Hebrews 6:5

Have moreover tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 for those who were once illuminated, have tasted also the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

6And are fallen away: to be renewed again to penance, crucifying again to themselves the Son of God, and making him a mockery.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:20And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.

Mark 6:20For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him willingly.

Hebrews 2:5For God hath not subjected unto angels the world to come, whereof we speak.

2 Peter 2:20For if, flying from the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they be again entangled in them and overcome: their latter state is become unto them worse than the former.

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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