6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond 2 the elementary 3 instructions about Christ 4 and move on 5 to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,
1 tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”
2 tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.
3 tn Or “basic.”
4 tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”
5 tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”
3 sn An allusion to Ps 110:1.