Hebrews 6
1Therefore we must progress beyond ▼▼ Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.
the elementary ▼▼ Or “basic.”
instructions about Christ ▼▼ Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”
and move on ▼▼ Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”
to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God, 2teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3And this is what we intend to do, ▼▼ Grk “and we will do this.”
if God permits. 4For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age, 6and then have committed apostasy, ▼▼ Or “have fallen away.”
to renew them again to repentance, since ▼▼ Or “while”; Grk “crucifying…and holding.” The Greek participles here (“crucifying…and holding”) can be understood as either causal (“since”) or temporal (“while”).
they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again ▼▼ Grk “recrucifying the son of God for themselves.”
and holding him up to contempt. 7For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on ▼▼ Grk “comes upon.”
it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God. 8But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; ▼▼ Grk “near to a curse.”
its fate is to be burned. 9But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation. 10For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints. 11But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end, 12so that you may not be sluggish, ▼▼ Or “dull.”
but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises. 13 Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself, 14saying, “ Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly .” ▼
▼ Grk “in blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply you,” the Greek form of a Hebrew idiom showing intensity.
▼ 15And so by persevering, Abraham ▼▼ Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (Abraham) has been specified for clarity.
inherited the promise. 16For people ▼▼ The plural Greek term ἄνθρωποι (anqrōpoi) is used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women, and is thus translated “people.”
swear by something greater than themselves, ▼▼ Grk “by something greater”; the rest of the comparison (“than themselves”) is implied.
and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute. ▼▼ Grk “the oath for confirmation is an end of all dispute.”
17In the same way ▼▼ Grk “in which.”
God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, ▼ and so he intervened with an oath, 18so that we who have found refuge in him ▼▼ Grk “have taken refuge”; the basis of that refuge is implied in the preceding verse.
may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie. 19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain, ▼▼ The curtain refers to the veil or drape in the temple that separated the holy place from the holy of holies.
20where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek . ▼
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