Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Wherefore
leaving the doctrine
of the first
principles
of Christ, let us press
on unto perfection; not laying again a
foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
Therefore
leaving the principles
of the doctrine
of Christ, let us go
on unto perfection; not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
of the teaching
of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Of the doctrine
of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
And this will we do, if God permit.
And this will we do, if God permit.
For as
touching
those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit
,
For it
is
impossible
for
those who were once enlightened ,
and have
tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost
,
and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age
to come,
And have
tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world
to come,
and
`then'
fell
away, it
is
impossible
to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
If
they
shall
fall
away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
For the land
which hath
drunk
the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for
whose
sake
it is also
tilled
, receiveth blessing from God:
For the earth
which drinketh
in
the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by
whom
it is dressed
, receiveth blessing from God:
but if
it
beareth thorns and thistles,
it
is rejected and nigh unto a
curse
; whose end is to be burned.
But that
which
beareth thorns and briers
is rejected ,
and is
nigh unto cursing
; whose end is to be burned.
But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak :
But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak .
for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the
love which ye showed
toward his name, in that ye ministered unto
the saints, and still
do minister.
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour
of
love ,
which ye have
shewed
toward his name, in that ye have
ministered to
the saints, and do minister.
And we desire that each
one of you may
show
the same diligence unto
the fulness
of hope even
to
the end:
And we desire that every
one of you do
shew
the same diligence to
the full
assurance
of hope unto
the end:
that ye be not sluggish
, but imitators
of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
That ye be not slothful
, but followers
of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
For when God made promise to Abraham, since
he could swear by none
greater, he sware by himself,
For when God made promise to Abraham, because
he could swear by no
greater, he sware by himself,
saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
And thus
, having
patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
And so
, after
he
had
patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
For men swear by the greater: and in
every
dispute
of
theirs
the
oath is
final
for confirmation.
For men verily
swear by the greater: and an
oath for confirmation is
to
them
an
end
of
all
strife
.
Wherein God, being
minded
to
show
more abundantly unto the heirs of the
promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed
with
an oath ;
Wherein God, willing
more abundantly to
shew
unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed
it
by
an oath :
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 lay hold of
the hope set before us:
That by two immutable things, in which it was
impossible for God to lie, we might
have a strong consolation
, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon
the hope set before us:
which we have as an anchor of the soul, `a
hope'
both sure and stedfast and entering
into that which
is
within the veil;
Which hope
we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast ,
and which
entereth
into that within the veil;
whither as
a
forerunner Jesus
entered
for us, having
become
a
high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek
.
Whither the
forerunner is
for us entered
, even
Jesus,
made
an
high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec
.
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