G2532–καί–kai

Concerning Him we have much to say, and much that it would be difficult to make clear to you, since you have become so dull of apprehension.

καὶ kai “and”

For although, considering the long time you have been believers, you ought now to be teachers of others, you really need some one to teach you over again the very rudiments of the truths of God, and you have come to require milk instead of solid food.

καὶ kai “Even”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

Such persons are mere babes. But solid food is for adults--that is, for those who through constant practice have their spiritual faculties carefully trained to distinguish good from evil.

καὶ kai “and”

Therefore leaving elementary instruction about the Christ, let us advance to mature manhood and not be continually re-laying a foundation of repentance from lifeless works and of faith in God,

καὶ kai “and”

or of teaching about ceremonial washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and the last judgement.

καὶ kai “and”

And advance we will, if God permits us to do so.

καὶ kai “And”

For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once for all been enlightened, and have tasted the sweetness of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

καὶ kai “and”

and have realized how good the word of God is and how mighty are the powers of the coming Age, and then fell away--

καὶ kai “and”

it is impossible, I say, to keep bringing them back to a new repentance, for, to their own undoing, they are repeatedly crucifying the Son of God afresh and exposing Him to open shame.

καὶ kai “and then”καὶ kai “and”

For land which has drunk in the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sakes, indeed, it is tilled, has a share in God's blessing.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “also”

But if it only yields a mass of thorns and briers, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be destroyed by fire.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

But we, even while we speak in this tone, have a happier conviction concerning you, my dearly-loved friends--a conviction of things which point towards salvation.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “even”

For God is not unjust so that He is unmindful of your labour and of the love which you have manifested towards Himself in having rendered services to His people and in still rendering them.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises.

καὶ kai “and”

saying, "Assuredly I will bless you and bless you, I will increase you and increase you."

καὶ kai “and”

And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.

καὶ kai “And”

For men swear by what is greater than themselves; and with them an oath in confirmation of a statement always puts an end to a dispute.

καὶ kai “and”

That hope we have as an anchor of the soul--an anchor that can neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil,

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

For this man, Melchizedek, King of Salem and priest of the Most High God--he who when Abraham was returning after defeating the kings met him and pronounced a blessing on him--

καὶ kai “and”

to whom also Abraham presented a tenth part of all--being first, as his name signifies, King of righteousness, and secondly King of Salem, that is, King of peace:

καὶ kai “also”καὶ kai “also”

Now think how great this priest-king must have been to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth part of the best of the spoil.

καὶ kai “even”

And those of the descendants of Levi who receive the priesthood are authorized by the Law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brethren, though these have sprung from Abraham.

καὶ kai “And”

But, in this instance, one who does not trace his origin from them takes tithes from Abraham, and pronounces a blessing on him to whom the promises belong.

καὶ kai “and”

Moreover here frail mortal men receive tithes: there one receives them about whom there is evidence that he is alive.

καὶ kai “And”

And Levi too--if I may so speak--pays tithes through Abraham:

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “also”