﻿Hebrews.
Chapter 6.
Therefore, leaving the elementary teaching about Christ, let us be carried on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God, 
of instruction about baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. 
And this we will do, if God permits. 
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift and came to share in the Holy Spirit, 
and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 
and have fallen away, to be renewed again to repentance, since they crucify the Son of God again for themselves and expose him to public shame. 
For land that drinks the rain that often falls on it and produces plants useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God. 
But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed; its end is to be burned. 
But in your case, beloved, we are convinced of better things, things that accompany salvation, even though we speak this way. 
For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown toward his name in serving the saints, as you still do. 
We desire each of you to show the same diligence to the end, for the full assurance of hope, 
so that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 
saying, “Surely I will bless you abundantly and multiply you greatly.” 
And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise. 
For people swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath serves as confirmation that ends every dispute among them. 
In the same way, God, wishing to show the heirs of the promise more clearly that his purpose was unchangeable, intervened with an oath, 
so 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 hold fast to the hope set before us. 
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and firm, entering the inner place behind the curtain, 
where Jesus has entered on our behalf as a forerunner, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. 
