Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

6 Therefore dio let us leave standing aphiēmi the ho · ho elementary archē teaching logos about ho Christ Christos and let us move on pherō to epi · ho maturity teleiotēs, not mē laying kataballō again palin a foundation themelios of repentance metanoia from apo dead nekros works ergon and kai of faith pistis in epi God theos, ² instruction didachē about cleansing rites baptismos and te laying on epithesis of hands cheir, the resurrection anastasis of the dead nekros, and kai eternal aiōnios judgment krima. ³ And kai we will do poieō this houtos, if eanper God theos permits epitrepō. · ho

⁴ For gar it is impossible adynatos when those ho who have once hapax been enlightened phōtizō and te have tasted geuomai the ho heavenly epouranios gift dōrea · ho and kai have become ginomai partakers metochos of the Holy hagios Spirit pneuma ⁵ and kai have tasted geuomai the goodness kalos of God’ s theos word rhēma and te the powers dynamis of the coming mellō age aiōn ⁶ and kai have committed apostasy parapiptō, to restore anakainizō them to eis repentance metanoia, since to their own heautou harm they are crucifying anastauroō the ho Son hyios of ho God theos again and kai exposing him to public shame paradeigmatizō. ⁷ For gar the field gē that ho soaks up pinō the ho frequent pollakis rain hyetos that falls erchomai on epi it autos and kai yields tiktō a crop botanē useful euthetos for those ekeinos for dia whom hos · kai it is cultivated geōrgeō, receives metalambanō a blessing eulogia from apo · ho God theos. ⁸ But de if it produces ekpherō thorns akantha and kai thistles tribolos, it is useless adokimos and kai about to be engys cursed katara; its hos · ho fate telos is to be eis burned kausis.

⁹ But de we are convinced peithō of better things kreittōn in peri your hymeis case, beloved agapētos · ho— · kai things that accompany echō salvation sōtēria— even kai though ei we speak laleō as houtōs we do. ¹⁰ For gar God theos is not ou so unjust adikos · ho as to forget epilanthanomai · ho your hymeis work ergon and kai the ho love agapē you have demonstrated endeiknymi for eis · ho his autos cause onoma, when you served diakoneō and kai continue to serve diakoneō · ho fellow believers hagios. ¹¹ But de we want epithumeō each one hekastos of you hymeis to demonstrate endeiknymi the ho same autos earnestness spoudē to achri the very end telos for pros the ho fulfillment plērophoria of your ho hope elpis, ¹² so that hina you will ginomai not mē be ginomai lazy nōthros, but de imitators mimētēs of those ho who by dia faith pistis and kai perseverance makrothumia inherit klēronomeō the ho promises epangelia.