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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 baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become 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 powers of the age to come,
and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,
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 the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives 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 if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, 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.
A Better Estimate
But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner.
But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner.
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 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.
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
God’s Infallible Purpose in Christ
For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,
For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He 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 you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”
saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.”
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.
For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.
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,
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.
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind 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,