Hebrews 6 (New American Standard Bible)

Hebrews 6

The Peril of Falling Away

 ¹Therefore ^(A)leaving ^(B)the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to ^(C)maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from ^(D)dead works and of faith toward God,

 ²of ^(E)instruction about washings and ^(F)laying on of hands, and the ^(G)resurrection of the dead and ^(H)eternal judgment.

 ³And this we will do, ^(I)if God permits.

 ⁴For in the case of those who have once been ^(J)enlightened and have tasted of ^(K)the heavenly gift and have been made ^(L)partakers of the Holy Spirit,

 ⁵and ^(M)have tasted the good ^(N)word of God and the powers of ^(O)the age to come,

 ⁶and then have fallen away, it is ^(P)impossible to renew them again to repentance, ^(Q)since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

 ⁷For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those ^(R)for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;

 ⁸but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and ^(S)close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.

Better Things for You

 ⁹But, ^(T)beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.

 ¹⁰For ^(U)God is not unjust so as to forget ^(V)your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ^(W)ministered and in still ministering to the saints.

 ¹¹And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the ^(X)full assurance of ^(Y)hope until the end,

 ¹²so that you will not be sluggish, but ^(Z)imitators of those who through ^(AA)faith and patience ^(AB)inherit the promises.

 ¹³For ^(AC)when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He ^(AD)swore by Himself,

 ¹⁴saying, "^(AE)I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU."

 ¹⁵And so, ^(AF)having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

 ^16(AG)For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them ^(AH)an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

 ¹⁷In the same way God, desiring even more to show to ^(AI)the heirs of the promise ^(AJ)the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath,

 ¹⁸so that by two unchangeable things in which ^(AK)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of ^(AL)the hope set before us.

 ¹⁹This ^(AM)hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which ^(AN)enters within the veil,

 ^20(AO)where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a ^(AP)high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.