Hebrews 6
1 Wherefore, dismissing the elementary discourse concerning the Christ, unto maturity, let us be tending, not, again, a foundation, laying down—of repentance from dead works, and of faith towards God,
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,
2 Of immersions—in respect of teaching, and of the laying on of hands, of the resurrection of the dead, and of judgment age-abiding; — (aiōnios g166)
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)
3 And, this, will we do, if at least, God, permit.
And we will do this, if God may permit.
4 For it is impossible—as to these who have been, once for all, illuminated, who have tasted also of the heavenly free-gift, and have been made, partners, in a Holy Spirit,
For it is impossible that those having been once enlightened, and tasted the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
and having tasted the beautiful word of God, and the dynamites of the coming age, (aiōn g165)
6 And who have fallen away, again, to be remoulding them into repentance; seeing they are again crucifying unto themselves the Son of God, and holding him up as an example.
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.
7 For, land, which hath drunk in, the rain, thereupon ofttimes coming, and which bringeth forth vegetation fit for them for whom it is even cultivated, partaketh of a blessing from God;
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:
8 But, should it be bringing forth thorns and briars, it is disapproved, and, unto cursing, nigh, —whose end is for burning.
but that which produces thorns and thistles, is reprobate, and nigh unto the curse; whose end is unto burning.
9 But we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things which are better and which contain salvation, though, even thus we speak.
But, beloved, we are persuaded better things concerning you, and things appertaining to salvation, if indeed we do thus speak.
10 For, not unrighteous, is God, to be forgetful of your work and of the love which ye have shewn forth for his name, in that ye have ministered unto the saints, and are ministering,
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.
11 But we covet that, each one of you, be shewing forth the same diligence, unto the full assurance of the hope throughout:
But we desire each one of you to exhibit the same diligence unto the full assurance of hope unto the end:
12 In order that, not slothful, ye may become, but imitators of them who, through faith and patience, were becoming heirs of the promises.
in order that you may not be dull, but imitators of those who through faith and longsufferings do inherit the promises.
13 For, when to Abraham God made promise, seeing he had no one greater by whom to swear, He sware, by himself, —
For God having promised Abraham, since he had no greater one by whom to swear, swore by himself,
14 saying—Truly, if blessing I will bless thee, and, multiplying, I will multiply thee;
saying, If indeed blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee:
15 And, thus, being patient, he attained unto the promise.
and thus having waited long, he received the promise.
16 For, men, by the greater one, swear, and, with them, an end of all gainsaying by way of confirmation is, the oath:
For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy:
17 Wherein God, being, more abundantly disposed to shew forth unto the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel, mediated, with an oath, —
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:
18 In order that, through means of two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to make himself false, a mighty consolation, we might have, who have fled along to grasp, the fore-lying hope,
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,
19 Which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into the interior of the veil:
which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is in the veil,
20 Where a forerunner in our behalf hath entered, even Jesus, who, according to the rank of Melchizedek, hath become, a high-priest unto times age-abiding. (aiōn g165)
whither Jesus the forerunner has entered in our behalf, having been made a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. (aiōn g165)
