Keraia
General Epistles

Hebrews 6

A Call to Maturity

1Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,

1Therefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, we should carry on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,

2instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

2teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

3And this we will do, if God permits.

3And this we will do, if God may permit.

4It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

4For it is impossible for those once having been enlightened, and having tasted of the heavenly gift, and having become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

5who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—

5and having tasted the goodness of God’s word and the power of the coming age—

6and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.

6and then having fallen away—to restore them again to repentance, crucifying in themselves the Son of God and subjecting Him to open shame.

7For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.

7For land having drunk in the rain coming often upon it and producing vegetation useful for those because of whom also it is tilled partakes of blessing from God.

8But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

8But that bringing out thorns and thistles is unapproved and near to a curse, of which the end is unto burning.

9Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.

9But even if we speak thus. beloved, we are persuaded of better things concerning you, and things belonging to salvation.

10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

10For God is not unjust to forget your work and the love that you showed for His name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.

11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

11And we desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end,

12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

12so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those through faith and patience inheriting the promises.

God’s Unchangeable Promise

13When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

13For God, having made the promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

14saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”

14saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”

15And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.

15And thus having waited patiently, he obtained the promise.

16Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

16For men swear by the greater, and of all their disputes, an end for confirmation is the oath,

17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

17in which God, willing to show more abundantly the unchangeableness of His purpose to the heirs of the promise, guaranteed it by an oath,

18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

18so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to take hold of the hope being set before us,

19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

19which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and firm and entering into that within the veil,

20where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

20where Jesus, the forerunner for us, entered according to the order of Melchizedek, having become a high priest to the age.