6Verse 1Therefore, leaving the elementary teaching about Christ, let us move on toward perfection, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and trust in God,Verse 2of teaching about baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.+Verse 3We will do this, that is, if indeed God should permit it.+
No one kills Jesus twice
Verse 4Because, it is impossible to bring back into repentance those who were once for all enlightened, who have partaken+of the heavenly gift and were made sharers in the Holy Spirit,+Verse 5who have experienced God's good event+and capabilities of the coming age,+Verse 6and yet have fallen away—they would be crucifying the Son of God all over again, just for themselves, holding Him up to contempt.+Verse 7Now the ground that drinks in the rain that frequently falls on it and produces a crop useful to those for whom it is really cultivated receives blessing from God;Verse 8but should it bear thorns and thistles, it is disqualified, almost a curse, whose destiny is a burning.+
A word of encouragement
Verse 9For all that, dear ones, we are confident of the better things concerning you—things that accompany salvation—even though we speak like this.Verse 10Because God is not unjust so as to ignore your work, even the labor of love you have invested in His name, in that you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.Verse 11You see, we really do want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so as to fulfill the hope;Verse 12so that you not become lazy, but rather imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.+
Our secure anchor
Verse 13Now when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by HimselfVerse 14saying, “Indeed, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”+Verse 15And so, after he had been patient,+he obtained the promise.Verse 16Because since men swear by the greater, and for them the confirming oath puts an end to every dispute,Verse 17similarly God, being determined to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchanging nature of His purpose, guaranteed it by an oath,Verse 18so that by two unalterable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we should have a strong encouragement, we who have taken refuge by grasping the hope set before us;Verse 19which hope we have as an anchor for the soul, both certain and secure,+actually entering the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,Verse 20where Forerunner Jesus has entered on our behalf, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.