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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3And this we will do if God permits. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. |
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