Hebrews 6:5

and learned to appreciate the beauty of the divine message, and the new powers of the coming age –

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4For if those who were once for all brought into the light, and learned to appreciate the gift from heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit,

6if those, I say, fell away, it would be impossible to bring them again to repentance; they would be crucifying the Son of God over again for themselves, and exposing him to open contempt.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:20By the seed which was sown on rocky places is meant the person who hears the message, and at once accepts it joyfully;

Mark 6:20because Herod stood in fear of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and protected him. He had listened to John, but still remained much perplexed, and yet he found pleasure in listening to him.

Hebrews 2:5God has not given to angels the control of that future world of which we are speaking!

2 Peter 2:20If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, people are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their 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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