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, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith in 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)
and of instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. (aiōnios g166)
3 And, this, will we do, if at least, God, permit.
And this we will do, if God permits.
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 to renew to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
who have tasted the good word of God and the powers 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.
and yet have fallen away, since, to their own harm, they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and exposing him to public 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 land that has drunk the rain that often falls upon it, and produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing 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 land that bears thorns and thistles is worthless and on the verge of being cursed; its end is to be burned.
9 But we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things which are better and which contain salvation, though, even thus we speak.
Even though we speak in this way, beloved, we are confident of better things in your case, things that pertain to salvation.
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 unjust; he will not forget your work and the labor of love that you have shown toward his name by serving the saints, as you still do.
11 But we covet that, each one of you, be shewing forth the same diligence, unto the full assurance of the hope throughout:
We want each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope to the very 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.
so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and patience.
13 For, when to Abraham God made promise, seeing he had no one greater by whom to swear, He sware, by himself, —
When God made his promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself,
14 saying—Truly, if blessing I will bless thee, and, multiplying, I will multiply thee;
saying, “I will surely bless yoʋ and multiply yoʋ.”
15 And, thus, being patient, he attained unto the promise.
And so Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained 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:
People swear by someone greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.
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, —
So when God wanted to show the unchangeable nature of his purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with 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,
so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge would have strong encouragement to take 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:
We have this hope as a sure and steadfast anchor for the soul. It enters into the inner sanctuary behind 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)
where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, because he has become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. (aiōn g165)
