For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who shared in the Holy Spirit,(A) who tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age, and who have fallen away. This is because,[a] to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding him up to contempt.(B) For the ground that drinks the rain that often falls on it and that produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God. But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and at the end will be burned.(C)

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For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit(A) and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come(B) and then have fallen away, since they are crucifying again the Son of God to their own harm and are holding him up to contempt.(C) Ground that drinks up the rain falling on it repeatedly and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.(D) But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and on the verge of being cursed; its end is to be burned over.(E)

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