Hebrews 6

1. ¹Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on [supplied: to what belongs] to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
2. ²of [supplied: the] doctrine of washings, and of imposition of hands, and of resurrection of [supplied: the] dead, and of eternal judgment;
3. ³and this will we do if God permit.
4. ⁴For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of [supplied: the] Holy Spirit,
5. ⁵and have tasted the good word of God, and [supplied: the] works of power of [supplied: the] age to come,
6. ⁶and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves [supplied: as they do] the Son of God, and making a show of [supplied: him].
7. ⁷For ground which drinks the rain which comes often upon it, and produces useful herbs for those for whose sakes also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God;
8. ⁸but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end [supplied: is] to be burned.
9. ⁹But we are persuaded concerning you, beloved, better things, and connected with salvation, even if we speak thus.
10. ¹⁰For God [supplied: is] not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and [supplied: still] ministering.
11. ¹¹But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;
12. ¹²that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.
13. ¹³For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,
14. ¹⁴saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;
15. ¹⁵and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise.
16. ¹⁶For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.
17. ¹⁷Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,
18. ¹⁸that by two unchangeable things, in which [supplied: it was] impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,
19. ¹⁹which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into that within the veil,
20. ²⁰where Jesus is entered as forerunner for us, become for ever a high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.

Words in italics were supplied by the translators.

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