Hebrews 6

Chapter 6

The Peril of Falling Away

¹Therefore ^aleaving ^bthe ¹elementary teaching about the ²Christ, let us press on to ^3cmaturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from ^ddead works and of faith toward God,

²of ^ainstruction about washings and ^blaying on of hands, and the ^cresurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

³And this we will do, ^aif God permits.

⁴For in the case of those who have once been ^aenlightened and have tasted of ^bthe heavenly gift and have been made ^cpartakers of the Holy Spirit,

⁵and ^ahave tasted the good ^bword of God and the powers of ^cthe age to come,

⁶and then have fallen away, it is ^aimpossible to renew them again to repentance, ^1bsince they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

⁷For ground that drinks the rain which often ¹falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those ^afor whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;

⁸but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and ^aclose ¹to being cursed, and ²it ends up being burned.

Better Things for You

⁹But, ^abeloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that ¹accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.

¹⁰For ^aGod is not unjust so as to forget ^byour work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ^cministered and in still ministering to the ¹saints.

¹¹And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence ¹so as to realize the ^afull assurance of ^bhope until the end,

¹²so that you will not be sluggish, but ^aimitators of those who through ^bfaith and patience ^cinherit the promises.

¹³For ^awhen God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He ^bswore by Himself,

¹⁴saying, “^aI will surely bless you and I will surely multiply you.”

¹⁵And so, ^ahaving patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

^16aFor men swear by ¹one greater than themselves, and with them ^ban oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

¹⁷¹In the same way God, desiring even more to show to ^athe heirs of the promise ^bthe unchangeableness of His purpose, ²interposed with an oath,

¹⁸so that by two unchangeable things in which ^ait is impossible for God to lie, we who have ¹taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of ^bthe hope set before us.

¹⁹¹This ^ahope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which ^benters ²within the veil,

^20awhere Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a ^bhigh priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.