KJ3 Literal Translation
Hebrews 6
He encourages not to fall back from faith.
1Therefore, having left the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be borne on to maturity, not laying down again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2of baptisms, of doctrine, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of dead ones, and of eternal judgment.
3And this we will do, if indeed God permits.
4For it is impossible for the ones once having been enlightened, and having tasted of the heavenly gift, and becoming sharers of the Holy Spirit,
5and tasting the good Word of God, and the works of power of a coming age,
6and having fallen away, it is impossible for them again to renew to repentance, crucifying again for themselves the Son of God, and holding Him up to public shame.
7(For the earth drinking in the rain often coming upon it, and producing vegetation suitable for those for whom it is also cultivated, receives blessing from God;
8“but bearing thorns and thistles,” it is deemed unfit and near a curse, of which the end is for burning.) Gen. 3:17, 18
9But, beloved ones, even if we indeed speak so, we have been persuaded better things concerning you, even holding fast to salvation.
10For God is not unjust, to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed to His name, serving to the saints, and now are serving.
11But we desire each of you to show the same diligence, to the full assurance of the hope to the end;
12that you not become dull, but imitators of the ones who through faith and long-suffering are inheriting the promises.
13For God having made promise to Abraham, since He had no greater to swear by, “He swore by Himself,”
14saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” Gen. 22:16, 17
15And so, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them the end of all speaking against it.
17In which God purposing to more fully declare to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, He interposed by an oath,
18that through two unchangeable things, in which it was not possible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, the ones having fled to lay hold on the hope being set before us,
19which we have as an anchor of the soul, both certain and sure, and entering into the inner side of the veil, Lev. 16:12
20where Jesus entered as forerunner for us, having become a High Priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
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