Hebrews 6
1. That is why we left the beginning of the Messiah's Manifestation [in
Scriptures] and came forth to the Fulfillment,* or what then, are you going
to raise another edifice to the grace of God from dead works and [some
other] faith in God?
2. Or some other knowledge of baptism and the laying of hands or the
resurrection from the dead and the judgment of the universe?
3. If the Lord allowed it,* it would be so.
4. Except they cannot rest on baptism for one time and receive the gift from
heaven and receive the holy Spirit,
5. And taste the Manifestation of grace from God and the power of eternity*
to come,
6. And then again commit sin, so as they may be renewed in grace from the
beginning, and again crucify the Son of God from the beginning and re-enter
the covenant.
7. For the earth that drinks in the rains that fall on it many a season, and
supplies the medicinal herb that is beneficial for whom it was cultivated,
shall indeed receive the blessing of God.
8. If, however, it produces thorns and thistles, not only is it denigrated
and nearly cursed, but in the end what it yields is suitable only for
burning.
9. Therefore, we commend you, brethren, to those beautiful and harmonious
acts that lead to eternal life, even though we speak in this way.
10. For God did not do the abominable by losing sight of your works and your
love that you showed to His name, that you ministered to the saints and that
you are still ministering.
11. We wish you , then, that each one of you should show this maximum effort
until the end,
12. And that you should not be curtailed, except that you may uphold those
who through faith and the outpouring of Spirit become heirs of the Kingdom.
13. For as God bequeathed [the Kingdom] to Abraham, because He had no
greater than Himself to swear by, He swore by Himself,
14. And He said, "As for blessings, I shall bless you and as for
increasing your numbers, I shall multiply you."
15. And He thus bestowed His Spirit, and [Abraham] received the Kingdom.
16. For human beings swear by someone greater than themselves, and when
things go wrong between them, they settle them finally by oaths.
17. Because of that God wished to moreover show the heirs of the Kingdom
that His declaration was unchanging and He imbued it with oaths,
18. So as with two immutable Expressions of Will,* through Whom God cannot
be falsified, that our hearts may be greatly uplifted, so as we may abide
completely in Him and partake of the Hope of the Kingdom bestowed on us.
19. He Who is our anchor, sinking into our soul so it will not be shaken,
and Who enters past the façade of the door,*
20. As He presented Eashoa on our behalf, and He became the eternal* King
Priest in the likeness of the Righteous King.
*6:1 Lit. Ar. id.: "Realization" or "Materialization."
*6:3 Lit. Ar. idiomatic expression: "We would do it."
*6:5 Lit. Ar. id.: "The universe."
*6:18 Manifestation of the Trinity.
*6:19 Lit. Ar. idiomatic expression: "Inside from the faces of the
door."
*6:20 Lit. Ar. id.: "To the end of the universe."
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