Hebrews 6
1 Therefore, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about the Christ and press on to perfection, not always laying over again a foundation of repentance for a lifeless formality, of faith in God –
Therefore having left the word of the primacy of Christ, let us be brought forward to perfection, not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2 teaching concerning baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and a final judgment. (aiōnios g166)
of doctrine of washings, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. (aiōnios g166)
3 Yes and, with God’s help, we will.
And this we will do, if of course God will permit.
4 For if those who were once for all brought into the light, and learned to appreciate the gift from heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit,
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and who tasted of the heavenly gift, and who became partakers of the Holy Spirit,
5 and learned to appreciate the beauty of the divine message, and the new powers of the coming age – (aiōn g165)
and who tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, (aiōn g165)
6 if those, I say, fell away, it would be impossible to bring them again to repentance; they would be crucifying the Son of God over again for themselves, and exposing him to open contempt.
and who fell away, to restore again to repentance, crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and disgracing him publicly.
7 Ground that drinks in the showers that from time to time fall on it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God;
For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God.
8 but, if it bears thorns and thistles, it is regarded as worthless, it is in danger of being cursed, and its end will be the fire.
But producing thorns and thistles it is unfit and near a curse, the end of which is for burning.
9 But about you, dear friends, even though we speak in this way, we are confident of better things – of things that point to your salvation.
But we are persuaded better things about you, beloved, and things that have salvation, even though we speak this way.
10 For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his name, in sending help to your fellow Christians – as you are still doing.
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.
11 But our great desire is that every one of you should be equally earnest to attain to a full conviction that our hope will be fulfilled, and that you should keep that hope to the end.
And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end,
12 Then you will not show yourselves slow to learn, but you will copy those who, through faith and patience, are now entering upon the enjoyment of God’s promises.
so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.
13 When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.
For God who promised to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, swore by himself,
14 His words were – “I will assuredly bless you and increase your numbers.”
saying, Surely indeed, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
15 And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfilment of God’s promise.
And this way, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16 People, of course, swear by what is greater than themselves, and with them an oath is accepted as putting a matter beyond all dispute.
For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation.
17 And therefore God, in his desire to show, with unmistakable plainness, to those who were to enter on the enjoyment of what he had promised, the unchangeableness of his purpose, bound himself with an oath.
By which God, wanting to demonstrate more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutableness of his resolve, confirmed it by an oath.
18 For he intended us to find great encouragement in these two unchangeable things, which make it impossible for God to prove false – we, I mean, who fled for safety where we might lay hold on the hope set before us.
So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.
19 This hope is an anchor for our souls, secure and strong, and it reaches into the sanctuary that lies behind the curtain,
Which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and that enters into the interior of the veil,
