6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond 4 the elementary 5 instructions about Christ 6 and move on 7 to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,
1 sn A quotation from Num 16:5.
2 tn Grk “names the name of the Lord.”
3 sn The curtain refers to the veil or drape in the temple that separated the holy place from the holy of holies.
4 tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.
5 tn Or “basic.”
6 tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”
7 tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”
8 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate a summary or conclusion to the argument of the preceding paragraph.