| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, | 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, |
| 2of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. | 2and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. |
| 3And this we will do, if God permits. | 3And this we will do if God permits. |
| 4For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, | 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, |
| 5and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, | 5and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, |
| 6and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. | 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. |
| 7For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; | 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. |
| 8but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. | 8But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned. |
| 9But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way. | 9Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. |
| 10For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints. | 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. |
| 11And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, | 11And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, |
| 12so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. | 12so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. |
| 13For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, | 13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, |
| 14saying, "I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU." | 14saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” |
| 15And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise. | 15And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. |
| 16For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute. | 16For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. |
| 17In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, | 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, |
| 18so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us. | 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. |
| 19This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, | 19We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, |
| 20where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. | 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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