying on of hands, of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. (aiōnios g166)
3 and this will we do if God permit.
And this we will do, if God permit.
4 For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of [the] Holy Spirit,
For in the case of those who have been once for all enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the Future Age, (aiōn g165)
6 and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves [as they do] the Son of God, and making a show of [him].
and then fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance. For they repeatedly crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and expose him to an open shame.
7 For ground which drinks the rain which comes often upon it, and produces useful herbs for those for whose sakes also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God;
For land that has drunk the showers that now and again fall upon it, and produced vegetation useful for those for whom it was tilled, receives a blessing from God;
8 but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end [is] to be burned.
but if it produces thorns and thistles, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and its end will be to be burned.
9 But we are persuaded concerning you, beloved, better things, and connected with salvation, even if we speak thus.
But though we thus speak, we are persuaded better things of you, beloved, and things that accompany salvation.
10 For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and [still] ministering.
For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you showed for his cause, in sending help to your fellow Christians, as you are still doing.
11 But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;
but I am longing that each of you continue to show the same diligence to realize the fulness of your hope, even to the end.
12 that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.
Then do not become slack, but be imitators of those who through faith and patience are inheriting the promises.
13 For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,
For when God make the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself, saying.
14 saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;
Surely I will bless you, and bless you; I will increase you, and increase you.
15 and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise.
And so by patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the promise.
16 For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.
I am referring to the oath because men swear by what is greater than themselves, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
17 Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,
On which principle God, wishing to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, mediated with an oath;
18 that by two unchangeable things, in which [it was] impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,
that by means of two immutable things - his promise and his oath - in which it is impossible for God to break faith, we refugees may have strong encouragement to grasp the hope set before us.
19 which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into that within the veil,
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, secure and strong, and passing into the sanctuary which is beyond the veil;
