Hebrews 6

Warning Against Apostasy Hebrews 6:4–6

⁴Verse 4. For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵Verse 5. and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, ⁶Verse 6. and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.

Metaphor of the Land Hebrews 6:7–8

⁷Verse 7. For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God; ⁸Verse 8. but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

Assurance of Better Things Hebrews 6:9–10

⁹Verse 9. But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this. ¹⁰Verse 10. For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Encouragement to Persevere Hebrews 6:11–12

¹¹Verse 11. We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end, ¹²Verse 12. that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

God’s Unchangeable Promise Hebrews 6:13–15

¹³Verse 13. For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself, ¹⁴Verse 14. saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” ¹⁵Verse 15. Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Hope in Christ as Anchor Hebrews 6:16–20

¹⁶Verse 16. For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷Verse 17. In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; ¹⁸Verse 18. that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us. ¹⁹Verse 19. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

²⁰Verse 20. where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.