Hebrews 6
1 Wherefore let us cease to speak of the first principles of Christ, and press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and 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, and of laying on of hands, and 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 And this will we do, if God permit.
And advance we will, if God permits us to do so.
4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
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 unto 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 land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, 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 if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; 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 the love which ye shewed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still 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 that each one of you may shew the same diligence unto the fulness 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 ye be not sluggish, but imitators 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, since he could swear by none greater, he sware 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 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 swear by the greater: 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 Wherein God, being minded to shew more abundantly unto 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 lay 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 which we have as an anchor of the soul, [a hope] both sure and stedfast 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,
