Heb 6 | LSB | STEP | Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

Hebrews 6

Warning Against Falling Away

1 Therefore leaving the ^{▼▼Lit word of the beginning}elementary teaching about the ^{▼▼Messiah}Christ, let us press on to ^{▼▼Or perfection, cf. 5:9, 14}maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of teaching about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do, if God permits. 4 For in the case of those once having been enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and having become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and having tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and having fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, ^{▼▼Or while}since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. 7 For ground that drinks the rain which often ^{▼▼Lit comes}falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; 8 but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is unfit and close ^{▼▼Lit near to a curse}to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.

The Inheritance of the Promises

9 But we are convinced about you, beloved, of things that are better and that belong to salvation, though we are speaking in this way. 10 For God is not unrighteous so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and continuing to minister to the ^{▼▼Or holy ones}saints. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence ^{▼▼Lit to the full}so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you may not become dull, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, “I will greatly bless you and I will greatly multiply you.” 15 And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise. 16 For men swear by ^{▼▼Or Him who is greater}one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute. 17 ^{▼▼Lit In which}In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us. 19 ^{▼▼Lit Which hope we have}This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and confirmed and one which enters ^{▼▼Or inside}within the veil, 20 where a forerunner has entered for us—Jesus, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.