Hebrews 6:1-8 ▼

1 Therefore, let us leave behind the basic teaching about Christ and advance to maturity, without laying the foundation all over again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

2 instruction about baptisms and laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

3 And we shall do this, if only God permits.

4 For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened and tasted the heavenly gift and shared in the holy Spirit

5 and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

6 and then have fallen away, to bring them to repentance again, since they are recrucifying the Son of God for themselves and holding him up to contempt.

7 Ground that has absorbed the rain falling upon it repeatedly and brings forth crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is rejected; it will soon be cursed and finally burned.