Hebrews 6
1 Therefore, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about the Christ and press on to perfection, not always laying over again a foundation of repentance for a lifeless formality, of faith in God —
Therefore having left the beginning of Christ [of the] teaching to maturity we may go on not again a foundation laying of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
2 teaching concerning baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and a final judgment. (aiōnios g166)
about baptisms (about teaching, *NK(o)*) about laying on then of hands, about [the] resurrection both of [the] dead and about judgment eternal. (aiōnios g166)
3 Yes and, with God’s help, we will.
And this (we will do *NK(o)*) if indeed if indeed shall permit God.
4 For if those who were once for all brought into the Light, and learned to appreciate the gift from Heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit,
[It is] impossible for to those once having been enlightened, having tasted then of the gift heavenly and partakers having become of [the] Spirit Holy
5 and learned to appreciate the beauty of the Divine Message, and the new powers of the Coming Age — (aiōn g165)
and [the] goodness having tasted of God’s declaration [the] power also [of the] coming age — (aiōn g165)
6 if those, I say, fell away, it would be impossible to bring them again to repentance; they would be crucifying the Son of God over again for themselves, and exposing him to open contempt.
and then having fallen away — again to restore [them] to repentance crucifying in themselves the Son of God and subjecting [Him] to open shame.
7 Ground that drinks in the showers that from time to time fall upon it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God;
Land for having drunk in the upon it coming often rain and producing vegetation useful for those for the sake of whom also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God;
8 but, if it ‘bears thorns and thistles,’ it is regarded as worthless, it is in danger of being ‘cursed,’ and its end will be the fire.
[That] bringing forth however thorns and thistles [is] worthless and a curse near to, of which the end [is] unto burning.
9 But about you, dear friends, even though we speak in this way, we are confident of better things — of things that point to your Salvation.
We have been persuaded however concerning you, beloved, [of] [things] better and [things] accompanying salvation, if even like this we speak.
10 For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his Name, in sending help to your fellow Christians — as you are still doing.
Not for unjust [is] God to forget the work of you and (the labor *K*) the love that you have shown toward the name of Him having ministered to the saints and [still] ministering.
11 But our great desire is that every one of you should be equally earnest to attain to a full conviction that our hope will be fulfilled, and that you should keep that hope to the end.
We desire now each of you the same to show earnestness toward the full assurance of the hope unto [the] end;
12 Then you will not show yourselves slow to learn, but you will copy those who, through faith and patience, are now entering upon the enjoyment of God’s promises.
so that not sluggish you may be, imitators however of those through faith and patience inheriting the promises.
13 When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.
For to Abraham having made His promise God, since by no [one] He had greater to swear, He swore by Himself
14 His words were — ‘I will assuredly bless thee and increase thy numbers.’
saying; (If *N(k)O*) surely blessing I will bless you and multiplying I will multiply you;
15 And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfilment of God’s promise.
And thus having waited patiently he obtained the promise.
16 Men, of course, swear by what is greater than themselves, and with them an oath is accepted as putting a matter beyond all dispute.
Men (indeed *k*) for by [one] greater swear, and in all their disputes finally [comes] to confirmation in the oath;
17 And therefore God, in his desire to show, with unmistakable plainness, to those who were to enter on the enjoyment of what he had promised, the unchangeableness of his purpose, bound himself with an oath.
In which more excessive desiring God to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of the purpose of Him guaranteed [it] by an oath,
18 For he intended us to find great encouragement in these two unchangeable things, which make it impossible for God to prove false — we, I mean, who fled for safety where we might lay hold on the hope set before us.
so that through two things unchangeable, in which [it is] impossible to lie (*n*) [for] God, strong encouragement we may have having fled for refuge to take hold of what is being set before [us] hope;
19 This hope is a very anchor for our souls, secure and strong, and it ‘reaches into the Sanctuary that lies behind the Curtain,’
which as an anchor we have of the soul sure both and unshakable and entering into that within the veil,
