Hebrews 6:5

and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the coming age,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

In Context

4For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

6if they fall away; since they again crucify in themselves the Son of God, and put him to an open shame.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:20He that received seed on the stony places is he that hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy.

Mark 6:20for Herod feared John, because he knew him to be a just and holy man; and he kept him in safety. And having heard him, he did many things, and heard him with pleasure.

Hebrews 2:5For not to angels has he subjected the world to come of which we speak.

2 Peter 2:20For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these, and overcome by them, the last state of such is worse than the first.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 6:2-9

Advancement in Holiness; First Principles. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the… Read the whole commentary →

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