Hebrews 6
1 Therefore having left the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be carried to perfection; not again laying the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let’s press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
2 of the teaching of baptisms, and of the laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. (aiōnios g166)
of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. (aiōnios g166)
3 And we will do this, if God may permit.
This will we do, if God permits.
4 For it is impossible that those having been once enlightened, and tasted the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, (aiōn g165)
6 indeed having fallen away, to renew them again unto repentance; having crucified to themselves again the Son of God, and put him to an open shame.
and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.
7 For the earth drinking the rain coming often upon her, and bringing forth the herb nutritious to those by whom it is also cultivated, receives blessings from God:
For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;
8 but that which produces thorns and thistles, is reprobate, and nigh unto the curse; whose end is unto burning.
but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things concerning you, and things appertaining to salvation, if indeed we do thus speak.
But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.
10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the divine love which you manifested in his name, having ministered to the saints, and ministering.
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
11 But we desire each one of you to exhibit the same diligence unto the full assurance of hope unto the end:
We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
12 in order that you may not be dull, but imitators of those who through faith and longsufferings do inherit the promises.
that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
13 For God having promised Abraham, since he had no greater one by whom to swear, swore by himself,
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
14 saying, If indeed blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee:
saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”
15 and thus having waited long, he received the promise.
Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16 For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy:
For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
17 but God, in this wishing more abundantly to show forth to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,
18 that through two immutable things in which it was impossible that God should lie, we who have fled may have a strong consolation to lay hold of the hope set before us,
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
19 which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is in the veil,
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil,
