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6:1  Therefore let us leave the questions that belong to the beginning of a Christian life, and let us go on to maturity, and not now again lay the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
6:2  of baptism, of doctrine, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection from death, and of eternal judgment.
6:3  And so will we do, if God permits.
6:4  For it is not possible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
6:5  and have tasted of the good word of God and of the power of the world to come,
6:6  if they fall, to be renewed again to repentance, seeing they have (as concerning themselves) crucified the Son of God afresh, making a mock of him.
6:7  For that earth which drinks in the rain that comes oft upon it, and brings forth herbs meet for those who tend it, receives blessing from God.
6:8  But that ground which bears thorns and briars is reproved, and is near to cursing: whose end is to be burned.
6:9  Nevertheless, dear friends, we trust to see better of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we speak this way.
6:10  For God is not unrighteous, that he should forget your work and labour that proceeds of love – which love you have shown in his name, you who have ministered to the saints, and still minister.
6:11  Yea and we desire that every one of you show the same diligence to secure your hope right to the end:
6:12  that you faint not, but follow those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
6:13  For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he swore by himself,
6:14  saying: Surely I will bless you and multiply you indeed.
6:15  And so after he had waited a long time, Abraham enjoyed the promise.
6:16  Men will swear by one who is greater than themselves, and an oath to confirm the thing is among them an end of all strife.
6:17  So God, wanting very much to show to the heirs of promise the certainty of his counsel, added an oath,
6:18  so that by two immutable things (in which it was impossible that God should lie) we may have perfect consolation – we who have fled to hold fast the hope that is set before us,
6:19  which hope we have as an anchor of the soul both sure and steadfast. Which hope also enters in, into those things that are within the veil,
6:20  to where the forerunner has entered in for us – I mean Jesus, who is made a high priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.