Hebrews 6 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

The Peril of Falling Away

Heb 6:1Therefore leaving the [fn]elementary teaching about the [fn]Christ, let us press on to [fn]maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

Heb 6:2

Heb 6:2of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

Heb 6:3

Heb 6:3And this we will do, if God permits.

Heb 6:4

Heb 6:4For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Heb 6:5

Heb 6:5and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

Heb 6:6

Heb 6:6and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, [fn]since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

Heb 6:7

Heb 6:7For ground that drinks the rain which often [fn]falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;

Heb 6:8

Heb 6:8but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close [fn]to being cursed, and [fn]it ends up being burned.

Better Things for You

Heb 6:9

Heb 6:9But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that [fn]accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.

Heb 6:10

Heb 6:10For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the [fn]saints.

Heb 6:11

Heb 6:11And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence [fn]so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,

Heb 6:12

Heb 6:12so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Heb 6:13

Heb 6:13For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

Heb 6:14

Heb 6:14saying, “I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU.”

Heb 6:15

Heb 6:15And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

Heb 6:16

Heb 6:16For men swear by [fn]one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

Heb 6:17

Heb 6:17 [fn]In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, [fn]interposed with an oath,

Heb 6:18

Heb 6:18so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have [fn]taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

Heb 6:19

Heb 6:19 [fn]This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters [fn]within the veil,

Heb 6:20

Heb 6:20where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(6:1)

Literally: word of the beginning

I.e. Messiah

Or, perfection

Or, while

Literally: comes

Literally: near to a curse

(6:8)

Literally: whose end is for burning

(6:9)

Or, belong to

(6:10)

Or, holy ones

(6:11)

Literally: to the full

(6:16)

Or, Him who is greater

(6:17)

Literally: In which

(6:17)

Or, guaranteed

(6:18)

Literally: in which

(6:19)

Literally: Which hope we have

(6:19)

Or, inside

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