Hebrews 6
1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith towards God,
Therefore leaving elementary instruction about the Christ, let us advance to mature manhood and not be continually re-laying a foundation of repentance from lifeless works and of faith in God,
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. (aiōnios g166)
or of teaching about ceremonial washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and the last judgement. (aiōnios g166)
3 And this will we do, if God permit.
And advance we will, if God permits us to do so.
4 For [it is] impossible for those who have been once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit.
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once for all been enlightened, and have tasted the sweetness of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
and have realized how good the word of God is and how mighty are the powers of the coming Age, and then fell away-- (aiōn g165)
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.
it is impossible, I say, to keep bringing them back to a new repentance, for, to their own undoing, they are repeatedly crucifying the Son of God afresh and exposing Him to open shame.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh often upon it, and bringeth forth herbs fit for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
For land which has drunk in the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sakes, indeed, it is tilled, has a share in God's blessing.
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh to cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
But if it only yields a mass of thorns and briers, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be destroyed by fire.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
But we, even while we speak in this tone, have a happier conviction concerning you, my dearly-loved friends--a conviction of things which point towards salvation.
10 For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have shown towards his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
For God is not unjust so that He is unmindful of your labour and of the love which you have manifested towards Himself in having rendered services to His people and in still rendering them.
11 And we desire every one of you to show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end:
But we long for each of you to continue to manifest the same earnestness, with a view to your enjoying fulness of hope to the very End;
12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises.
13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,
For when God gave the promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
saying, "Assuredly I will bless you and bless you, I will increase you and increase you."
15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.
16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all contradiction.
For men swear by what is greater than themselves; and with them an oath in confirmation of a statement always puts an end to a dispute.
17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:
In the same way, since it was God's desire to display more convincingly to the heirs of the promise how unchangeable His purpose was,
18 That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
He added an oath, in order that, through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for Him to prove false, we may possess mighty encouragement--we who, for safety, have hastened to lay hold of the hope set before us.
19 Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail;
That hope we have as an anchor of the soul--an anchor that can neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil,
