6:1 Therefore
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,
6:2 and
of
instruction
about
washings,
the
laying
on
of
hands,
the
resurrection
of
the
dead,
and
eternal
judgment.
6:3 And
this
we
will
do
if
God
permits.
6:4 For
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,
6:5 and
have
tasted
the
goodness
of
the
word
of
God
and
the
powers
of
the
age
to
come,
6:6 and
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.
6:7 For
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.
6:8 But
if
it
bears
thorns
and
thistles,
it
is
worthless
and
near
to
being
cursed,
and
its
end
is
to
be
burned.
6:9 Though
we
speak
in
this
way,
yet
in
your
case,
beloved,
we
feel
sure
of
better
things--things
that
belong
to
salvation.
6:10 For
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.
6:11 And
we
desire
each
one
of
you
to
show
the
same
earnestness
to
have
the
full
assurance
of
hope
until
the
end,
6:12 so
that
you
may
not
be
sluggish,
but
imitators
of
those
who
through
faith
and
patience
inherit
the
promises.
6:13 For
when
God
made
a
promise
to
Abraham,
since
he
had
no
one
greater
by
whom
to
swear,
he
swore
by
himself,
6:14 saying,
"Surely
I
will
bless
you
and
multiply
you."
6:15 And
thus
Abraham,
having
patiently
waited,
obtained
the
promise.
6:16 For
people
swear
by
something
greater
than
themselves,
and
in
all
their
disputes
an
oath
is
final
for
confirmation.
6:17 So
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,
6:18 so
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.
6:19 We
have
this
as
a
sure
and
steadfast
anchor
of
the
soul,
a
hope
that
enters
into
the
inner
place
behind
the
curtain,
6:20 where
Jesus
has
gone
as
a
forerunner
on
our
behalf,
having
become
a
high
priest
forever
after
the
order
of
Melchizedek.
