Hebrews 6:1

6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond ¹  the elementary ²  instructions about Christ ³  and move on ⁴  to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

Hebrews 6:6

6:6 and then have committed apostasy, ⁵  to renew them again to repentance, since ⁶  they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again ⁷  and holding him up to contempt.

¹ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

² tn Or “basic.”

³ tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

⁴ tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

⁵ tn Or “have fallen away.”

⁶ tn Or “while”; Grk “crucifying…and holding.” The Greek participles here (“crucifying…and holding”) can be understood as either causal (“since”) or temporal (“while”).

⁷ tn Grk “recrucifying the son of God for themselves.”