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¹ Because of this, having left the discourse of the beginning of Christ, let us be borne on to full growth, not laying down again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,² of baptisms, of doctrine, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of dead ones, and of eternal judgment.³ And this we will do, if indeed God permits.⁴ For it is impossible for those once having been enlightened, and having tasted of the heavenly gift, and becoming sharers of the Holy Spirit,⁵ and tasting the good Word of God, and the works of power of a coming age,⁶ and having fallen away, it is impossible for them again to renew to repentance, crucifying again for themselves the Son of God, and putting Him to open shame.⁷ (For the earth drinking in the rain often coming upon it, and producing vegetation suitable for those for whom it is also worked, receives blessing from God;⁸ "but bearing thorns and thistles," it is deemed unfit and near a curse, of which the end is for burning.) Gen. 3:17, 18

⁹ But, loved ones, even if we indeed speak so, we have been persuaded better things concerning you, even holding fast salvation.¹⁰ For God is not unjust, to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed to His name, ministering to the saints, and now are ministering.¹¹ But we desire each of you to show the same eagerness, to the full assurance of the hope to the end;¹² that you not become dull, but imitators of those who through faith and longsuffering are inheriting the promises.¹³ For God having made promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, "He swore by Himself,"¹⁴ saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." Gen. 22:16, 17 ¹⁵ And so, being long-suffering, he obtained the promise.¹⁶ For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath to make things sure is to them the end of all gainsaying.¹⁷ In which way, desiring to more fully declare to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His counsel, God interposed by an oath,¹⁸ that through two unchangeable things, in which it was not possible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, those having fled to lay hold on the hope set before us ,¹⁹ which we have as an anchor of the soul, both certain and sure, and entering into the inner side of the veil, Lev. 16:12 ²⁰ where Jesus entered as forerunner for us, having become a High Priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.