Hebrews 6:5

And have tasted the good word (o. rhema) of God, and the powers of the world to come,

Updated King James Version

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 enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, (o. pneuma)

6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word, (o. logos) and soon with joy receives it;

Mark 6:20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

Hebrews 2:5For unto the angels has he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.

2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

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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