1 W herefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,

Therefore let us go on and get past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrine of Christ (the Messiah), advancing steadily toward the completeness and perfection that belong to spiritual maturity. Let us not again be laying the foundation of repentance and abandonment of dead works (dead formalism) and of the faith to God,

2 o f doctrine of washings, and of imposition of hands, and of resurrection of dead, and of eternal judgment;

With teachings about purifying, the laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment and punishment.

3 a nd this will we do if God permit.

If indeed God permits, we will proceed.

4 F or it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of Holy Spirit,

For it is impossible those who have been once for all enlightened, who have consciously tasted the heavenly gift and have become sharers of the Holy Spirit,

5 a nd have tasted the good word of God, and works of power of age to come,

And have felt how good the Word of God is and the mighty powers of the age and world to come,

6 a nd have fallen away, crucifying for themselves the Son of God, and making a show of.

If they then deviate from the faith and turn away from their allegiance— to bring them back to repentance, for (because, while, as long as) they nail upon the cross the Son of God afresh and are holding up to contempt and shame and public disgrace.

7 F or ground which drinks the rain which comes often upon it, and produces useful herbs for those for whose sakes also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God;

For the soil which has drunk the rain that repeatedly falls upon it and produces vegetation useful to those for whose benefit it is cultivated partakes of a blessing from God.

8 b ut bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end to be burned.

But if persistently bears thorns and thistles, it is considered worthless and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

9 B ut we are persuaded concerning you, beloved, better things, and connected with salvation, even if we speak thus.

Even though we speak this way, yet in your case, beloved, we are now firmly convinced of better things that are near to salvation and accompany it.

10 F or God not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and ministering.

For God is not unrighteous to forget or overlook your labor and the love which you have shown for His name’s sake in ministering to the needs of the saints (His own consecrated people), as you still do.

11 B ut we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;

But we do '> strongly and earnestly] desire for each of you to show the same diligence and sincerity in realizing and enjoying the full assurance and development of hope until the end,

12 t hat ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.

In order that you may not grow disinterested and become sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith ( by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are inheriting the promises.

13 F or God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,

For when God made promise to Abraham, He swore by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear,

14 s aying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;

Saying, Blessing I certainly will bless you and multiplying I will multiply you.

15 a nd thus, having had long patience, he got the promise.

And so it was that he, having waited long and endured patiently, realized and obtained what God had promised him.

16 F or men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.

Men indeed swear by a greater, and with them in all disputes the oath taken for confirmation is final.

17 W herein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,

Accordingly God also, in His desire to show more convincingly and beyond doubt to those who were to inherit the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose and plan, intervened (mediated) with an oath.

18 t hat by two unchangeable things, in which impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,

This was so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive us, we who have fled for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed for us and set before.

19 w hich we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into that within the veil,

we have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul '> break down under whoever steps out upon it—a hope] that reaches farther and enters into within the veil,

20 w here Jesus is entered as forerunner for us, become for ever a high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.

Where Jesus has entered in for us, a Forerunner having become a High Priest forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek.