Hebrews 6:1-8

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, 6:2 teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 6:3 And this is what we intend to do, ⁵  if God permits. 6:4 For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 6:5 tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age, 6:6 and then have committed apostasy, ⁶  to renew them again to repentance, since ⁷  they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again ⁸  and holding him up to contempt. 6:7 For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on ⁹  it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God. 6:8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; ¹⁰  its fate is to be burned.

[6:1]  ¹ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

[6:1]  ² tn Or “basic.”

[6:1]  ³ tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

[6:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

[6:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “and we will do this.”

[6:6]  ⁶ tn Or “have fallen away.”

[6:6]  ⁷ tn Or “while”; Grk “crucifying…and holding.” The Greek participles here (“crucifying…and holding”) can be understood as either causal (“since”) or temporal (“while”).

[6:6]  ⁸ tn Grk “recrucifying the son of God for themselves.”

[6:7]  ⁹ tn Grk “comes upon.”

[6:8]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “near to a curse.”