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Hebrews 6

The Peril of Falling Away

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Therefore  aleaving  bthe  1elementary teaching about the  2Christ, let us press on to  3 cmaturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from  ddead works and of faith toward God,

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of  ainstruction about washings and  blaying on of hands, and the  cresurrection of the dead and  ceternal judgment.

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And this we will do,  aif God permits.

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For in the case of those who have once been  aenlightened and have tasted of  bthe heavenly gift and have been made  cpartakers of the Holy Spirit,

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and  ahave tasted the good  bword of God and the powers of  cthe age to come,

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and then have fallen away, it is  aimpossible to renew them again to repentance,  1 bsince they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

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For ground that drinks the rain which often  1falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those  afor whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;

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but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and  aclose  1to being cursed, and  2it ends up being burned.

Better Things for You

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But,  abeloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that  1accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.

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For  aGod is not unjust so as to forget  byour work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having  cministered and in still ministering to the  1saints.

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And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence  1so as to realize the  afull assurance of  bhope until the end,

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so that you will not be sluggish, but  aimitators of those who through  bfaith and patience  cinherit the promises.

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For  awhen God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He  bswore by Himself,

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saying, " aI WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU."

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And so,  ahaving patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

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 aFor men swear by  1one greater than themselves, and with them  ban oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

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 1In the same way God, desiring even more to show to  athe heirs of the promise  bthe unchangeableness of His purpose,  2interposed with an oath,

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so that by two unchangeable things in which  ait is impossible for God to lie, we who have  1taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of  bthe hope set before us.

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 1This  ahope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which  benters  2within the veil,

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 awhere Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a  bhigh priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.



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