Hebrews 6 (ASV Interlinear Bible)

1Wherefore leaving

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Greek the word of the beginning of Christ.

the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto

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Or, full growth

perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

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Some ancient authorities read, even the teaching of

of the teaching of

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Or, washings

baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

3And this will we do, if God permit.

4For as touching those who were once enlightened

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Or, having both tasted of . . . and being made . . . and having tasted etc.

and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

5and

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Or, tasted the word of God that it is good

tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

6and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance;

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Or, the while

seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

7For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God:

8but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that

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Or, belong to

accompany salvation, though we thus speak:

10for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

11And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the

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Or, full assurance

fulness of hope even to the end:

12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

13For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,

14saying,

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Gen. 22:16f.

Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

15And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

16For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

17Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel,

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Greek mediated.

interposed with an oath;

18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

19which we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

20whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

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