Hebrews 6:4–20

⁴For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted ^gthe heavenly gift, and ^hhave become partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, ⁶³if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, ⁱsince they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

⁷For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, ^jreceives blessing from God; ^8kbut if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

A Better Estimate

⁹But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. ¹⁰For ^lGod is not unjust to forget ^myour work and ⁴labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ⁿministered to the saints, and do minister. ¹¹And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence ^oto the full assurance of hope until the end, ¹²that you do not become ⁵sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience ^pinherit the promises.

God’s Infallible Purpose in Christ

¹³For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, ^qHe swore by Himself, ¹⁴saying, ^r“Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” ¹⁵And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the ^spromise. ¹⁶For men indeed swear by the greater, and ^tan oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute. ¹⁷Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to ^uthe heirs of promise ^vthe ⁶immutability of His counsel, ⁷confirmed it by an oath, ¹⁸that by two ⁸immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to ^wlie, we ⁹might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope ^xset before us.

¹⁹This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, ^yand which enters the Presence behind the veil, ^20zwhere the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, ^ahaving become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.