Hebrews 6
1 Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let’s press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward 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 teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of 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 This will we do, if God permits.
And advance we will, if God permits us to do so.
4 For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were 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 and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to 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 land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives 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 if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, 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 of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.
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, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
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 We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even 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 you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited 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 a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one 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 you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”
saying, "Assuredly I will bless you and bless you, I will increase you and increase you."
15 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.
16 For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
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 In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with 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 is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of 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 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil,
That hope we have as an anchor of the soul--an anchor that can neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil,
