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A Call to Maturity
Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on [to what belongs] to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on [to what belongs] to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,
Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
of [the] doctrine of washings, and of imposition of hands, and of resurrection of [the] dead, and of eternal judgment;
For 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 [the] Holy Spirit,
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
and have tasted the good word of God, and [the] works of power of [the] age to come,
and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,
and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves [as they do] the Son of God, and making a show of [him].
and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
For 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;
For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.
but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end [is] to be burned.
But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
But we are persuaded concerning you, beloved, better things, and connected with salvation, even if we speak thus.
Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things — things that belong to salvation.
For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and [still] ministering.
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,
that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
God's Promise is Certain
For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,
For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,
The Certainty of God’s Promise
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;
saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.”
and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise.
For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.
For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.
Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,
So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath,
that by two unchangeable things, in which [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,
so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into that within the veil,
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,