6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond 7 the elementary 8 instructions about Christ 9 and move on 10 to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,
1 tn Grk “there is a necessity for the death of the one who made it to be proven.”
2 sn A quotation from Exod 19:12-13.
3 tn Grk “his abuse.”
4 tn Grk “who being…and sustaining.” Heb 1:1-4 form one skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments to correspond to contemporary English usage, which does not allow for sentences of this length and complexity.
5 tn Grk “by the word of his power.”
6 sn An allusion to Ps 110:1, quoted often in Hebrews.
5 tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.
6 tn Or “basic.”
7 tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”
8 tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”