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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,
The Peril of Falling Away
Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press 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;
of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and 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 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,
and have tasted the good word of God, and [the] works of power of [the] age to come,
and have tasted the good 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, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.
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 ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, 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 yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.
But we are persuaded concerning you, beloved, better things, and connected with salvation, even if we speak thus.
Better Things for You
But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.
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 forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.
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 that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize 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 will 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,
For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,
saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;
saying, “I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU.”
and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise.
And so, having patiently waited, he obtained 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 men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.
Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,
In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed 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 taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.
which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into that within the veil,
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,