Hebrews 6
1WHEREFORE, leaving the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2of the doctrine of immersions, and of the laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3And this we will do[6:3], if God permit.
4For it is impossible that they who have once been enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
5and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6and have fallen away, should again be renewed to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to open shame.
7For the earth which has drunk in the rain oft coming upon it, and brings forth herbs fit for those for whose sake it is tilled, receives blessing from God;
8but if it bears thorns and briers it is rejected, and is near to cursing; whose end is to be burned.
9But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered and still do minister to the saints.
11But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence, for the full assurance of the hope unto the end;
12that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
13For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
14saying: Surely, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
15And so, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16For men indeed swear by the greater; and the oath is to them an end of all gainsaying, for a confirmation.
17Wherein God, wishing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible that God should lie, we may have strong encouragement, who fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,
19which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and steadfast, and entering within the vail;
20where as forerunner for us Jesus entered, having become a high priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.