1 Therefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, we should carry on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God, VP
2 teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of [the] resurrection of [the] dead, and of eternal judgment. VP
3 And this we will do, if God may permit. VP
4 For [it is] impossible for those once having been enlightened, and having tasted of the heavenly gift, and having become partakers of [the] Holy Spirit, VP
5 and having tasted [the] goodness of God’s word and [the] power [of] [the] coming age— VP
6 and then having fallen away—to restore [them] again to repentance, crucifying in themselves the Son of God and subjecting [Him] to open shame. VP
7 For land having drunk in the rain coming often upon it and producing vegetation useful for those because of whom also it is tilled partakes of blessing from God. VP
8 But [that] bringing out thorns and thistles [is] unapproved and near to a curse, of which the end [is] unto burning. VP
9 But we are persuaded of better [things] concerning you⁺, beloved, and [things] belonging to salvation, even if we speak thus. VP
10 For God [is] not unjust to forget your⁺ work and the love that you⁺ showed for His name, having ministered to the saints, and [still] ministering. VP
11 And we desire each of you⁺ to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until [the] end, VP
12 so that you⁺ may not be sluggish, but imitators of those through faith and patience inheriting the promises. VP
13 For God, having made [the] promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, swore by Himself, VP
14 saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” VP
15 And thus having waited patiently, he obtained the promise. VP
16 For men swear by the greater, and of all their disputes, an end for confirmation [is] the oath, VP
17 in which God, willing to show more abundantly the unchangeableness of His purpose to the heirs of the promise, guaranteed [it] by an oath, VP
18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which [it is] impossible [for] God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to take hold of the hope being set before [us], VP
19 which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and firm and entering into that within the veil, VP
20 where a forerunner entered for us, Jesus, according to the order of Melchizedek, having become a high priest to the age. VP