Hebrews 6
6
Warning against Falling Away
1Therefore, let us leave the elementary teaching about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God, # 6:1 Php 3:13; Heb 5:12; 9:14 2teaching about ritual washings, # 6:2 Or about baptisms laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. # 6:2 Jn 3:25; Ac 6:6; 17:31–32; 19:4–6 3And we will do this if God permits.
4For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who shared in the Holy Spirit, # 6:4 Gl 3:3; Eph 2:8; Heb 10:32 5who tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age, 6and who have fallen away. This is because, # 6:6 Or while to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding him up to contempt. # 6:6 Heb 10:29; 2Pt 2:21; 1Jn 5:16 7For the ground that drinks the rain that often falls on it and that produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God. 8But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and at the end will be burned. # 6:7–8 Gn 3:17–18; Ps 65:10; Is 5:6
9Even though we are speaking this way, dearly loved friends, in your case we are confident of things that are better and that pertain to salvation. 10For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love # 6:10 Other mss read labor of love you demonstrated for his name by serving the saints — and by continuing to serve them. # 6:10 Pr 19:17; Mt 10:42; 25:40; 2Co 8:4; 1Th 1:3; 2Tm 1:18 11Now we desire each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of your hope until the end, 12so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance. # 6:12 Heb 10:36; 13:7
Inheriting the Promise
13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself: 14I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you. # 6:14 Gn 22:17,# 6:13–15 Gn 21:5; 22:16–17; Lk 1:73 15And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise. 16For people swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute. 17Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath, # 6:16–17 Ex 22:11; Heb 11:9 18so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. # 6:18 Ti 1:2; Heb 12:1 19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain. # 6:19 Lv 16:2,15; Heb 9:7 20Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, # 6:20 Heb 4:14; 8:1; 9:24 because he has become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. # 6:20 Heb 5:6,10; 7:17
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Hebrews 6
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1Therefore, let us leave behind the stam (elementary) ikarim (essentials) of the devarim hahora'ah (words of teaching) about Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and let us move ahead to hitbagrut (maturity), not laying again a foundation of teshuva from ma'asim metim (dead works) and Emunah toward Hashem, 2Of divrei torah on tevilot and tohorah and s'michat yadayim and of the Techiyas HaMesim and of the Mishpat Olam. 3And this we shall do, im yirtzeh Hashem (if the L-rd wills). 4#6:4 In this and the following verses, warning is given to the Messianic Jew who re-submits Yehoshua to re-trial and reassigns the original verdict of deceiver: no re-rebirth, no re-repentance for such shmadFor it is impossible for those who once received the Ohr Hashem, having tasted of the matanah of Shomayim and having become chavrusa partners of the Ruach Hakodesh, 5And having tasted the goodness of the Dvar Hashem and the nifla'ot of the Olam Habah, 6and then, having fallen away, and become shmad — it is impossible to renew them again to teshuva, because they have pierced to themselves the Zun fun der Oybershter on HaEtz HaKelalat Hashem and have again held him up to contempt and open bushah (shame). 7For the Adamah (Mud), which drinks the geshem (rain) that often falls upon it, and brings forth ESEV#6:7 Gn 1:11 (plants) suitable for those for whom it is cultivated, receives a bracha from Hashem; 8But if Adamah (Mud) is producing KOTZ V'DARDAR#6:8 Gn 3:18 (thorns and thistles), it is worthless and near to being arurah#6:8 Gn 3:17 (cursed), whose Ketz (End) is for burning in Eish.#6:8 T.N. the allusion is to Eish Gehinnom
9However, Chaverim, even though we speak in this way, we have been convinced of better things concerning you and of things belonging to Yeshu'at Eloheinu. 10For Hashem is not unjust so as to forget your po'al (work) and the ahavah which you have shown toward ha-Shem of him, having rendered avodas kodesh ministry service to the Kedoshim, ken, and you are still serving them. 11And we desire that each one of you show the same zerizut (diligence) so as to realize the full bitachon of the tikvah (hope) until HaKetz, 12That you not become atzlanit (sluggards) but imitators of the ones who through Emunah and savlanut (patience) inherit the havtachot (promises).
13For when Hashem gave the havtachah (promise) to Avraham Avinu, als (since) Hashem had no one greater by which to make a shevu'ah (oath), Hashem made a shevu'ah by Himself#6:13 Gn 22:16 14Saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you and multiplying I will multiply you.”#6:14 Gn 22:17 15And thus, having waited with savlanut, Avraham Avinu obtained the havtachah (promise). 16For Bnei Adam make a shevu'ah by someone greater than themselves, and a shevu'ah given as confirmation, settles every matter decisively. 17Similarly, when Hashem wanted to demonstrate even more emphatically to the yoreshim (heirs) of the havtachah (promise) the unchangeableness of his willed tachlis (purpose), Hashem guaranteed it with a shevu'ah, 18In order that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for Hashem to speak sheker, we may have chozek (strength) and great encouragement, we who say that “he is my MAKHSEH”#6:18 Ps 91:2 (refuge, shelter), and have taken hold of the tikvah (hope) set before us. 19This tikvah we have as an ogen (anchor) for the neshamah, a tikvah both firm and secure, which enters inside the parokhet, 20Where Yehoshua has entered as a metatron (forerunner) on behalf of us, having become a KOHEN L'OLAM AL DIVRATI MALKI-TZEDEK#6:20 Ps 110:4 (Kohen forever according to the order of Malki-Tzedek).
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