Hebrews 6

₁Therefore 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, ₂of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. ₃And this will we do, if God permit. ₄For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, ₅and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, ₆if 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. ₇For 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: ₈but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

₉But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. ₁₀For 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. ₁₁And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: ₁₂that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

₁₃For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, ₁₄saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. ₁₅And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. ₁₆For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. ₁₇Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: ₁₈that 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: ₁₉which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; ₂₀whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.