Hebrews 6:5

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

Text-Critical English NT

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 to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

6and yet have fallen away, since, to their own harm, they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and exposing him to public shame.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:20The seed sown on rocky ground is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Mark 6:20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When Herod listened to John, he would listen to him gladly and do many things.

Hebrews 2:5For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped from the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these defilements and overcome, the last state is worse for them 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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