Hebrews 6
1 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,
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,
2 or of teaching about ceremonial washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and the last judgement. (aiōnios g166)
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)
3 And advance we will, if God permits us to do so.
And, this, will we do, if at least, God, permit.
4 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,
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,
5 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)
And have tasted God’s utterance to be, sweet, mighty works also of a coming age, (aiōn g165)
6 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.
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.
7 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.
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;
8 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.
But, should it be bringing forth thorns and briars, it is disapproved, and, unto cursing, nigh, —whose end is for burning.
9 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.
But we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things which are better and which contain salvation, though, even thus we speak.
10 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.
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,
11 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;
But we covet that, each one of you, be shewing forth the same diligence, unto the full assurance of the hope throughout:
12 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.
In order that, not slothful, ye may become, but imitators of them who, through faith and patience, were becoming heirs of the promises.
13 For when God gave the promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
For, when to Abraham God made promise, seeing he had no one greater by whom to swear, He sware, by himself, —
14 saying, "Assuredly I will bless you and bless you, I will increase you and increase you."
saying—Truly, if blessing I will bless thee, and, multiplying, I will multiply thee;
15 And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.
And, thus, being patient, he attained unto the promise.
16 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.
For, men, by the greater one, swear, and, with them, an end of all gainsaying by way of confirmation is, the oath:
17 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,
Wherein God, being, more abundantly disposed to shew forth unto the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel, mediated, with an oath, —
18 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.
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,
19 That hope we have as an anchor of the soul--an anchor that can neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil,
Which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into the interior of the veil:
