6 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, 2 and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do if God permits. 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, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 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. 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. 8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned. 9 Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. 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. 11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. <h3>The Certainty of God's Promise</h3> 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15 And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. 16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. 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, 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. 19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Therefore <cr>1</cr>let us leave <cr>2</cr>the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance <cr>3</cr>from dead works and of faith toward God,

Hebrews 6:1

and of <cr>1</cr>instruction about washings,<ft>1</ft><cr>2</cr>the laying on of hands, <cr>3</cr>the resurrection of the dead, and <cr>4</cr>eternal judgment.

Hebrews 6:2

And this we will do <cr>1</cr>if God permits.

Hebrews 6:3

For it is impossible, in the case of those <cr>1</cr>who have once been enlightened, who have tasted <cr>2</cr>the heavenly gift, and <cr>3</cr>have shared in the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 6:4

and <cr>1</cr>have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,

Hebrews 6:5

and <cr>1</cr>then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since <cr>2</cr>they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

Hebrews 6:6

For <cr>1</cr>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.

Hebrews 6:7

But <cr>1</cr>if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, <cr>2</cr>and its end is to be burned.

Hebrews 6:8

Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation.

Hebrews 6:9

For <cr>1</cr>God is not unjust so as to overlook <cr>2</cr>your work and the love that you have shown for his name in <cr>3</cr>serving the saints, as you still do.

Hebrews 6:10

And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance <cr>1</cr>of hope until the end,

Hebrews 6:11

so that you may not be sluggish, but <cr>1</cr>imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Hebrews 6:12

Hebrews 6:13

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, <cr>1</cr>he swore by himself,

saying, <cr>1</cr>“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.”

Hebrews 6:14

And thus Abraham,<ft>1</ft><cr>1</cr>having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

Hebrews 6:15

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes <cr>1</cr>an oath is final for confirmation.

Hebrews 6:16

So when God desired to show more convincingly to <cr>1</cr>the heirs of the promise <cr>2</cr>the unchangeable character of his purpose, <cr>3</cr>he guaranteed it with an oath,

Hebrews 6:17

so that by two unchangeable things, in which <cr>1</cr>it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope <cr>2</cr>set before us.

Hebrews 6:18

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into <cr>1</cr>the inner place behind the curtain,

Hebrews 6:19

where Jesus has gone <cr>1</cr>as a forerunner on our behalf, <cr>2</cr>having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 6:20

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

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The ESV is derived from the 1971 text edition of the Revised Standard Version (RSV). ESV Translation Oversight Committee member Wayne Grudem claims that approximately eight percent (or about 60,000 words) of the 1971 RSV text being used for the ESV was revised as of first publication in 2001. Grudem states that the committee removed "every trace of liberal influence that had caused such criticism from evangelicals when the RSV was first published in 1952." Although, Grudem also states that much of the 1971 RSV text left unchanged by the committee "is simply 'the best of the best' of the KJV tradition."

With regard to gender language, the ESV Translation Oversight Committee state that "the goal of the ESV is to render literally what is in the original."[9] The committee expands on this position in claiming that, although the ESV avoids using gender-neutral language (for the purpose of preserving contextual meaning found in the original text), the translation does utilize gender-neutral language in specific cases. The committee further state that their objective was "transparency to the original text, allowing the reader to understand the original on its own terms rather than in the terms of our present-day Western culture."[9] The ESV Study Bible often details in its commentary why a complementarian interpretation of the original text may have been rendered in translation.

OT: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (5th ed., 1997); additional sources in difficult cases
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