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| [1]Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God, |
[1]Therefore let us leave the commencement of the word of the Messiah, and let us proceed to the completion. Or will ye again lay another foundation for the repentance which is from dead works, and for the faith in God, |
| [2]of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on also of hands, of rising again also of the dead, and of judgment age-during, |
[2]and for the doctrine of baptism, and for the laying on of a hand, and for the resurrection from the dead, and for the eternal judgment? |
| [3]and this we will do, if God may permit, |
[3]We will do this, if the Lord permit. |
| [4]for [it is] impossible for those once enlightened, having tasted also of the heavenly gift, and partakers having became of the Holy Spirit, |
[4]But they who have once descended to baptism, and have tasted the gift from heaven, and have received the Holy Spirit, |
| [5]and did taste the good saying of God, the powers also of the coming age, |
[5]and have tasted the good word of God, and the power of the world to come, |
| [6]and having fallen away, again to renew [them] to reformation, having crucified again to themselves the Son of God, and exposed to public shame. |
[6]cannot again sin, and a second time be renewed to repentance; or a second time crucify and insult the Son of God. ⓘ |
| [7]For earth, that is drinking in the rain many times coming upon it, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom also it is dressed, doth partake of blessing from God, |
[7]For the earth that drinketh the rain which cometh often upon it, and produceth the herb that is of use to those for whom it is cultivated, receiveth a blessing from God. |
| [8]and that which is bearing thorns and briers [is] disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end [is] for burning; |
[8]But if it should put forth thorns and briers, it would have reprobation, and be not far from a curse, and its end would be a burning. |
| [9]and we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things that are better, and accompanying salvation, though even thus we speak, |
[9]But, in regard to you, my brethren, we are persuaded better things, and things pertaining to life, although we thus speak. |
| [10]for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering; |
[10]For God is not unrighteous, to forget your works, and your charity which ye have shown in his name, in that ye have ministered and do minister to the saints. |
| [11]and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end, |
[11]And we desire, that each one of you may show this same activity, for the completion of your hope, even to the end: |
| [12]that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises. |
[12]and that ye faint not; but that ye be emulators of them who by faith and patience have become heirs of the promise. |
| [13]For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself, |
[13]For when God made the promise to Abraham, because there was none greater than himself by whom he could swear, he swore by himself; |
| [14]saying, `Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;' |
[14]and said: Blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. |
| [15]and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise; |
[15]And so he was patient, and obtained the promise. |
| [16]for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation [is] the oath, |
[16]For men swear by one greater than themselves: and in every controversy that occurs among them, the sure termination of it is by an oath. |
| [17]in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath, |
[17]Therefore, God, being abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise, that his promising was irreversible, bound it up in an oath; |
| [18]that through two immutable things, in which [it is] impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before [us], |
[18]so that, by two things which change not, and in which God cannot lie, we, who have sought refuge in him, might have great consolation, and might hold fast the hope promised to us; |
| [19]which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and entering into that within the vail, |
[19]which is to us as an anchor, that retaineth our soul, so that it swerveth not; and it entereth into that within the veil, |
| [20]whither a forerunner for us did enter -- Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become -- to the age. |
[20]whither Jesus hath previously entered for us, and hath become a priest for ever, after the likeness of Melchisedec. |