9 and, once made perfect,q he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was designated by God to be high priestr in the order of Melchizedek.s

Warning Against Falling Away

6:4–6Ref—Heb 10:26–31

11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. 12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truthst of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!u 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant,v is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature,w who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.x

6 Therefore let us move beyondy the elementary teachingsz about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death,a a and of faith in God, 2 instruction about cleansing rites,b b the laying on of hands,c the resurrection of the dead,d and eternal judgment.